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 Open Air Ambience
Whether you have a back garden, a patio or even a balcony, there's nothing like your outdoor room for good food, good music and a good time. Bose and Weber have a few simple strategies for making the most of your outdoor listening and entertaining.
More tips for entertaining outdoors:
Outdoor cooking is the source of awesome aromas, great gatherings and a lifetime of memories. Start up the barbecue and savour the many memorable moments.
Place the barbecue where smoke and cooking odours won't blow into seating areas, but close enough so the chef isn't left out of the action.
Group tables, benches and chairs in areas for conversation, dining and relaxing — as well as getting the most from your music. Build benches along balcony railings to add seating without sacrificing space.
Combine candles of various heights and shapes to cast a flattering glow on food and guests. Use Japanese-style stone lanterns to set a garden flickering with soft shadows. String inexpensive white Christmas lights along balcony railings or across the tops of arbors and gazebos.
Warm things up with chimineas — Mexican-style outdoor fireplaces — in terracotta, cast-iron or steel. Place citronella candles and oil-fired torches around the perimeter of the party, where the scent won't be overwhelming.
Use fountains to hush street noises and create the feeling of an oasis.
Experiment with faux painting on walls or concrete floors.
Create secret spaces — a swinging bench behind a trellis, for instance — where you and your guests can steal a quiet moment. | Start with the music
Music sets the tone for any outdoor occasion. Fortunately, the days of balancing speakers or a boom box on the balcony railing are over. Outdoor speakers are now engineered to deliver outstanding sound throughout your outdoor listening area, and stand up to extreme weather.
There are more options than ever before, so it's wise to do some thinking about what you want from outdoor speakers. A good first step is to consider where you'd like to do your listening. Around the dining table, near the barbecue, poolside or while cruising the lake?
Next, think about how to integrate sound into these areas. If you have exterior walls by the patio, speakers could be mounted on them. Or, further out in the garden or around the pool you could hide speakers in flower beds or among shrubs. And if you enjoy listening to music while on the water, consider installing speakers in your boat.
Our premium option for mounting on walls or outdoor structures are the 251® environmental speakers. Their sleek elegance and reliable performance will also be appreciated.
In tighter spaces, like in a greenhouse or potting shed, or on a boat, our popular 151® environmental speakers are ideal for wall-mounting. |
And where you can't, or would rather not, use wall-mounted speakers, our premium FreeSpace® 51 environmental speakers offer both quality sound and flexibility. Place these versatile speakers by the pool, on the patio, or tuck them into the garden. Their free-standing design blends in with the foliage while they disperse sound in a wide, 360 degree pattern.
BOSE® outdoor speakers are all engineered to withstand the toughest elements — snow, rain, extreme temperatures, even salt and fog — so you can leave them outdoors all year long. And their performance is backed by a five-year limited warranty.
These speaker pairs can be used on their own, or in combination with each other, to deliver broad sound coverage.
And if you own, or are considering owning a BOSE® LIFESTYLE® system, these speakers can bring its performance outdoors. With the LIFESTYLE® SA-3 or SA-2 stereo amplifier and your LIFESTYLE® remote, you can control your system while enjoying the fresh air.
Now, make your selection
When it comes to selecting your music, consider the type of event you are hosting — and what you like, of course. Stick to smooth, subtle melodies, whatever the genre, for more formal soirées. For informal get-togethers, consider boosting the energy with Latin jazz, Cajun zydeco or whatever popular music lights up the night for you and your friends.
Once you've enriched your outdoor room with music that you love, it's time to enjoy. Invite your family, call your friends.
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