Over the past few years, more aesthetically pleasing and high-quality outdoor speakers have played a significant role in the ongoing shift of outdoor living. While backyard music once consisted of a ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." The sounds of nature are a wonderful thing. But sometimes you just want to hang out in your backyard and ...

When most people think of high-fidelity audio, they imagine the experience of a well-designed living room system or a custom home theater. But today’s discerning homeowners want that same rich, ...

Outdoor audio usually falls into two buckets: a little Bluetooth speaker that gets lost once people start talking, or a full ...

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Built specifically for outdoor spaces and all sorts of weather conditions, the best outdoor speakers not only make your music pop in your backyard or on the patio—they’re also designed to withstand ...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Credit: Credit: Zain bin Awais/Lifehacker Composite; MarkSwallow/Prasert Krainukul/Artur Kozlov/via Getty Images Here's your guide to making the most ...

The sounds of nature are a wonderful thing. But sometimes you just want to hang out in your backyard and jam out to your favorite tunes, or listen to your team struggle to stay above .500 (as a ...

We’ve looked at all sorts of weatherproof speakers to find the ones that hit all the right notes. Here's what's in while you're out. By Heather Kuldell-Ware, Billy Cadden Published Nov 28, 2023 5:45 ...

I've been a contributing editor for PCMag since 2011. Before that, I was PCMag's lead audio analyst from 2006 to 2011. Even though I'm a freelancer now, PCMag has been my home for well over a decade, ...

From backyard entertaining to tailgate parties to time working in the garden, the great outdoors feel even greater when there's musical accompaniment. (Seriously, fire up the Mark Ronson album Version ...