Drill a hole for stereo speaker or not?

RoyB wrote:
This is what my two outdoor speakers looks like with their drilled-in hole mounts. This will penetrate both inside and outside of the thin trailer walls unless you drill thru the storage door only.


Altho the speakers come with a pretty heavy duty and weatherproof cone this will give a possible hole thru the trailer wall that may result in a temperature change thing. My two stereo speaker can be seen inside one of my cabinet doors.

I really like the idea of having a OUTDOOR SPEAKER PANEL and plug in your separate stereo speakers or go with wireless stereo speakers that you can find at WALMART or order from AMAZION.

If I installed an outside stereo speaker setup I would most likely do this inside the storage room area and run the speaker cables from that area to hook up to outside stereo speakers. You could also just mount the stereo speakers in the storage bay area and just raise the storage door when you wanted to listen to outside speakers.

A weatherproof outside DUAL RCA PHONO Connector might look something like this which shows using standard RG F-TYPE TV connections but you can also get RCA phono connections to use here as well. Installing this outside box only requires two small holes to penetrate the thin trailer wall and three small self tapping screws.


We also like NOT to have things sitting outside that might grow feet and wander off when we leave the area for a short time...

Just food for thought
Roy Ken

Thanks Roy! Yeah, as you found out, finding a decent sized and quality speaker means the basket is going to penetrate both the exterior and interior walls. As Gdetrailer says, it won't sound as good as a boxed speaker. I know most folks aren't aiming for audiophile quality, just something that sounds decent and brings music outside.
An added benefit of a boxed speaker is that you have variety in placement and can direct the sound to your listening location. Therefore, should be able to have less volume to the rest of the CG, should you be parked there.

I mess around with audio stuff, here is a boxed boombox contraption built for my Daughter to use in Parades. The bike was used to represent the college radio station she worked for.

Parade bike: