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. >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Sursound mailing list >>> Sursound@music.vt.edu >>> https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound - unsubscribe here, >>> edit account or options, view archives and so on. >>> >> >> >> -- >> 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 > > > -- Dr. Augustine Leudar Artistic Director Magik Door LTD Company Number : NI635217 Registered 63 Ballycoan rd, Belfast BT88LL www.magikdoor.net +44(0)7555784775 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/private/sursound/attachments/20190125/a2a24599/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound - unsubscribe here, edit account or options, view archives and so on.
