Sonance Vs. Coastal Source: Which is the Best Outdoor Audio System?

Bring High-Fidelity Sound to Your Outdoor Oasis

Are you ready to elevate the time spent in your outdoor areas? While we may never forget traveling through the inside passages of Alaska or lounging on the shores of Aruba, sometimes, the simpler things stay with us the longest. The family barbeques, pool parties, and hosting friends for alfresco dining under the stars create memories that linger. 

One element profoundly impacts these parties and the outdoor dining experience: music. Not the one-directional music that creates overpowering sound in one area and a whisper in another. Today, you can enjoy a high-fidelity, immersive soundfield in your backyard that reminds you of listening to your favorite bands at the Mesa Amphitheatre. 

At Audio Video Excellence, we partner with the industry leaders in outdoor audio. Two brands, Sonance and Coastal Source, deliver outstanding presence in the great outdoors. 

Here, we’ll explore what these two audio powerhouses bring to the table, enhancing all the many activities that define outdoor living.

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The Power of Outdoor Audio Solutions

There are a few attributes these audio systems have in common. Both were built for the outdoors and made to withstand the harsh desert landscape. From extreme temperatures to monsoonal thunderstorms, these audio systems last through every season, year after year.

Sonance Landscape Speakers

Sonance speakers create an outdoor space that’s an extension of your home. Like a whole-home audio system, the music follows you from the patio to the pool and surrounding garden areas. 

By creating a perfectly balanced soundscape via strategically installed satellite speakers, the sound surrounds you, seemingly filling the air from an unseen source. Hidden subwoofers bring out the bass, providing the richness and depth that outdoor music and soundtracks deserve. 

In addition to landscape lighting-like speakers that nestle into gardens, under trees, and along the perimeter of your property, Sonance manufactures in-ceiling, masonry, and surface mount speakers. These options enable our AV experts to design the perfect backdrop for all your outdoor occasions. 

One of their in-ceiling masterpieces, the Visual Experience with Quadratech, is the first loudspeaker engineered by simulation and machine learning, resulting in low distortion, balanced coverage, and natural sound reproduction. 

You may find your outdoor living areas become the place to be, the most popular “room” in your home.

Coastal Source

In 2003, the D’Ascanio brothers decided it was time to create superior outdoor products, specifically lighting and audio, that could withstand the harshest outdoor environments and last a decade or more. And that is how Coastal Source was born. 

Today, the company is known worldwide for its innovative solutions to outdoor living. Their outdoor audio systems deliver high-fidelity sound, whether enjoying a soft ballad as background to an outdoor evening meal or a full-fledged concert-quality rendition of George Strait’s “Here for a Good Time.” 

Here are a few of their many outdoor speaker lines: 

• Pathfinder: As the name suggests, Pathfinder is meant to fill all your outdoor spaces with high-fidelity sound. Unlike audio systems designed specifically for the patio, pool, and around the fire pit, these patented, discrete loudspeakers provide omni-directional sound. No matter where you roam, you experience the full range, from the deepest bass to the highest treble. 

• Razor: One of their newest achievements, the Razor, is a low-profile architectural speaker designed for outdoor walls and hardscapes. At less than 4-inches deep, it blends into its surroundings while delivering superior sound. These modular speakers can be configured around planters, creating a 360-degree soundscape.

• 12.0 Line Source Bollard: Are you ready for concert-quality sound in your backyard? This patented loudspeaker delivers unrivaled hi-fi coverage. The technology that helps them achieve this includes line array for high-fidelity over long throw distances and variable waveguide controls. 

At Audio Video Excellence, we perform site surveys to help our clients achieve the best outdoor audio solution for their unique property, lifestyle, and budget. Then, we design, develop, engineer, and install awe-inspiring systems. To learn more about the latest technology and outdoor audio, or to find a solution that will fit your needs and preferences, contact Audio Video Excellence today.