Originally Posted by Matt Trulio (Post 4841781)

Right you are—and corrected above.

"The word “amp” (A) is short for “ampere”, one of the standard units of measurement used to define measurements of electricity. An amp is one unit of constant electrical current. “Amperage” is the strength of that current, expressed in amps (or “amperes”). If you were to think of electricity as water through a hose, amps would be the water."

Originally Posted by Wildman_grafix (Post 4841779)

I should stay out of this but can't.

Few things, first watts that a speaker can handle means NOTHING about the performance other then the voice coil can dissipate that heat. Don't want to get into a deep dive on this but it really in a lot of ways is a meaningless spec that the aftermarket uses.

Think of it this way, a speaker will put out so much SPL at a input voltage of lets say 12VAC and the signal will have 10% THD. Maybe that sound pressure lever is 90 db. That speaker may only be able to handle 14-15 volts before all kinds of bad things happen.

Another speaker may at the same voltage and THD only put out 75db. But it can handle 18 volts. Is it better? Maybe, maybe not, much less efficient for sure. The point is how many watts the speaker can handle is not a measure of its performance.

Frequency range, smoothness of the response, output distortion over that range, its off axis response, total SPL its capable of etc is a true measure of the performance.

You will not see that data in the aftermarket.

As for this boat system, the big thing to me is what kind of battery power it has to drive all that equipment.

If you are wondering, I have been a audio person my whole life (one reason I got a EE degree) and also spent 15 years as a senior audio system engineer for one of the largest global audio companies in the world. I have had the pleasure of working with people like Jim Fosgate, Richard Small, Don Keele, Floyd Toole, Sean Olive and others that have spent most of their working careers advancing our knowledge of sound reproduction.

Sorry, rant over.

Originally Posted by Wally (Post 4841784)

I understand everything you said...i too have a EE degree...just havent used it in 21 years! LOL ;) Not arguing with ya...i just find it funny when i see these kids talking about how much "power" they have AMP wise or how much power their speakers can handle
When i had my Scarab it only had two amps one 1000W Phoenix Gold old school amp bridged to run 4 infinity perfect 10"s and one 500W Alpine 4 chan to run some MB Quart components and had two group 31 batts dedicated to just the system alone. More then a few times at LOTO i have put the house boat DJ systems to shame with that little setup LOL :D
It may not have carried as far as their stuff but it was way louder up close and more bass then they had! :D

Originally Posted by Sydwayz (Post 4841787)

$100,000? Maybe with labor factored in.

Originally Posted by jupiter sunsation (Post 4841872)

its the music that can ruin the day for everyone within earshot!