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Friday, August 14, 2009

Return To Nature With Wireless Outdoor Speakers

By Dave Heebs

Through our time here on Earth, we have always sought to be outdoors and enjoying ourselves. Even as we have mastered our environment and created houses and huge metropolitan cities, we still have something in us that longs to be outdoors and feel free. It is this yearning that leads us to the great outdoors so we can go biking, camping, go to parks to hang out or just enjoy a day outside by the pool.

If you are one of the people that are getting back in touch with nature, chances are that you have not left all of the accoutrements of technology behind when you have ventured forth. This is not a surprise because electronic items are never far behind once you have adopted their use. Personal audio devices like the Discman have been available since the 1990's. In today's world these devices have given way to the iPod.

iPods are available with many different accessories. But each iPod comes with a good set of stereo headphones. And while these headphones may keep you entertained with your music, they will not be able to entertain your guests. Fortunately Apple has included an external speaker port so that you can attach your iPod to a set of external stereo speakers.

If you want to ditch your iPod outdoors and simply connect your speakers to your stereo system then you easily have the ability to find outdoor speakers that will work with it.

You will find a great many manufacturers who have offered many different models for sale. Some of these manufacturers include, but are not limited to, Harman Kardon, Bose, Klipsch and Acer. The models are spaced out in qualty and in price but the best bang for your buck can be found under $400. This means that a superior quality set of outdoor speakers can be purchased inexpensively.

Wireless outdoor speakers allow you to bring your music anywhere you are. All you need to do is pick them up, put them in your car or truck and set them down near your audio source. You will enjoy the versatility of places for your tunes by using wireless outdoor speakers.

The drawback to such speakers is that they are not connected to a power source and so their power is self contained. These speakers are either powered by a battery and have to be recharged in an electrical socket or they contain a solar panel that recharges the battery. Either way, you will only be able to listen to music as long as the speakers have power.

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