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Looking to get some speakers for the Hustler,i have seen some wild looking speakers. what is a good one? i think its a 6'' Thanks In advance. Jeff

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talk to Jamie Snyder,,he used to have a contact in nashville where he could get about anything at cost!!
Shoot me a pic of your company logo when you get time, to use for Sponsor logo's on the poker run T-Shirts!!

Mitch

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I have some friends in cape girardo, Mo that do car stereo if that is very close to you. they would be guys I would trust advising some one to use.
you can call me and I will give you there number.

tyson
417-437-0665

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Does it have the Poly Planayers in it ?

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Lets put this in perspective, you are in a 200K??? boat you don't need speakers you need a F$%^ing system. I suggest MBquart mids and highs, JL audio subs, PPI amps, Claron or Sony head unit. Suck it up and have a custom shop design it for you or maybe Audiofn and Forest will chime in to help. :drink:

WILL :drink:

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MBQuart is having some problems.I had one missing the emblen and it took 8 months to get from them :( I think there not happy with the Rockford merger. I have one I need to send back ,we will see what happens ?

I am hearing some good stuff about the JL amps also

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Hate to steal a post, but has anybody used the new 8" Bazooka full range marine speaker? Im thinking of using 4 pairs of those in leu of a typical high, mid, sub set up.

By the way these make a 6 and a half too.

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Try the new JL Audio marine speakers. They sound great and don't require a lot of power. The grills are all plastic, so they wont rust. They sound better than the MB Quarts. I have had both.

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The Infinity Kappa Marine 6.5s sound good. I have a pair. More bass than I ever expected (I didn't care because I run a sub) so I run them full range instead of cutting off the low end. They aren't the only speakers in the cockpit, but they do a heck of a job. I was amazed. Wanted fair. (just wanted something water resistant, because they are in the back seat.) But they're great .

I paid about 150. But they are on sale.
99 bucks from Crutchfield.

Spend more if you want.

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I have their eight inch sub. Dual voice coil.
I am more than satisfied with it.

Haven't tried the full range.
But...
I would think that you could get just as loud with less power need if you do a sub and some smaller drivers, (the "typical" you describe).

4 pairs of those full ranges are gonna need a bunch of juice.

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Hey, check out ETRONICS.COM. They have great prices, I bought the Pioneer Nautica 8" and they sound great.

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I ran a car audio shop for many years the one main thing I would recommend is a very good head unit my preference has always been alpine they do not make a marine unit but the tend to hold up better and last longer. It all starts with the radio, next you can never have to much power the more power you put to the speakers the better they will sound. There are a lot of nice speakers available I am not real familiar with all the specialty marine brands but most will sound pretty good with a nice amp usually volume is the main issue in a boat as long as it sounds pretty clean. I have always liked the Boston Acoustic speakers, a friend of mine has the bazooka 8 inch full range speakers the sound pretty good, more bass than a 6 inch but nothing sounds like a sub. Just my 2 cents I hope it helps.

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As far as the really wild looking ones that you may or may not have seen I think that most of them are custom grills. We have made a few for customers on CNC machines but they get into some money. I would look more for quality of sound. Everyones ear is a little different so take a listen to as many as you can. There are a lot of quaility speakers mentioned above so check them out. Unfortunatly one of my favorites is now gone so I am not sure what to replace the Babbs with :( I am sure that the JL's and Infinities will make you happy. The clarion speakers always impressed me as well and that suprised the hell out of me.

Jon

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Most brands top of the line speakers are pretty comparable, like Audiofn said they all sound a little different and some like one more than another for various reasons. I personally use Focal Utopia line mids but a 1000.00 a pair they are pretty pricey. For a more affordable speaker I really like the Diamond Audio s600 mids. You can by them from www.onlinecarstereo.com for about 350.00 a pair. What ever you buy dont buy something cheap because you will most likely be unhappy with them in long run.
Rons Custom billet grilles has some pretty neat stuff, http://www.ronscustomdetail.com/shop_blade.html , you can get all different types of billet grilles anodized or polished to your liking. They are kinda pricey but he's one of the few places I have found that have anything custom like that.
I painted my grilles white with some good paint from Sherwinn Williams automotive paint, you can take a piece of your vinyl to them and they can make you up a couple of aerosol cans that will match perfectly. If you dont have a Sherwinn Williams near you try any automotive paint shop and they should be able to help you out. You can always paint the frames one color (like the color of your welts in you interior) and the grilles white. that looks really cool. I've done that for a couple of people myself.

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There are a lot of GREAT marine speakers on the market right now. You have the old standards of clarion, mb quart, pioneer etc. And now you have the new players to you ears like Bravox(Made speakers in Brazil for Quart for years), Fusion (3 years warranty and great price and VERY efficient), Audiobahn (horn tweeters, very efficient and a little more money) and cant forget Bazooka (bullet proof meant for very harsh environments with a 2 year warranty, about $100/pair) if you want pictures let me know and I can send them to you since they all look different and I can let you know where you can go get them. If you buy them from an authorized shop it automatically adds 1 year to the warranty so it is worth it.

Damian

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Oops, cant forget about JL..JL is new to the game and this is their shot at marine. For some reason they went with a silk tweeter..We carry them and have a bunch in the field right now on a lot of center console installations. The jury is still out as they have only been in the boat for a couple of months, but they build a great product and I just want a little more time on them so see what happens.

Damian

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Hello everyone!

I am Holly the owner of Xtreme Audio Covers. We have some wonderful products available on our site, www.xaudiocovers.com.

Call me with any questions!

Holly Kirchner
[email protected]
www.xaudiocovers.com
(949)233-1450

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Holly your links for the products on your web site are taking me to another site. Just thought you may want to know

Jon

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I'm with him!!! That kind of boat needs a Sonic Laxative Machine!!! There's lots of stuff out there from JL, Kicker, RF etc...etc... will keep that boat loud with the engines off. Chicks dig that kind of stuff man... :drink: :drink:

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He has sold that boat .its a old thread :drink:

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Thanks will get that fixed tonight, some how the movie files were moved inside the shopping cart area.

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Ron at Rons billet in Havasu is the man on covers, his cover are second to none, bought ones for all my nortechs with the logo in them with lights behind them, look cool at night. give him a call, good guy jim midwest performance marine

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Thanks Audiofn the movies are back on line.

Rons Billet are nice covers, it is allways nice to have a choice that is what our country is all about.

The difference in our covers to Rons is ours requires no additional drilling into boats, due to a universal mounting ring that slips behind the original speaker. It them simply attaches with two stainless set screws.

Rons Covers are easier to install if you do not mind additional holes in your boat.

just our .02

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Yup working well now :drink: :drink:

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Get a set of MB Quart 160.19 which are a true 6.5" coxial speaker. They are great speakers and really take alot of power.

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Installed those last winter and happy with them.will be getting 2 more sets of 6's for these winter for the boat.

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DIAMOND AUDIO :evilb: PERIOD

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Diamond makes a great speaker but their customer support that I have seen is horrible. To bad as they do make one of the best speakers out there.

Jon

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Do they make marine speakers?