Outdoor speaker install

[gwill1010]

I have to relplace my outdoor speakers. They are surface mount and only have small hole for the wiring. I want to cut bigger holes and install something nicer. I have a fiberglass sided TT. What I have now is below. Is cutting larger holes a DIY job?
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00SVWY4UG/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A322NKI5CZID9H

Looking at something like this:

https://www.amazon.com/Pyle-PLMR62-Resistant-Speakers-Tweeters/dp/B00022OBNS/ref=sr_1_3?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1492281522&sr=1-3&keywords=marine+speakers

[gwill1010]

rhagfo wrote:

MFL wrote:
I would not cut large hole in fiberglass wall. My outdoor speakers are mounted in the J panel aluminum skirting, below fiberglass wall. Work great, sound great, easy access.

Jerry

X2!

Wonder how hard it would be to find the wires and re-route.

[lanerd]

The_real_wild1 wrote:

lanerd wrote:
Maybe you should read THIS post

All I see is waaaaaa waaaaaa waaaaaa. If you want total peace and quiet do like most of us do and camp away from everyone. Most people that get annoyed living in the city with the noise etc move OUT of the city. You guys sure whine a lot.

If you are boon docking way out in the desert and distant from your nearest neighbor, I say go for it...crank that baby up. However, and unfortunately, this is not the typical case. Playing music or watching TV outside in ANY rv park where it can be heard by your neighbors, is just rude and inconsiderate.

Ron

[westend]

An alternative to mounting speakers that have greater depth than is perfect (won't fit in cavity), is to use a baffle on the surface. The baffle is typically a circular ring that attaches to the surface and the speaker is attached to the baffle. These can be made of wood, plastic, or metal.

BTW, Pyle anything is about the bottom of the quality barrel. I'd suggest you make another choice. No sense going to the work of replacement and ending up with a sub-standard sound.

Just thinking here but if a user didn't want to cut out larger holes in an RV wall, it would be easy to find a pair of enclosed speakers and just mount a conventional two-wire jack on either the wall or the original speaker grill. Enclosed speakers would probably be an upgrade in sound quality and can be positioned anywhere (like close to the listener). The downside is that the boxes need to be connected and disconnected for normal travel.

[gwill1010]

The_real_wild1 wrote:
I just went through something similar. I just ordered a set of 6.5 speakers. When they got here I went to install them and they were too big. I stored the unit until spring and went to install them two weeks ago. I was planning to make the hole a little bigger when I discovered not only where the holes smaller but the new speaker was too deep. I ordered 6" shallow speakers and they fit perfectly. I didn't want to make the inside any deeper as it is sealed well.

Did you have to cut a bigger hole in the fiberglass? What speakers did you buy?

[gwill1010]

The_real_wild1 wrote:

lanerd wrote:
Maybe you should read ***Link Removed*** post

All I see is waaaaaa waaaaaa waaaaaa. If you want total peace and quiet do like most of us do and camp away from everyone. Most people that get annoyed living in the city with the noise etc move OUT of the city. You guys sure whine a lot.

Agree with both of you, but my wife is not going to let me disturb anyone.

[rhagfo]

MFL wrote:
I would not cut large hole in fiberglass wall. My outdoor speakers are mounted in the J panel aluminum skirting, below fiberglass wall. Work great, sound great, easy access.

Jerry

X2!

[Tal_IL]

[The_real_wild1]

lanerd wrote:
Maybe you should read THIS post

All I see is waaaaaa waaaaaa waaaaaa. If you want total peace and quiet do like most of us do and camp away from everyone. Most people that get annoyed living in the city with the noise etc move OUT of the city. You guys sure whine a lot.

[tenbear]

lanerd wrote:
Maybe you should read THIS post

Please do!

[lanerd]

Maybe you should read THIS post

[MFL]

I would not cut large hole in fiberglass wall. My outdoor speakers are mounted in the J panel aluminum skirting, below fiberglass wall. Work great, sound great, easy access.

Jerry

[RoyB]

My daughter introduced me to the wireless BLUE TOOTH speakers from WALMART. Never turned back...

Now I can have speakers anywhere I want... Even in my shirt pocket wandering around outside around the trailer...

You use a wireless transmitter modules that gets its audio from the radio and then broadcasts it out to the wireless speakers...

I have a good 50-foot range outside my trailer to sit the wireless speakers on a table somewhere...

My speakers too are too thick for the wall and when you look in the cabinet where they are installed you can see the speaker cones and all inside the cabinet. Has to be weather proof marine type speaker cones...

Roy Ken

[The_real_wild1]

I just went through something similar. I just ordered a set of 6.5 speakers. When they got here I went to install them and they were too big. I stored the unit until spring and went to install them two weeks ago. I was planning to make the hole a little bigger when I discovered not only where the holes smaller but the new speaker was too deep. I ordered 6" shallow speakers and they fit perfectly. I didn't want to make the inside any deeper as it is sealed well.

[gwill1010]

Thanks