Quote Originally Posted by sjnweb
Friends,

I'm in the process of building a 17 x 17 addition on the back of my house. It's going to have an interior hot tub recessed into the floor, with tile on the floor and half way up the walls to the windows with a heat pump to take care of most of the moisture in the air. The idea of the room is about relaxing. But I have to be able to hear the tunes over the sound of the hot tub. So for a room that size where there is going to be at least some level of moisture, I'm having trouble figuring out what kind of audio system to install.

Because of the size and type of the room, rather than have a more basic system set-up (receiver, cd-player and some type of an iPod dock), I was toying with the idea of getting something with a smaller footprint - such as one of the smaller Bose Wave systems, but I'm not sure if that kind of a system I'd be able to hear the music over the sound of the hot tub. Or should I just go with a more traditional stereo receiver with more wattage. There is a basic Onkyo receiver the TX-8522 which might do the trick. I live in the city, so I'm not trying to deafen my neighbors (I'll be putting some level of sound insulation into the walls), but I want to make sure I'm able to hear the music.

On speakers, one idea is to mount a smaller speaker in each of the top 4 corners of the room. Or is that overkill for a room that size even with the hot tub noise?

But even with a heat pump, I expect there will be some level of moisture in the room, so outdoor speakers may be advisable. I don't have any experience with them whatsoever. Any recommendations?

Or do you think I'm planning all of this wrong and should take the audio plan in an entirely different direction?

Any help would be much appreciated.

-Steve
We have our master bathroom fitted with speakers. I used a pair of cheap JBL E10 bookshelf speakers so we wouldn't care too much if they got ruined. But I like basite idea of using outdoor speakers. Most are waterproof or at least water resistant. There are many companies making them.
We ran wires to my JBL's through the wall to my bedroom receiver. Just hooked them up to the "B" speaker outputs. I already know what volume we like so just set it before going in.

Mike

P.S.

Welcome to AR.
Great question.