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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:

Best Tower Speaker of 2024 - Martin Logan XT F100

Now that it is 2025, it is time to reflect on what we loved and hated from 2024. One of our favorites from 2023 is still around and makes our list for "Best Tower Speaker of 2024"! This offering from Martin Logan sounds fantastic and we don't say this lightly. 3 of us were there when conducting our initial listening tests and we all had the same opinion. It can be rare to get a consensus in audio due to the subjective make-up of speakers and Hi-Fi but in this case, we couldn't help ourselves. They are that good! Watch our video above for the following:

Best Integrated Amplifier of 2024

Oh Chris...you broke our heart. We made the mistake of selling our demo Marantz Model 30 integrated amplifier to our client Chris a while ago and our office has never sounded the same. This piece sounded SO good and made many of our speakers evoke the songs of angels. Chris is now undoubtedly a happy man but we here at Aire Theater Designs are devastated. Let's talk about our choice for "Best Integrated Amplifier for 2024"...the Marantz Model 30.

Best WiFi of 2024

Looking for the best WiFi you can buy? Aren't we all. Our "Best WiFi for 2024" winner takes the award as in our opinion, it checks the boxes for the most needs for the most people. Here's why we picked the eero Max 7 as our best WiFi solution for 2024.

Cyber Monday Sonos! Save up to 39%!

What is better than Sonos for audio enjoyment and whole-house sound? Sonos at up to 39% off...that's what! Right now to stimulate the economy and your love of music, you can save up to 39% on select Sonos products. In addition to the below deals that are continuing from Black Friday, you can save $$$ on Sonos' best portable speaker...the FIVE streaming speaker. See below.

Sonos Black Friday Sale! Save up to 39%!

What is better than Sonos for audio enjoyment and whole-house sound? Sonos at up to 39% off...that's what! Right now to stimulate the economy and your love of music, you can save up to 39% on select Sonos products.

Sonos Soundbars and Sonos Home Theater below are on sale!

• Sonos Sub Mini powered subwoofer
• Sonos Arc
• Sonos Beam
• Sonos Ray
• Sonos Ace headphones
• Sonos ERA 100
• Sonos ERA 300

 

Sonos Portable speakers below are on sale!

• Sonos Roam 2
• Sonos Move 2

 

Sales above end 12/02/2024 so make it snappy. Isn't your favorite Turkey worth it?

NOTE: See our Sonos page for video reviews, tutorials and blog articles about the above.

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