SONANCE OUTDOOR SPEAKERS REVIEW INSTALL
SONANCE OUTDOOR SPEAKERS REVIEW SERIES

The back of each speaker has a removable cap that lets you access settings to choose between eight-ohm, 70-volt, or 100-volt setup. The Outdoor SAT 60's shape is the now ubiquitous shape of a landscape spotlight speaker-although at 8.3 inches in diameter and 11.3 inches deep, it's significantly larger than many of its kind. They sent two experienced installers who were able to get the system set up in a little over two hours (the subwoofer hole was mostly excavated before they arrived).

SONANCE OUTDOOR SPEAKERS REVIEW INSTALL

I hired MartinLogan's local dealer, Evolution Audio & Video in Agoura Hills, to help me install the system-since I would be placing the speakers in different locations around the backyard and did not feel like running the wires myself. The total system cost with mounting hardware was slightly less than $6,500.

I gave MartinLogan the approximate dimensions of my backyard, and the company supplied me with five of the Outdoor SAT 60 satellites, a Dynamo Outdoor SUB 120 sub, a Crown CDi 1000 amplifier ($1,099), and the appropriate mounting hardware. Both are subterranean designs that produce bass through a port with a mushroom-shaped cap. The first one has a (you guessed it) 10-inch driver, and the second has a 12-inch driver. The two satellite speaker options are the Outdoor SAT 40 ($299.95) and Outdoor SAT 60 (shown right, $549.95), both of which are two-way speakers with 0.75-inch aluminum dome ferro-fluid cooled tweeters and either a four- or six-inch mineral-filled poly cone midwoofer.

SONANCE OUTDOOR SPEAKERS REVIEW SERIES

The Outdoor Living Series is comprised of four speakers. At first glance, the system looked very similar to the Episode Landscape speakers I reviewed about three years ago, but the company rep assured me that MartinLogan's Outdoor Living Series was different-so I decided to give the system a try. About halfway through the summer, I received a call from my MartinLogan PR rep to discuss a review I was working on ( the Illusion ESL C34A center-channel speaker), and he offered to send me the company's new Outdoor Living Series speaker system to audition. Whether I was alone with a libation or entertaining guests, I almost always had music playing. This summer I spent a good deal of time in my backyard, enjoying the Southern California climate.

Sonance outdoor speakers review