What are the best sounding outdoor speakers?

I'm normally not a big fan of BOSE speakers, but my wife's folks bought me some BOSE 251 speakers for a gift about a year ago, and they sound awesome! These are much better than the boston's and altec lansing's that I have heard in comparison. One of the most impressive points is that they are mounted about 30 feet apart around a corner from one another, and yet still deliver huge detail and dynamic sound when sitting under just 1 of the speakers.

Check out the Rockets at av123.com. For $99.00/pr tough to beat, or go wrong. I have a pair of Speakercraft's that are serving me well though. For 2+ years they were uncovered and exposed to lots of sun and rain (this past winter in Southern CA, and are still in great shape.

About 8 years ago a friend of mine asked me for a recommendation for outdoor speakers to get her husband for Christmas. After some research I recommended some Cantons (Kanton?). They were $500 sound decent and have stood up to the outdoor elements in Montana for all these years.

Mike

You should hear the Klipsch AW-525 or better yet the AW-650.

How about the Niles RS8si rock speakers? I was thinking about getting a pair of those and putting them on the outside of my lanai facing in through the screen. This way the whole lanai/pool/hot tub gets coverage and by facing them in towards the house I won't blast out the neighbors (that bad, haha). Also, I can hide them well in the bushes with this arrangment. They're not cheap though ($400ish each?) but the smaller 6 1/2 two way version is about half the price. Is the sound of the 6 1/2 good or should I splurge on the 8" two way RS8si's? My lanai is fairly large. I'll bury the cable (enclosed in some small pvc pipe, etc.) around the base of the lanai to the house and feed them with zone 2 of an Arcam AVR300.

Scott