Added some sound to the Fountain
 

I've been pretty busy this past month, polished the entire boat, new rub rail insert, and installed a complete JL Audio system. Figured I would share my install in case others were interested in doing the same. Install consisted of 3 pairs of 7.7's, 2 10's, and a 900/5; all of which are JL marine series. I removed the Fountain light/logo on both sides and used those power leads to hook up some red LED strips in the engine bay/cockpit. I drilled some bigger holes in those spots to accept the 7.7s big magnet, also made some new panels(so i can keep the factory ones) at the bottom out of 1/2" HDPE sheet for the other 2 pair of 7.7s. Finished it up with 2 custom boxes for the 2 10s under the bench seat, ended up mounting the amp in the cabin where one of the mirrors were. Hope you enjoy!

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Looks great. That's some effective use of space in a boat that doesn't off much.

I built a box for 2 12s in my 38, replaces the side panel and storage, and it is simple to put it back to stock. I also added 7.7 fusion speakers in the light holes

13 speakers total, running of one very strong 5 channel sound stream amp
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Thanks bud, I bet yours sounds as good as it looks! I know mine does 👍

Thanks :) I like how you mounted that amp, the more I look at your pics the more I see how clean it is.

I am all about sound quality, there are many on my lake that are about cheap wattage and distortion, drives me nuts :)

I still wish I had more sound in the water. My boat is up fairly high, sound doesn't carry well directly behind it, yet 100 ft away it is louder. May building a custom glass box for under the windshield this spring. I would love to have 4 on the glass above the platform, but I ain't cutting that :)

Shoot I opened the thread thinking I would see a dry pipe install!

looking good man im trying to decide what im going to do to mine since previous owner butchered it and added 4 10 inch free air subs under back seat. but yours looks good like it.

I couldn't agree more, quality > quantity. I would love to add some more speakers under the windshield, that was the last spot feasible to put anything for me. That would help project the sound outside of the boat, which is so damn hard to accomplish lol.

I have seen a boat with 4 above the platform like you say, but i cant imagine that to be very good for the stability/rigidity of the hull!

Thanks man, can you make some boxes to put back there and switch the subs out? I had free air subs in my last boat and i couldn't stand them, nothing compares to an enclosed sub IMO.

im going to try just got to find something reasonable to run

the ones that are in there are jbl 10s they say they can run either way and list some box specs but im not sure if theyre worth it or not. that and the amp required to run em is gonna be expensive lol

Yes free air subs work well in sealed boxes. Free air still need an closure to work right, it can just be any size. Many now call them infinite baffle to avoid the confusion that you can just mount them without some kind of enclosure. Try boxing them up, you might be surprised. The back seat does not seal enough on it's own to make good bass

I added some 4inch horns up high as shown in this picture. Of you have a home for them try adding some, made a big difference in bringing the sound up high. I have 3 pairs of 6.5 in the stock locations. The 7.7 and tweets filled the sound gaps.

I struggle with the throught of some speakers on that platform wall, not exactly structure, attached to the transom. Great in water sound, completely ridiculous to hack into a performance boat like that however :)

There was a guy on here that cut the kick panel under his helm of a 32 fountain and installed a window AC unit in the hole....almost made me cry lol

4bus does have some loud clean highs and deep bass. I been on it before still cant believe that much loud sound comes from one amp.
To the OP nice work too bad no other place to mount the 7s higher without cutting the fiberglass. I had to make custom boxes in side panels to ad 2 more speakers per side in my 272 to avoid cutting holes in the glass.

I was looking at that same set up...How much $$ did you have total??

Somewhere between 3000-3500 with wires, etc.

mines got 4 jbl tens I think I might try enclosing them in two pairs so I can still access the top of my fuel tank under the seat if I ever need to instead of boxing it in all the way across underneath.

You could always try what Jassman had on his nortech. Quick connect speakers that sat on the engine hatch that were color matched to the boat. It looked awesome.

I did that a couple boats ago...

Do you have pictures?

There is a pic in this thread http://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/g...back-boat.html . They were molded fiberglass enclosures that matched the boat perfectly. The pic is not great though, but I am sure a better one exists.