I recently purchased the OSD Audio 6.5″ High Fidelity Outdoor Rock Speaker which is a wired speaker so you have to run audio cable to both of these. I already have Sonos connect installed and working on (2) other outdoor speakers. I wanted these speakers to work so bad because I loved the look of them. However just after a few weeks both speakers were very distorted and crackling. The first day of testing them I didn’t notice a problem and they sounded very crisp and blended in very nice. I wasn’t playing them at too high of a volume however.
A few days later I had some friends over for a cookout and had them playing about 75%-80% max volume. About 10 minutes later I could hear a crackle and distortion coming out of one of the speakers. So I just simply disconnected that one speaker and sent it back. Now about a week later the same thing happened to the other speaker same crackle and distortion. The reviews on Amazon were all mixed so I thought I would try them out for myself.
Running the cable from the Sonos Connect Amp was a breeze and simple its just connecting the (2) audio cables to the Left and Right audio channels. So if you are looking to extend outdoor speakers or just run multiple speakers off your Connect Amp you can.
Thoughts
So if you’re looking for something that looks nice and you aren’t going to play them that loud it may work for you.
I recently upgraded the speakers to the TIC TFS6-SL 8″ Professional Outdoor Weather-Resistant Coaxial Rock Speaker (Slate)
I’m still testing these and I will post an article about them in the future they are definitely a lot more bulkier then the OSD Audio Rock Speakers.
