And yes I've thought the cheap and easy to replace route is a good one.
Extreme 5 s are cheapish sound fine even have speakers. However this still
requires someone to guarantee they can replace them for a long period

On Friday, 25 January 2019, Augustine Leudar <augustineleu...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> *35 not 5. Even I'm not that pessimistic.
>
> On Friday, 25 January 2019, Augustine Leudar <augustineleu...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> It was a typo. Should have said can't. TBH I can't see how any company
>> can guarantee they would still be around in 5 years . In fact we can't even
>> guarantee our civilisation will be. Still.....
>>
>> On Friday, 25 January 2019, Richard Lee <rica...@justnet.com.au> wrote:
>>
>>> > If you needed speakers for a permanent outdoor installation with
>>> speakers
>>> than need to last decades - does such a thing exist ?
>>>
>>> > However  here the real issue is who will provide a maintenance
>>> package/guarantee for 35 years ?
>>>
>>> If you want to keep the same speakers for 35 yrs, your maintenance
>>> company
>>> better get in a COMPLETE replacement system (including a full set of
>>> speakers) as spares.
>>>
>>> We used to pride ourselves on providing better & longer service spares
>>> than
>>> anyone else in the business but even we drew the line at 20 yrs.  Older
>>> than that, we would try to replace and/or repair with a near equivalent.
>>>
>>> Service Dept. used to see us at R&D for advice and I learnt a lot about
>>> arcane glues & paints for sealing Super 8RSDD cloth surrounds.
>>>
>>> And you'd better make sure your maintenance company will still be in
>>> business in 35 yrs.
>>>
>>> > I can think of one.
>>>
>>> Who were you thinking of?
>>> ____________________
>>>
>>> Having said that, modern speakers don't usually go wrong if used within
>>>
>>> their limits but you need to cater for the odd boot and of course floods
>>> &
>>> cyclones for your outdoor application.
>>> ______________________
>>>
>>> I would go with 'outdoor' speakers for use on small boats.  They do go
>>> wrong but are cheap to replace with something 'similar'.  Plastic cones
>>> best and no fancy stuff like tweeters.
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>> --
>> Dr. Augustine Leudar
>> Artistic Director Magik Door LTD
>> Company Number : NI635217
>> Registered 63 Ballycoan rd,
>> Belfast BT88LL
>> www.magikdoor.net
>> +44(0)7555784775
>>
>>
>>
>
> --
> Dr. Augustine Leudar
> Artistic Director Magik Door LTD
> Company Number : NI635217
> Registered 63 Ballycoan rd,
> Belfast BT88LL
> www.magikdoor.net
> +44(0)7555784775
>
>
>

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Dr. Augustine Leudar
Artistic Director Magik Door LTD
Company Number : NI635217
Registered 63 Ballycoan rd,
Belfast BT88LL
www.magikdoor.net
+44(0)7555784775
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