Boat Systems- Post Pics Here

I'd like to see some of the incredible stereo systems that have been put into your boats. Post your pics here and lets see who can't hear anymore!

(Message edited by hyperryd on November 15, 2003)

Okay, I guess I will start this off.
Equipment :
Sony - CDX-850M850 Indash Mp3 Player
Sony - CDX-757MX 10 disk Mp3 Changer
Sony - RM-XM10W Marine Remote
Sony - RM-X6S Wireless Dome Remote
Orion - (2) 8002 800Watt Two channel amps
Orion - (1) 8004 800 Watt Four channel amp
Orion - (2) P12D4 12" Subs
Orion - (4) C63 Pairs Two-Way 6 1/2" w/x-overs
Precision Power - DCX-152 15" Subwoofer
Optima - (2) Yellowtop Deep Cycle Batt's
Time & Labor - Don't even ask.








Now let's see some more!

(Message edited by hyperryd on November 16, 2003)

You would think that with all of the stereo related threads on this site there would be alot of systems to show off. Let's see some pics and have fun. It's not a competition, it's all about the boom!

I'll get pics of my finished "budget" system over the weekend.

(Message edited by ralph on November 17, 2003)

John, good thing it is not a competition, no one could compete with the system you got!!!
Mine was done on ebay for less than $600....

Mine certainly isn't "incredible," but I think it'll work. I have yet to hear it on the water.

Swass: Nice amp rack.

Thanks! It does not compare to yours, though.

Deck: Sony CDX-MP80
Changer: Sony 10 disc
Sony wired remote back of boat

Tower:
Four JL XR650-CXi 6 1/2" coaxials
Two JL 8"W3 subs
Amp JL 450X4

Boat:
Six JL XR650-CXi 6 1/2" coaxials
Amp JL 300X4
Two 12"W6 subs under the passenger dash down firing.
Amp JL 1000X1
One 10"w6 sub under drivers dash.
Amp JL 500X1

Three Optima blue tops.

The rest.






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Phaeton, you're not allowed to play.

I'm usually pretty happy with my toys...right up 'til you post pictures of yours.

This photo will show you just how big the passenger compartment is. I told the installer he could have it for subs and amps and he ended up using every inch of it. To access the fourth amp you pull the glove box. It is not as flashy as some systems but it is LOUD really LOUD.

I have heard Phaeton's boat and it is extreemly LOUD as well as extra clean!!! I have never heard a boat that loud, and I have heard a lot of boats... The frinkin glove box moves up and down a few inches and the back motor and side compartments almost pop-up. It is like a top fuel funny car running next to you and you whole insides move. Thats what the rush is like with Phaeton's boat!


I just hope my boat will be as loud as his. I will start on it soon.

My ears are still ringing from spending time in his boat this summer. Thanks Travis! Maybe one of these days I will actually take some pics of our system but Travis pretty much ruined this thread!

Brent I loved the home theater to out door concert comparison.

You need to post pics. You and Porter did an awesone job on.

I'll get around to it. We didn't have a choice on the install. After going to the top 5 shops around, they all said it was impossible what we wanted done. So we did the install ourselves. Wasn't fun, but pretty happy with the results. Didn't get some of the custom stuff I wanted done, but oh well.

Yes! RED BOATS UNITE

hey grant, when are we gonna take that thing out for some "back to the hotel"?
btw-very nice work.

WTF How did Photo's Of my Scooter get in there????? Let me try this again

TY yes "Back to the HOTEL" We got's to "rock it" some day soon. Hey check out Trick Daddys "In Da Wind" That Song Shakes the F out of my boat.

I think the red boats and LOUD stereos are making up for something...........Eh, Phaeton.
BUHAHAHAHA.
Very nice system, still haven't heard it. Hey,turn it up real loud and maybe I could hear it on this side of the mountain.

red boats and loud stereos do go hand in hand

no good pics here (at my desk at school) though

WELL I HAVE TO SAY THAT I SAT IN GRANTS BOAT THIS SUMMER AND SITTEN IN THE OBSERVER SEAT WELL LETS JUST SAY IT "HURTS" TO SIT THERE THE BASS MADE MY HEART SKIP. MY JAW WAS HURTEN FROM THE BOOM BOOM, YO G YOU DA MAN LOOKEN FORWARD TO HEAREN THE NEW IMPROVED SOUND MACHINE.

MIKE@WAKEON.COM
WWW.WAKEON.COM

Mike you are full of it Firt off You said when you sat in my Observers seet it Hurt, That because you sat on a "Beer Bottle" you said "Your heart skiped" that's because your old, you said your JAW was hurtin. That's because it was on the floor looking at all the hot girls in Thong's. Get the fact's Straight

HA HA - NICE ONE, NO REALLY BESIDES THE BEER BOTTLE & THONGS YOUR SYSTEM ROCKS.

WWW.WAKEON.COM

will check it out...

Red Rocks! Of course Yellow screams, Blue bumps, and Gray,,, well Gray is just gray. It's sweet to see so much pride in these boats. It does seem that since red is such a strong color, that the people who prefer red are loud people. Or maybe it's just a coincidence. Oh, well. Let's see some more.

Well, I've waited all summer to get my install done and post on one of these threads. Now the boat's for sale and the stereo doesn't have more than 5 hours on it. Kinda sucks, huh!

No pic of the sub...

Grant,

I just got a 20GB iPod today. That is why I am still awake. I don't have near the system that you have, but I was wondering how I might be able to hook it up to mine. I'm sure you would probably need to know something about my stereo, and I won't be much help in that department, but maybe you could share some basic info.

Anyway, thanks for posting your "bling bling." The scooter is cool too.

For the red trend, here is my boat from last year...I sold it but have a new one I am going to be doing an install on soon...
http://www.sounddomain.com/member_pages/view_page.pl?page_id=294868

JL 12"w7 sub, ppi pcx4125 and jl 1000/1 amps, titan tower speakers, eclipse preamp/eq.

Man, I love the look of that black Nautique. Looks awesome.

Can't wait to hear the system Wes. Looks nice. I have not heard the W7 yet. You should hook up with us over Thanksgiving weekend.

Black boats rock !!!!!!

Wes can you post some info on that high output alternator that you had installed I was hoping for some feed back before I had one installed.Thanks Sean

Grant,

How did you connect your MP3 player? I have an FM modulator but am frustrated with the lack of consistency. Please advise!!

I just talked with Grant> he is on the road> but I think I can answer your question> the MP3 player is connected thru the RCA inputs on his EQ. With an eq like the one in Wes's pics> the eclipse Eq> you can run RCA inputs and outputs. So> this enables you to run the signal into your stereo from something like an MP3 player> but also you can send the signal to another boat that is next to you> just with a long RCA cord.
Hope that helps.

This is off subject, but here was last weekend's project in the back of my buddy's 'burb. He already had the equipment, so I installed it for him. It weighs about as much as a fat sack. He said go big, so I did!

hi Sean, I don't know much about it to be honest. i know that it allows me to play the stereo, run the ballast pumps, and open the rear storage automatic latches without everything resetting like it did with the stock alternator! ;-)

Wes

Phaeton,

I know this is a really stupid question, but did you buy that deck housing for your mp3 palyer aftermarket? I am replacing the stock clarion cd player in my SAN and I think that housing would be a good fit. If you know the details, can you give me more info on it?

Paul

OMG Paul That is a Stupid Question, How could you ask sutch a stupid question, Phaeton,
How did you do that?????? Haha hahah

Grant, do those gauges say "bling" on them? What are they used for?

Those are his ballast tank gauges. Jeez - pay attention.

Paul that is a standard marine deck housing that comes with Calabria. I tried to find one on the net for you with no luck. Give Calabria a call.

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(Message edited by phaeton on November 20, 2003)

Ok wait, the ballast is called "bling"? Ok, slang needs to stand for one thing only! grrrr

I thought they were ballast gauges, but couldn't figure out why it would say that. I thought they were his "bling, bling" meters. HAHA!

They are bling bling meters. What I can't understand is why they are on empty?

I see that the rear Blinger is on empty, but the forward Blinger still has some reserve left.

Perhaps Grant has recalibrated them in anticipation of the Enzo box and LCD screen additions?

Yes My Bling gauges Need to be "Re Blinged" The truth is I took the gauges apart and made new gauge faces for them that Say Bling Bling and when I put the needles back on I had no refferance to where they whent back. I was just guessing, and as you can See I got one back in the right spot and I was off on the other. I didn't want to take it back apart to re adjust them. When all the other projects are finished this winter I will re-adjust them Ha LOL. It's funny
In all the times I have posted Photos of the I-PoD people keep asking what are thoes Bling Bling gauges???? And How do I hook up A I pod to my CD deck???? There s photo's Of everything on www.svtsupercharged.com/gallery

BtLowe --- how did you do your tower install on your Bu? ive got a 400, 4 channel watt amp and like my tower speakers are popping, I don't know if its grounding or my head unit is bad? email me at rarobine@vt.edu thanks

Hey Grant, how much does "Bling" weigh? I was just curious if 50 gallons of "Bling" weighed more than 50 gallons of water. If so you could get rich selling "Bling Ballast". Just think, you could sell Bling Sacks, Bling Tanks and Bling Seats. j/k. If anybody's got "Bling Bling" it's you G.

Robert G,
Where did you get those speaker with the wakesetter logo engraved in the speaker box? Is it made by Skylon? That is one of the best Malibu speaker setups that I have seen.

Phaeton thanks for the info. I decided to make my own fiberglass housing for my new deck. Eventually I will finish it all and get some pictures here. I just added a JL 500/5 to power my boat speakers and a JL sub and a 300/2 for the tower speakers. I'm just finishing the speaker box on that too. With the change of the season I may actually get a chance to finish these projects.

Paul

Hey sorry to sound like an idiot.. but i am just building a system for my boat.. and i am not to concerned about looking cool, but i want to be able to "hear" good clean tunes when I am riding.
Are most of these sytems set up for lisening while riding, or while sitting in your boat??

I know mine is set up for in the boat, at rope length and anywhere else on the lake.

Both for me.

Joel: To answer your question I think My Systen is more set up for the People in the boat, I would say 60% for the boat and 40% for the rider. If You wanted a system set up mostley for the rider I would look at the Compression Diver Horn's Type set up. Most car Audio Speakers are better set up for throwen sound in side a smaller space than on top of a tower of a wakeboard boat, So IMO its hard to have a system that sounds as good behind the boat than in it. You can have compression driver's That Dont sound as good as seprates But your rider will be happy or you can have seprate's that sound great in the boat but arent as good 80 feet back. The way I look at it The needs of the Many out way the need's of the few (Spock from Star Trek) And the few in my case would be the person behind the boat.

Phaeton:

That battery selector looks like the #8501? Is it sufficient enough in terms of amperage (250 continuous)?Ifyou haven't had problems with it running that system, I know it will be ok for my budget radio.

Grant and CDM,

I am getting an Ipod and will the FM transmitter be sufficient for boat and auto?

Or should they be hard wired in, and what is the best way to do that?

Thanks

Reaves,

Sorry for the delayed response. I had my install done professionally, so I am not able to provide you with technical troubleshooting help.

When I had any questions, I always posted them here and got very helpful feedback.

You may also want to check out www.malibuboatowners.com. There is a lot of good technical info there.

Grant, post some more pics of your scooter. Im interested..

Tim the switch works great. Had the same one in the last boat without a problem also.

Hairband: I am makeing a Connector/Pigtail for a Clarion CD player that will allow you to hook up your Ipod to your Clarion Marine unit it will give you RCA's .
I havent used a FM modulator but from everyone here on W/W that I have seen that has tryed it was not happy with it, Take that for what its worth. I would never use one.

Hey Andrew: I saw that you were asking Rob-g a question? Did he get back with you? I have seen him post photos of that Tower box in diffrent thread's and post no other info, I dont know if he is selling them or what. Seems kind of weird to me.

Thanks Grant. I have the factory amp and the factory sub and I will be adding another amp for another 12 underneath as well as 4 new tower speaks. I need to find some canisters for 6 1/2's I just got 4 of those Pioneer 4 ways.

The ipod is coming from Santa we hope, the 20 gig.

check your email

System on a budget:
Blaupunkt MP41 MP3 Deck
Crunch V-Drive 4300 1200W 4 channel
Crunch V-Drive 4200 800W 4 channel
Pionner TS-A6980R 6" x 9" 4-Way Speaker 350 Watts x2
Pionner TS-A1680R 6&1/2" 4-Way Speaker 220 Watts
Pionner TS-W305C 12" Sub 400W
Pionner TS-W255C 10" Sub 250W x2

All the mid and high's are on the tower, the only speakers in the boat are the 3 subs (drivers feet & rear lockers) I built all the sub boxes out of marine ply and stuffed them with insulation to deaden them down. Sounds very good with this setup, very crisp mids and highs with lots of rumble from the rear subs.
The rear facing speakers and down facing speakers are fadeable from the deck. The install went well but I took my time and had done a lot of the planning before the boat arrived. Got a really good special on some 1 guage power wire which saved me heaps. Got the battery really close to the amps to avoid using caps.

Looks great Darren! Very clean install. How does the bimini affect the sound inside the boat. Very smart angling the 6 1/2"s on the tower. I wish I had done that.

Thanks John. When the bimini is down the highs aren't quite as crisp but there is still plenty of power, the difference is very slight, I don't think anybody else notices. Yeah, I had a brain wave about angling the speakers which caused me to relearn some old trig, 11º angle is about right for 75 foot line, I also angled the speakers up, its a little hard to tell from the pics but they point up 15º to account for bow rise etc.

How hard is it to wire a battery selector switch and add a battery for my stereo? I'm going to use the perko 8501 switch. What size battery should I use? Should I just match the battery that is already in the boat? I would also like to wire in another voltage guage for the second battery.

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Grant, what did you use in front of the drivers seat??? There is not too much room in there with all the computers.

darren,
it was a bitch fitting the deck in there wasn't it...

grant, is that a sonotube you put the w7 in?

complete with alarm...

I have 3 JL 13W7's and want to replace my 3 JL 1000's with the 3 Orion 2500D's. My 1000's are good but the Thermal light is always on no matter how I try to cool the thing? Can anyone tell me if I am going to be happier with these Orion amps.. Also Power on the 1000's is probably always pushing full tilt.

the orion amps are bulletproof. much more efficient than other amps i have run and run much cooler.

Tom, I know I discussed the 1000/1s with you through emails, and the problems you have had with them getting too hot have pushed me in another direction. I am going to run a Zapco C2K 9.0d on my 12w7s. The 4ohm version (which is 3 ohm stable) puts out 2200 watts at 4 ohm, and supposedly it is underrated. With that kind of power, you will never have to push the amp hard to get the max out of a 13W7. It is a Class T amp which should compliment the SQ capabilities of the W7's much better than a Class D amp. It is internally cooled with one fan pushing air into the case and another fan pulling the air out. I have read a lot of people running their 13W7s off of this amp. I am going to run one 2 ohm version of the amp on my 12w7s (it is 1.5 ohm stable). Zapco is one of the most widely used amps in sound quality competitions, but you do pay for it…they aint cheep.

Any idea how much that Zapco amp is going for?

They aint cheap. Retail is aroun $2000 but you will actually pay around $1500-$1600 at most dealers.

That being said, they have a lot of features that arent available on most other amps. They use what they call Symblik technology which balances the imput from your RCA jacks then converts the signal to a fiber optic signal which actually connects to the amp via a telephone type jack, which gaurantees no interference from power cables, etc.

Neat, but not necessary stuff that you pay out the ying yang for...