Best Outdoor Speaker of 2025?

Best outdoor speaker of 2025? Maybe...see below and watch our latest video!

Martin Logan outdoor speaker on stake

Martin Logan vs Monitor Audio - What is the best outdoor speaker in 2025?

Rancho Santa Fe Outdoor Audio installation

We live in San Diego, CA for a number of reasons. One of these should be that we love not having to shovel snow for 6 months of the year. Our weather also allows us to enjoy our outdoor spaces more than friends in, let’s say Nunavut, Canada where it averages -3.5 F year-round. At Aire Theater Designs, we love celebrating the outdoors with great sound! Here’s our take on the best outdoor speakers in 2025 under $1000/pair.

Many of these models are the same as we featured in our "Best Outdoor Speakers 2024" article as they are still current models. We have one new entrant and some pricing has changed. Our contestants are:

Martin Logan outdoor speaker on stake

Martin Logan vs Monitor Audio - What is the best outdoor speaker in 2024?

Rancho Santa Fe Outdoor Audio installation

We live in San Diego, CA for a number of reasons. One of these should be that we love not having to shovel snow for 6 months of the year. Our weather also allows us to enjoy our outdoor spaces more than friends in, let’s say Nunavut, Canada where it averages -3.5 F year-round. At Aire Theater Designs, we love celebrating the outdoors with great sound! Here’s our take on the best outdoor speakers in 2024 under $1000/pair.

Many of these models are the same as we featured in our "Best Outdoor Speakers 2023" article as they are still current models. We have one new entrant and some pricing has changed. Our contestants are:

Martin Logan outdoor speaker on stake

Martin Logan vs Monitor Audio - What is the best outdoor speaker in 2023?

Rancho Santa Fe Outdoor Audio installation

We live in San Diego, CA for a number of reasons. One of these should be that we love not having to shovel snow for 6 months of the year. Our weather also allows us to enjoy our outdoor spaces more than friends in, let’s say Nunavut, Canada where it averages -3.5 F year-round. At Aire Theater Designs, we love celebrating the outdoors with great sound! Here’s our take on the best outdoor speakers in 2023 under $1000/pair.

Many of these models are the same as we featured in our "Best Outdoor Speakers 2021" article as they are still current models. We have one new entrant and some pricing has changed. Our contestants are:

During these last two years, we've had an unprecedented number of clients call for outdoor speakers and outdoor audio systems. These types of audio set-ups can range from $1K-$300K. Want the best outdoor speakers AND the best audio experience possible in San Diego or So Cal? See our video above for some ideas and concepts. Here's a bunch of things in no specific order to be aware in this process.

It's always summer in San Diego...aside from about 5 days a year. Therefore, the 1X year sale from our partner, Monitor Audio, is the PERFECT time to enhance your life with outdoor audio! Until June 30th, save 15% on Monitor Audio's family of outdoor speakers including:

Climate 80 and Climate 60 and Climate 50: See our article about the best outdoor speakers <<< you can buy in our past "Outdoor Speaker Face Off" that details the excellent Climate 80 models.

Monitor Audio Climate speaker on-wall

Monitor Audio Climate 80 next to size 12 foot

Origin Acoustics Bollard outdoor speaker waiting to play tennis - Rancho Santa Fe

Martin Logan landscape speaker enjoying nature - Del Mar

Episode outdoor landscape speaker and his friend, Episode landscape subwoofer - Carlsbad

During these last two years, we've had an unprecedented number of clients call for outdoor audio systems. These types of audio set-ups can range from $1K-$300K. Want the best outdoor speakers AND the best audio experience possible? Here's a bunch of things in no specific order to be aware in this process.

We take time away from bodysurfing to answer your most popular questions from the week! Seth and the late, great Mark Holmes above

We love tasty waves...don't get me wrong but from time-to-time the surf wanes OR we get a flood of questions about various smart home technology or audio/video equipment. Here are the most popular questions from the week from our website visitors and Youtube subscribers:

Origin Acoustics outdoor speaker masquerading as a light fixture

Origin Acoustics Bollard outdoor speaker when it isn't in the ground - It's like an iceberg with the substantial portion hidden

Outdoor audio with another color option from Origin

Martin Logan outdoor speaker on stake

Martin Logan vs Monitor Audio - What is the best outdoor speaker in 2021?

La Jolla Outdoor Audio installation

We live in San Diego, CA for a number of reasons. One of these should be that we love not having to shovel snow for 6 months of the year. Our weather also allows us to enjoy our outdoor spaces more than friends in, let’s say Nunavut, Canada where it averages -3.5 F year-round. At Aire Theater Designs, we love celebrating the outdoors with great sound! Here’s our take on the best outdoor speakers in 2021 under $1000/pair.

During Covid, we had some spare time so we said, “Let’s line up a bunch of our outdoor speakers, critically listen and report our findings. Our entrants were: