What type of stereo system do you have in your boat??
 

When partying in the boat, I think you must have the bumpin system to liven up the parlay!!;) :D
Who else thinks this to be true?? What are you guys running for stereos??

I myself am running a moderate system for the boat. 600 watts 12 speakers...two 12" subs (PPI), two amps (PPI), two sets of seperates (MB Quart), two stock speakers (for the cabin), Clarion deck. Going to do some upgrades here shortly;) :D

Mine is junk. I count on my friends with their big stereos.

3 JL 10's
3 sets of alpine 6 1/2's
3 amps... fosgate 500, 400 and 250

Sony CDX-CA700X
 

I have a Sony CDX-CA700X with four round speakers and an X-Plod woofer.

It's not "the life of the party", but it works for me! :D

1100 watts, 4 6 1/2 " componats with external tweeters 6x9's ,6 disc changer, remote to the driver seat so I don't have to reach 2 feet over. everything is clarion marine except the self powered 12" bazooka tubes. there is just NO room for anymore speakers

What does a guy who has been in the audio business for over 25 years do in his boat?
Well,
Here's mine:

1:Sony CDX-MP70 Am/Fm/CD
2:XM satellite radio
3:original (back when they were really good sounding) Soundstream 4 ch Amp running 4 McIntosh componet speakers w/ external X-Overs.
4: Original Soundstream (D200) amp running a pair of Kicker 10" free air subs X-over at 84Hz
5: MA audio speakers in cabin. Soon to be swapped out w/ new ones.

All the speaker levels we calibrated with a DB meter. X-over freq were swept with spectrum analizer (sp?).

The system doesn't have that "ethnic" sound which I intensely dislike, but is more of an accurate sound.

Jensen reciever
2 Bose 131's

Not much...But I have a new amp for it and will be looking for some subs soon...

Bigyellow cat Holy Sh*%,

Anyway i have the following

Sony CD and Changer
W/ wired remote
2 MB quart tweeters
4 Kicker 6 1/2
2 Sony 6 1/2
2 Kicker 10" Comp subs in sealed boxes
2 Punch 250 amps to run it

Its pretty loud, for SML its probably the loudest around, here in FL, I would say its good.

Will:p

Sony head unit CDXC910 with wired remaote
Sony cd Changer
6- 6" ' two ways
2- 3 1/2" two ways
2-12" Subs
2-8" Subs
1200 watts

Its plays at a adequet SPL

kenwood 917 head unit

to 2 alpine eq's one for the front of the boat and one for the rear

4 kenwood excelon 6 1/2 w/x-over

4 tweeters

4 6x9 excelons

2 12's excelon subs

1 10 excelon sub

all MTX apms

amp control pannel...seperates the boat into 4 areas

remote sub control on the rear bench for your added pleasure


:eek:

Pioneer am/fm/cd head unit / 2 remotes 1 for cabin
Kicker 460 4 channel amp
Punch 200 4 channel amp
2 - 10" pioneer subs
4 - 6 x 9 200w
2 - 6 1/2 Pioneer / cabin
try to be life of the party - until someone blows my system away

Clarion Marine x series cd player
pro audio 61/2- 4
Rockford Fozgate12'' hx2 dual voice coil subs( 1,000 watts each)-2
water proof clarion remote at the helm
rockford Fosgate power bd1000 amp
Pheonix Gold qx180.2 amp


It bumps;)

500 hp with headers is all the music I need

8 pr kicker 6 1/2" components
2 pr kicker 6 1/2 " coax
2 kicker 1200w D amps
4 kicker 600w 4-ch amps
1 kicker 550w 3-ch amp
4 kicker L7 12" subs
1 kicker L7 10"sub
2 line driver preamps
eclipse par. eq
2 6 ch preamp
vcr
dvd
sony cd (crap)
xm satellite radio
2 sony remotes
13" flip down monitor
13" flat screen monitor
4 extra batteries
1 alumpro 50 farad capacitor
& a whole lots of labor & accessories

Well I am slitely upgraded (not stock). But, still pos compared to what I am reading here. Hope to start on some upgrades this spring. New engine came first as I didn't want to sit in my driveway listening to a bad ass system.

i'm giving mine away for FREE this month....you just have to buy what it's attached to!LOL

4 Infinity Kappa Perfect 10 subs mounted in the back seat base
PPI 1000w amp for the subs
4 MBQuart 6.5" component speakers
Alpine 500w amp for them
a small 25x4 sony amp for some pioner speakers in the cabin
:D

A Panasonic portable AM/FM cassette player wijt a single mono speaker....Oh I'm sorry that's my truck...:eek:

I just pull up along side BillR, SuperHawaii40, or Vyper340 and listen to their dollars put to work...;) If they're something I don't like, I just pull off the beach and roll next to the other...:D

GETTING IT SOON!
 

Soon to be installed:
Alpine head unit (xm satellite ready)
Remote control on the dash
4 JL Audio 12" subs
2pr MB Quart marine seperates
1 JL Audio 1000 watt amp (subs)
2 JL Audio 300 watt amp (highs)
15" Plasma w dvd (for the cabin)
CAN'T WAIT!!!!

My stereo sound is twin blown 572s: all the music that I care to hear! ;)

1:Sony CDX-MP70 AM/FM/CD/MP3
2:2 Kicker amps (one 4 channel and one 2 channel)
3:2 Kicker 10" free air subs X-over at 84Hz
4:Sony (junk) PQ upgraded cabin speakers
5:Sony 6 disc CD changer
6:2 Sony display remotes

LivingLoud,

You need to post some pics of your stereo:eek:

Hey Livin Loud....How the hell do you keep your batteries charged. I find I kill alternators AND batteries running what little I'm running. How are you running the batteries??

Sheesh.......and I thought watching the bear cans hop around on the deck was loud and very amusing, but DAMN!
That's some cool stuff :)

4-MTX 10s
2-6X9 with 2 more to go
2-6 1/2's with two more to go

thisistank,

The 4 extra batteries are isolated when the boat is not running and I also have a generator. The 50 farad capacitor helps the batteries.

27 Fountain,

The stereo system was finish the night before I left for the Key West Pokerrun - and then I left it at Sonic and it is still there. I just spoke with Stu and have plans to join the Spring Break run to Key west. I have not made any pictures of the system. I will post some pictures when I return. The installer has about 400 hours in the installation.

thisistank,
You definatly need to look at your grounding.
most guys build a killer system but dont pay that much attention to the Ground.
It needs to be as heavy as the power leads.
remember OHM's Law.

Greg

Twin outboards, I let the friends leave hours before and meet then on there Magnum or Trojan my boat is considered the jet ski...

While not huge, it does well for me (well being a relative term....as money presents itself, I add to it!!).

Kenwood head unit with remote.
JBL 4 channel amp (300 watts) running 2 6" round and 2 6"x9" Pioneer (hey, they were almost free!!) speakers.
Fosgate Punch 200 for the
2 10" JL Audio subs.

Still tweaking it though....need more power. Going to add some subs I have laying around to the cabin. Use it as a sub box. Wanna see them beer cans bounce!!!

Moderately loud:Sony cd w/remote(the one with the motorized face plate), 600watt 4 channel amp, 4 6x9 tri-axial poly planars, 2 10" Blaupunkt subs, 2 6" sony co-axials. 2 more 6" to be added soon.

I guess I'm the minority here, I don't care to listen to any music when I'm out. I love boating because it's an escape from everything on land; phones, work, compter, chores, etc. I might tune in the occasional Yankee game though. Mostly it's nice just to listen to the sounds of the water when the engine isn't going.

12" Sub,,, couple sets of Kenwood seprates,,, 400 watts,,,, middle of the road here.

Bigyellowcat, I thought your boat was for sale? What happened?

Clarion CD
2 Clarion 400W amps
2 10" Clarion subs
4 6.5" Alpine 2 ways

Alpine Head unit/ wireless remote
4 channel Xplod 200 watt
2 channel 250 watt

2 Pionneer tweeters
2 JL tweeters
4 6 1/2 Sonys
2 8 inch Bazooka Tubes

Sounds really good in the boat, but sound does not carry more than 2 or 3 boats when rafting.


Jan

Where and how are you guys mounting your subs? I have a couple of 10" kickers I need to mount and I have heard to many different stories on how to mount them from car stereo guys. I need input fom boat people.

I also will be installing:
2 Channel 350W Kenwood Amp
4 Channel 500W Rockford Fosgate Amp
Already in the boat:
Clairion Marine CD Player
6 - 5 1/2" 100W Clarion Speakers

Any advice on how to hook up and mount this would be helpful!

Thanks to reading ALLOT of posts on the subjet here at OSO and some help from FWK (Forrest), I am really happy with my system:

Sony CD unit (somthin' -660 me thinks)
Access Technologies wireless remote
4 - Babbs 6X9s
2 - Infinity Perfect 10s in sealed boxes built into my back seat
Sony Xplode 4 channel XM475 running the Babbs
MTX Thunder 6500D running the Infinities

Here's a shot of my back seat before upholstery. The subs have sealed boxes (glassed on the inside) and face out the sides and the 6X9s face out the front. I lost some storage room, but I also changed out my 20 gallon freshwater tank for a 6 gallon.

DS

If you can hear the stereo you aint runnin hard enough! If you want to sit and listen to the music you should buy a pontoon boat and have a generator and a home stereo, that kicks the **** out of 12 volt crap any day!!!!

I never saw the stereo in Kangaroo Rat but the shop taht did the install posted some of their invoices for it.
They had 1,396.5 hours (not dollars but labor hours) of labor in it.
I can't imagine what the whole system cost was.

I dont have anything in my Wellcraft yet. But I had 1 Boston Pro sub glased into the bow of my Mastercraft the big ADS 6 chanel amp Audio Control electronic X-over and 2 sets of Hart 6 1/2 componet mids and 4 tweeters to match. It was loud enoph to hear it clearly over the exhaust at 22mph and at the end of a 35' rope. Charlie

For me indy and dyno sum it up perfectly :)
If I want sounds other than that of a happy motor I take along
a small Sony third world briefcase.Environment's too harsh on even a nice sound system and I like to keep the boat on a diet.. some of those systems must weigh as much as another small block !
ps I can always just listen to the sounds emanating from all the grasshopper's Sea Rays in the distance.. not that it's my kind of music :eek::chimp:;)