Music on the Porch

// September 18th, 2013 // 2 Comments » // Uncategorized

We have a screened-in porch off in our home and we love music. Already having some speakers hooked up to an Airport Express in the office (which so nicely fill the downstairs with tunes during work, parties, and in-between), we wanted to add some music to the porch as well. It was so simple and works so well I thought I’d share what we did.

First – get an Airport Express (http://bit.ly/19h8syz).

Second – get some nice speakers. I opted for some in ceiling speakers as they’d be out of the way and I had easy access to run the wires already. I went with some Micca 8″ speakers (http://amzn.to/17Kk2SH) which got great reviews – and turns out – sound super!

Third – get a speaker amp to connect the Airport Express to the speakers themselves. I went with a Lepai 20 watt amp (http://amzn.to/14jYcF3). Note: you’ll also need some speaker cable – but you can get that just about anywhere.

The installation is very simple. Start with the speakers. These install like old construction switch boxes (if you’re electrically inclined you’ll know what I mean). Cut a hole with the template you’ll get with each speaker, attach the speaker wire, then set the speaker in the hole and use 4 screws with tabs on them that will kick in and hold it right in place for you.
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