How do you listen to music when you camp?

[Wrascal]

My use of RV stereo equipment is not listed above. I use all recycled equipment: a 30 yr old Technics amp-preamp, a separate Panasonic receiver, and (due to space) a small set of Advent speakers.

All of this was recycled from my previous home equipment experimentations. As old and outdated as these components are, they still sound better than many current/typical home systems.

[Edd505]

Originally Posted by DocBrown

It's for background music if we play anything at all. The cheap speakers are fine for that. If I could or wanted to play it loud enough to need something better, I'd be disturbing everyone else.

+3

[grampacc]

we listen to local stations in the morning while inside the trailer. sometimes we put our external speakers on when sitting outside, but only on low volume. we usually just enjoy the sounds of our natural surroundings. nothing worse than blaring music from a nearby camper.

[wags999]

Guess i'm the oddball but when camping I enjoy the music of a crackling fire, crickets, birds and other of mother natures creatures. Last thing I want is to do what I do at home.. and nothing better than a fellow camper stopping by and watching the colors of dancing flames .. life is good....

don't believe I've ever turned our radio on...

[Nukeneck]

Wags, there's something to be said for that, kudos!

[need-a-vacation]

Originally Posted by SmokerBill

I have the entire camping area to myself, so I have Bob Seger cranked as loud as my cheap stock Jensen system (and my ears) can handle on the interior speakers- about 30 volume wise on the knob. I've learned that beer makes the crap stereo sound better...

Just use caution when waving the lighter back and forth! Lol

Originally Posted by wags999

Guess i'm the oddball but when camping I enjoy the music of a crackling fire, crickets, birds and other of mother natures creatures. Last thing I want is to do what I do at home.. and nothing better than a fellow camper stopping by and watching the colors of dancing flames .. life is good.... don't believe I've ever turned our radio on...

Once it is dark we rarely have the radio on sitting by the fire. If we do it is usually a game we listen to: playoff hockey game- we have a long break until next season already but Go Wings!, OHL game- friends are a host family- Go Firebirds!, MI Football- Go Blue!!!, etc.

IF we have music by the fire it is usually when we are either having/cooking lunch, taking a break from whatever may be the activity of the day, etc...

[North of 49°]

As strange as it sounds, there's some places where we can't get any radio reception at all, but a halfway decent cell signal. So when the game is on and I get nothing but static, I go to the radio station's website on my smartphone and stream the audio, and send it via Bluetooth to the trailer's stereo.

[Seann45]

Actually I use an XM ghetto blaster...

[spepi]

I bought one of these yesterday. We like the background of the music when we are outside. Not on a high level....just enough to hear it.

JBL Flip 3 - JBL US

It sounds amazing for a portable

[jgerhard]

I use the built-in cheapo outside speakers quietly in campgrounds, but when I go to the desert with large groups, I bring my home-made stereo:

Bose speakers
10" amplified sub-woofer
car stereo with blue-tooth
2 17AH batteries

It's heavy but sounds really good. 8 hours of music between charges.

[rodro123]

We turn the outside radio speakers on very low and have cocktails by the fire. If you were to walk by you wouldn’t know it was on.

[RSerendipity]

Normally only listen inside when ever it rains, which is at least 35-40% of any trip. 3 weeks ago while camped on Kerr Lake in NC we heard about Merle Haggard passing away that morning. Had the camp fire going and the Sirius/XM radio plugged into the Receiver inside but off. Went inside and turned on the Radio & the Outside speakers. First time usage other than trying them out at Home.
We had a perfect night with the weather, water lapping at the shore 15 ft. from the fire, waterfowl squawking in the background, roaring campfire, a good local brew, and a great Musical tribute to Merle. Did not bother any other Campers. Part of that was the fact that there were only four units camped in a 65 Site campground and we were well spaced apart. Can foresee that happening again if conditions were similar.

[jsims]

Originally Posted by RSerendipity

We had a perfect night with the weather, water lapping at the shore 15 ft. from the fire, waterfowl squawking in the background, roaring campfire, a good local brew, and a great Musical tribute to Merle.

Well that sounds like a pretty amazing night!

[Witt74]

We use the Sirius satellite receiver from the truck plugged into the Sirius boom box. Usually listen while cooking or relaxing with our favorite adult beverage. Keep the volume low, up just enough to hear thru our seating area.

[fjd]

I finally said enough and replaced the sound system on our 2014 Jayco Eagle with something that lets music sound like music. Every time I put the stereo on I would cringe at the poor quality sound. Fast forward and I can tell you it wasn't a hard do it yourself project and the results were great. I replaced the stock quest speakers with Polk 651 speakers and the Jensen head unit was replaced with a Blaupunkt New Jersey 220. These were just personal choice. There are many really nice head units and speakers that will fit.

Polk 651 Speakers: Replaced all 6.
Polk Audio db651s 6-1/2" 2-way shallow-mount car speakers at Crutchfield.com

Blaupunkt 220 head unit:
Blaupunkt New Jersey 220 BT CD receiver at Crutchfield.com

I attached a pic of the speaker install in our Eagle. I can't find a pic of the head unit install. I'll get that when I go to the camper next.

All in all I'm extremely pleased with the change. The wires jayco connects with simple telephone wire clips. The old speaker covers pop off if you catch the edge with a screwdriver or can opener. If anyone wants details just let me know.

one more thing. I left the outside speakers disconnected. Like many people above a blue tooth portable speaker works much better and is close to where we sit as to not disturb neighbors when we want a little background music. We chose the bose speaker below but there are a lot of great bluetooth units out there.

Bose SoundLink bluetooth speaker
http://www.amazon.com/Bose-SoundLink...bose+bluetooth

Let's go camping now.

[William]

I turn it on to a level you can here it then I walk by the next camp sites around us and make sure they can't hear my music.


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[mitechie]

UE Roll BT speaker ftw. Great for listening to those podcasts/audio books while working around the camper.

[spoon059]

I listen quietly and respectfully of those camping around me. Therefore the stock speakers are more than enough to provide quality sound. We usually only listen to music outside when we are cooking food outside. No need to blast music across the campground.

[etex211]

The Kicker Amphitheater in the link below is great....

I use an earlier model that has an IPOD dock and no bluetooth capability. It was originally purchased for my daughter. Later on, I upgraded her to the bluetooth model and confiscated the original unit for use in my camper. I just play music I've got stored on an old cell phone through the aux port on the Kicker unit. It sounds great.

I did a lot of research before buying the original kicker unit. IPod docks from all manufacturers were considered, and I eventually decided the Kicker was the way to go. I've never been disappointed in the sound quality.

Amphitheater Bluetooth Speaker 2 | KICKER®

[Shorty Cox]

Seldom listen to music while camping. There have been a few times I listened to more of the neighbors music than I wanted. Bass pounding all night. I like WAGS999, the sound of nature is best.