Thinking of up-grading the stereo and maybe a small flat panel in the cuddy. Can you use car stuff or is there a marine grade product out there. Are there any companies that specialize in boats?? Any recommendations on brands of stereos, amps, speakers, ect.

Thanks, Speed

All depends on your budget.... JL audio is by far one of the best out there but on the high end cost wise as well... I just upgraded the sound system in my 311 and went with polk audio mids, they are affordable and marine certified.. MB quart amps, mounted in the cabin so keep from the elements, rockford subs... as far as tv i went with a 22in lcd (home) tv hooked to a power inverter so i dont have to be plugged in shore power to watch it. and i used a car dash mounted dvd player (with no monitor) hooked into the tv via rca cables... all works and sounds great..


BTW where do ya boat at here in Ohio?

i have ran car audio only stuff in my boats for over 10 years and it will hold up fine. keep in mind i keep my boat covered so it doesnt see allot of uv rays and moisture (besides normal boat type lol) if you treat your boat like some of the people i know with it sitting uncovered in the rain then they are not gonna last long. most new style speakers do not use paper cones and allot do not even use metal baskets anymore so they are dang near water resistant as it is.

really depends on where u are going to mount the equipment. jlaudio, alpine, etc make marinized versions of their head units, amps, speakers. if you are mounting things in a cuddy, then normal car gear is fine. items that will be out in the elements would probably fair better w/ marine grade. also most marine head units support wired remotes, while their car counterparts do not.

Wet Sounds is a big seller for me in the marine-grade market.

www.wetsounds.com

stereo and amps are in the cabin so I use automotive...speakers are outside so I use marine.....JL stuff is the BOMB!!!!!

alot of the car head units do support wired remotes, i have had 3 pioneer headunits and all of them had the plug for wired remotes..

i just bought an Alpine media center , and was wondering if i could find a wired remote for it??

if its inside then car is fine, but outside you might want marine, due to water issues. But ive seen marine speakers and compared them to car ones and there was no difference besides the white cover. but it probably depends on the brand. I would put the amp inside anyways so i would get a car one.

In the oem world car speakers have to go through UV and water spray testing. Car doors are considered "wet" areas.

Aftermarket hard to say, we were playing around once and found JBL marine speakers would play under water!

Not sure what good that is, if that happens I have other problems.


Where is a good place to get aftermarket head units?

Does anyone know where you can find real data on aftermarket speakers? I would like to see freq response, distortain at max voltage, 1 watt 1 meter output and for mid/ highs off axis data.


Anybody?