Finally Finished my stereo
 

Well I finally got my stereo done last weekend. Just trying to finish and get everything ready for the season. So here are some pics of the amp rack me and my buddy made..This space was where there was an ice box but I removed that and we made panels to finish the area off.

Cost about $30 in supplies(not counting stereo stuff)
2 6.5 Infnity's
2 6x9 Infinity's
2 10in Mtx Thunder Series Subs
1 600 Watt Jenson 4 Channel amp(mabye 300 watts rms but it was free)
1 600 Watt Kenwood 2 Channel Sub amp
pics

Whats behind door #1
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This:
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Back Seat:
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p.s when I say finished I mean for this season....:D

nice job looks good.

Looks Nice.....and loud:cool-smiley-026:!! I was thinkin about a system.....when I get done with the other things I need to do.

Generally does a sytem like this have it's own battery??


Have u thought about a outdoor flat screen that u can play vids on or have visual images play with your music??

Yes I was thinking about a tv but I'm actually thinking doing it in the cabin setup to watch when we overnight or when my girl and her freinds are tanning and i'll be watching football :D...I mabye have $800-$1000 into it..not to bad but sounds great

And what is gonna keep those subs from becoming junk ? Please put some grille covers on them since you didn't get the marine ones. Looks good !!!

nice! where did u buy all the stuff from? im thinking about doing something similar this spring. not sure if i wanna go to a store and buy the stuff or do crutchfield.

looks nice

Go on Crutchfield and find what you like. Then goto Ebay and buy it there for alot less.

not a bad idea. ive ordered stuff from crutchfield and they have a wicked return policy though.

Well pshannon not a bad looking install but just how weill will it stay together bouncing over waves and wakes from other boats. From what I see is dry wall screws and not s.s. hardware. Second problem I see is the wood dowls or closet pole rods you used is not gonna supportthe weight of the amp. Your screws are too small for the job. If did the the job using what you have there , I woulf have gone with at least with a # 12 or #14 self tapping screw. Third, the self should have been the width of the closet with no gaps. The weight of the amp will bring it down. And for the mtx speakers , I hate to tell you they won't last at all after they have been hit with water and with salt water enviroment they will not survive unless the are in fact marine speakers which they din't look like. I have been in the marine industry for over thiry-five years and I have learn the do's and don'ts. I wish you well with your set up . And as for buying from ebay for alot less just beware of the products there . They are not as they sometimes look.....

Yes I know they are in the garage just forgot to put them on. No they are not the marine one but they work great and sound great and when they do die I will upgrade to a marine free air sub setup. Also the plan is to redo the back seat at the end of next year and actually make a new one with a different layout and either more subs or 6x9's...

Well thank you for tearing me down and putting me in my place..:hitfan:..I was a little worried about the rough water but it's not just what you can see that holds that whole thing together its what you can't see that holds it so you can't even move it slightly. It is very rigid and sturdy. I admit the install could have been a little cleaner but not bad for my first try. It looks good,its sturdy,it was cheap to build,only took a weekend,you can't see any wires running to the top amp except where they plug in or the bottom amp,its cool and it SOUNDS GREAT........

p.s also going to be putting some red lighting behind the whole thing that will be hooked up to a door switch so when you open the door at night it will look really cool...

Are those MTX 6000's? I had those, good sounding, good clean bass notes.

What brand of 10" free air sub's would you guy's recommend. I currently have (2) 10" Kicker Impulse 10M speakers mounted in sealed boxes sitting under the rear bench seat. powered with a Kicker KX200.2 amp. Looking for more bass can't hardly here it the way it's set up now.
Thanks Steve

Marine JL 10 sounds pretty good, I thought there were two of them on a boat from this one dude around here.

Yes they are 6000's...and I would also recomend the JL 10's for a good free air marine sub.Thats what I'm am going to put in when these die if they die. Also thinking about puttind a W7 in the cabin but I don't about that one....

IF I could figure out how to post some pics on OSO I would like to show some of my work. PM me and let me know how to. Thanks, Warren

Its not to complicated but you have to have then hosyed some where, I use www.photobucket.com its free to sign up and keep all your photos there. To make it easy just email the pics to me and i'll host em and post for you is you want.
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Ditto on that. Crutchfield is 25-50% more than what you can get stuff for on ebay.

Right answer for pricing.

Nice job Pat looks good i personally have 2 Clarion 10" marine free air, a 600 watt Alpine with a adjustable nobb to lower the subs when running so you get the clean highs

Your running 2 amp right? one sub one high? What size high are you running?

Pat, when you up grade, try to stay away from 6 x 9 speakers. Round is much better. "Keep your lows(bass) low, and your highs(mid and tweeter) high." Bass is omni directional; distributes sound all over. Highes are unidirectional; sound disperses in a narrow band in front of the speaker. You can't hear the mids and highs at your feet. Plus you wont have to play the music as loud if it is closer to your ears. Which also saves your batterys. Component mid and high with a separate crossover work the best. You could still do this in a budget. Its not how much you spend, its how its sounds.