Richards V215 Stereo Install

Atilla's boat is there, I picked mine up on Thursday and his moved in.

Already there!

Nice!! Can't wait to see it. Crazy plans or Super crazy plans?

I didn't want to take up all of my storage... so not super crazy. I am sure it will look cool and sound great!

Clay has been working crazy hours since the sun has been out, and everyone wants their systems done.. he should have everything wrapped up tomorrow or wed so im sure he will post some pics..

cesar- we need pics, tell those guys to get em posted!

yo ben whats up man! hopefully they will be loud.. now your system probablly could be heard across town!.. when i was trying to take a nap in my room at spring ride - your system was rattling the mirror on the wall! i have to say your boat is the loudest ive ever ran accross..

Atillas set up is gonna be super clean from what ive heard...

I am looking forward to boat beats in August!!!

Hey Rich, I rode behind Tate's 215 over the weekend and I absolutely loved it! ...Richard, you should bring your boat down to Crawdads on the river for Cinco and party with us!

I talked with Clay earlier and he was going to post up the pictures he had, he was tired so we will see,something about trying to get all of the boats done. He worked till 4:30 this morning at the shop. All I know is you guys are going to be stoked to get back out on the water with your systems. We took the SAN out this weekend and it was doming.

Where is Boat beats in August ? I heard that the Lake Tulloch deal was moved to October ?

I though Grant said August... I might be wrong.

Attila I may have got the date screwed up let me know Joe

I heard August too. Let me know, I'm definitely want to make that event. Richard, let me know how everything sounds, can't wait to hear it.

Sorry I havent posted the Info as of yett; The Boat Beats boat show is set up for Oct 7th at lake Tulloch. Ill have the info and website up soon.

Hey Grant, can I borrow a boat cover that weekend?

All this talk about Oct,Sept,Aug what about memorial day thats just around the corner.

I am glad Clay isn't posting anything... it means he is hard at work!

Grant, you going to still want my help for boat beats? I am hoping I'll still be in town. I have some interviews coming up. **Fingers Crossed**

Anyway, the offer is still on the table.

Robb

Robb, do you do structured cabling?

I do CAT5e. I have gone to the class for fibre, but never actually connected anything. We are moving that direction, but you know the state. Mollassas moves faster.

It is all about the CAT6 limited combustible now...

Ya, but like I said I work for the state. The guys I work with would not be happy having to learn CAT6. We are doing gig tested 5, and now learning 10 gig. Haven't used it yet either. ... This is why I need a new job. I'm an engineer. I like to learn things. ... I'm stagnate in my position.

So is it done?

Or do you need another 3 months?

Perhaps it will be done by Boat Beats.....Oct 7th?

LOL.

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Robb: yea I still want your help with the Cat-5 set up. Im got all the cable. Just wanted some help testing the line's I saw a fancy Cat-5 line tester for $1000 that does a print out of the line quality test. Pretty cool.

Don't spend money on a tester. If you want the cables certified, which you shouldn't need, I have one at work. .... If I'm still working here. All you really should need is a cable tester. i have those too (If I'm not working here anymore, I can still borrow one I'm sure). You just need something that says the cables are connected properly. certifications are only needed when you have things like servers. If you really want a tester, get the Fluke Networks "MicroScanner Pro." That's what we use for everything except gig speed certifications.

The high-end cable testers are just used to verify the structured cable contractor didn't splice crap in the ceiling and run a 400 ft. run... All you need to do is verify that your pairs are not crossed.
Grant, what are you using the CAT 5 for?

I know this thread is off topic, but we need something to do while we wait for pics!

... It's sorta on topic. The topic moved to whether or not Grant would be done for Boat Beats. Grant needs help setting up for Boat Beats. ....

Oh, and I was killing time waiting for pics!!!

Attila, I responded to you. Let me know if you didn't get it.

I used to install Cat5 and fiber, I've certified quite a few cables. Those damn certification units are more 'bitchy' (or maybe precise is the word) than one would think, they make you go back and redo the punch downs you screwed up, or didn't do very well. (Argh) What? Quality workmanship? nah.

All-in-all, if the computer comes up and runs on the network, the cable is fine. The average user will never see a performance degradation on a 100 mbit cable while connected to a 3mbit internet connection.

I think we're not seeing any pictures because Clay is off day-dreaming about a black and pink Malibu. haha..

or he's trying to remember the difference between 568A and B.

Craig, I've had to re punch some cables, but certification wasn't the problem. I had the oranges and greens, or greens and blues crossed. They wouldn't have passed no matter what. ... Running cable for 9 hours a day, one gets complacent.

Hey, where did you install the speaker on the passenger side? I'm struggling on if I should put the fourth speaker set into the panel or in the carpeted space under the seat like the rears.

Hey Richards boat is done and is BOOMIN, i will post pictures tomorrow when i go to work.

Sweet!!!!

Just in time for the weather,Congrats Clay cant wait to see your handy work.

Yeah, I saw it. Its crazy.

Looks fabulous, BUT better make a day of loc-titing every screw in that thing. Those 15's boom!!!

Hey Richard,

How do you like the Fosgate 6.5's? I was thinking I like the look of them, but how they sound is more important. Are they comparable to the polk MoMo's?

Eric

eric- i havent heard them yet.. walt just put some in his boat and loves them...

Alright all you impacient people here you go!!! LOL, Im kidding.

Here is the 30001 sub amp, I had to take the picture before I put the side panel back in.














Sorry about the picture quality, my camera trips out with the LEDs. Ill post some day time photos in alittle bit. (These are red LEDs, not orange, looks strange on the camera)

Holly Molly!!! Well worth the wait, that is sooo sick! Floating night at the roxbury!!!

Once again, great work!

Richard - Let's rock it. When we going out?

dang! looks killer Clayton! ill get down and get it out of your way asap...

Tate- let me know... you need to get assigned to ukiah this summer!!

Clay, it looks great as always. Richard, I can't wait to hear that thing. Let me know if you are ever in the area (maybe you can wake me up from a nap!)

sweeeeeeet looks awesome! Can't wait to hear it rich.. that is sweet!! Do my boat next!! damn.. gotta get some leds.... you got a fog machine in that also...ha..ha looks PIMP

jason- let me know im dying to get out!!

huge props to clay for delivering the boat to me last night(3 hour drive).. im so stoked on this job.. it came out exactly how i wanted it to.. his work is so clean the pics just dont do it justice... plus the boat was even cleaner than when i dropped it off! you must have done a wipe down on the freeway before you pulled up lol?? ill take some day time pics today when i get home.. again huge props to SOUNDILLUSIONS!!!

thanks again guys!

Richard- Boat looks sick with all those leds in there. He takes a little while to get the job done but it is worth the wait IMO, once you get out there on the water and listen to it and know you are not going to have any trouble makes it a lot more enjoyable.

Nice job Clay, another clean install job!

Wow.....I love these Sound Illusions installs.

On the flip side, it reminds me how inadequate my stereo is.

Great work and Richard, I bet you are chomping on the bit to get that out on the water. Did you run it last night and wake up some neighbors?

Look forward to your pics later today.

lol.. yeah luckily i live out in the vineyards and there is only three houses around me and a some road noise, they are all elderly people who are really cool and used to my music cranking... but i will say when this thing was pumpin im sure they were gettin rocked and wondering what the heck was goin on... its crazy those 15's get louder and louder the further away you go!

Interesting that no one answered the question above about why Wetsounds, not NVS. It will be interesting to see if Sound Illusions starts moving to more and more Westsounds tower speakers.

Thanks for the install pics! That is inspiring!

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I noticed that too. I know I've been nothing but impressed by mine. NVS were great, but the wetsounds had a few other features that really appealed to me.

we swithched because we wanted to try new product... wether or not it was a good choice is yet to be determined... once i get it out on the water ill let you guys know...

Are you a politcian Richard? very PC response What do you know that we don't? lol. j/k.

How much power are you pushing to them?

Hey Thanks to all that enjoy the work and pics that we do over here, I appreciate it alot. As for the Wetsounds...well Richard just wanted to try something different then everyone else, and were pushing about 350 watts to each one.

hey adam - stick around a bit and ill show you politically correct if they sound like pooo!!

Clay you have 350w to each set or each speaker ?

Wow is that ever beautiful work. Nice job guys. Amazing.

Richard, I'm curious to hear your feedback on them...especially with 350 RMS per speaker. or was that a typo and should haev read set?

Yea that Boat has got some "HUMP" It almost got Clay evectid from the "Install Compound". If You wanna know who's in your complex at 10 o clock at night? just fire up 2 15's with 3000 watt's of bass going to them and you will soon find out who's working late. BOOOOOOOOOM.

The Idea with Richards boat was to "TRY" to match some bass with the ever so powerfull/popular HCLD speaker's. Bass at 70 feet in a boat is not very common. Most people running 2 12's have plenty of bass in and around the boat but 15's have the ability to throw a bass note a bit further. Richard give us your feed back when you have had a chance to ride behind your boat with som bass pumpin.

Richard IMO you boat needs more LED's so bring it back

Congrats on the stereo system Rich!


I told you that Clay will make you a 100% happy,Clay is the man!!!

Ed- you were %100 right

Grant- stage 2 is already in the works!!!

here are a few day time pics..




my fav part.. the hidden golf cart battery panels on each side

Richard, It looks super clean. Hopefully you got the RCA outs to send/receive signal? Can't wait to tie off next to you and shake the earth for a few minutes. Let me know if you are ever in the neighborhood! Boat looks awesome!

what did you do so the dash would not vibrate apart?

CHRIST that is sooooo clean.....

Those pics are GREAT....

*me standing at the computer clapping*

kenny- that was one of my big concerns... being a sanger owner you obiviously know that they tend to rattle a bit anyways... i had mentioned that to clay once he started tuning the system, i havent noticed and rattling at all just sitting in the boat, that could also be due to the fact that the subs over power the rattles lol... at this point there hasnt been a need to do anything yet.. the true test will be chilling in the boat at low volume..

thanks e.j.!! lmao

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the true test will be chilling in the boat at low volume

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or after you pump them for a few months!

I think when any boat is as new as Richard's the rattles dont become apparent for some time. Stereo or no stereo you windshield becomes loose and thing's tend to need to be re tightend. A big stereo some times speed's up the process. So if somthing is loose your gonna know about it. I woundnt say that a big stereo makes things come loose. I would say It help's things that are loose come loose faster. After some time on the system Richard can get all the loose things tightend down and it shouldnt be a problem. All boats are diffrent in the construction and Im not aware of one piticular boat comming loose faster than another. On my boat the side trim pannels tend to come loose over time. I guess its because the bolts that are screwed into them have a insert and they cant be or shoulnt be cranked down. No big deal either way. A small price to pay for haveing a pumpin system.

What amp did you use to run the 4 pro80s? I just got a pair my self and need some amp advise. My Zapco 500.1 heats up to fast and wants to go into safe mode, they say its 2ohm stable but the fan comes on pretty quick.

Stage 2? Tell me you are not going to name it "ya heard me 2" JK