What is this black thing, roughly the size of a coffee mug, cylindrical in shape, attached to a circular bracket, on the side of my neighbours house? Its position can be adjusted, doesn’t light up or make noise. Not sure on weight as it is fixed to the wall. We think that it’s plastic.

  • SouthEndSunset@lemm.eeOP
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    1 month ago

    Apparently it never makes any noise. I’m not always there.

    But I agree with you.

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      1 month ago

      A lot of outdoor speakers fail and aren’t replaced because it is a pain and almost nobody uses them enough.

      They are a good idea, but silly for 90% of people who have them.

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        1 month ago

        Yup. Bought a house that had some outdoor speakers. The audio cables ran into the basement and when I finally got around to hooking them up to my amp it did not go according to plan. I trimmed the cabling for some fresh copper and water started immediately dripping out of the cables. Turns out the conduit the previous owner had laid for the wiring was completely water logged. I ended up buying some wireless speakers instead of dealing with that mess.