2000 Sport Audio

Hawktique wrote: I have no boat.

...even better, you have friends with boats. No maintenance, storage or trailering!

I've never had a radio in a boat...well the only boat we really hung out in is the 90 and never had one in it...

Normally I just like chattin with the group and enjoying the weather rather than bumpin to the tunes. A person can bump just about anywhere but you can't always be out on the glass water enjoying it...

But...since the sport HAS speakers and a deck I thought I might as well upgrade it incase it does get used...

I think the decision has been made:

You can always bring it down here for a weekend. Since we've fixed some issues with our spillway we rarely fluctuate more than a foot.

Any problems getting the tower into the garage?

...what do you mean until the boat is back home? I've already got 3 hours on the SNOB this year!

....Of course the Ski Tique is still sitting with no motor.    

I figured you'd be chomping at the bit to get that in! hurry up and get on the water Mike!

If and when I have to replace the DB Polks, I will spend the bucks to go with the Master Monitor series. The little 8" MM sub sounds absolutely fantastic and I am pretty convinced the the MM series speakers will be an improvement. But for the money, the DB series speakers do a very good job.

In my car, one thing I have noticed about ipod versus thumb drive is that the integration and ease of use of the menu system is much better with the ipod. Sound is the same assuming the same bitrate.

I have been replacing mine with Polk MM Series. IMO, I love the sound and clarity of the MM series. A bargain for the money, sound as good as the Memphis Sound I have on my truck. They are marine rated. They have a marine version. The only difference is that the crossover box is integrated in the back of the speaker in the marine version instead of having a separate bo. That way you don't have to worry about the crossovaer placement. The ones in boat are car, but the ones in the tower will be the marine version because of the crossover. If you can stretch your budget a little bit, is worth it. Otherwise, Pioneer sound good and priced better. The difference will be when you crank them up.

Chris,

Never noticed any difference in sound quality with the SD card. The main problem with digital music from your Ipod or mp3's is the recording level is different between tracks. Quite often the daughters will bring there Ipods as they dont like my choice of music all the time.
I find the SD card more convenient than the Ipod. I never forget it or get it wet.

Mike, give me a call. I'll give you a hand fitting something into your budget and with installation.

Thanks Q,

I'm not an apple fan...so...I never use the ipod that I purchased a few years back. I did have an alpine deck in my old car that I LOVED that was ipod compatible and I really liked that. But I know what you mean, if you can get it as a bonus I might as well, that way others in the boat with their crapods can shout their tunes.

I despised it at first but it's grown on me, have no problem with it now.

Oh that's him!!! Yea they were just talking about that boat and colors and stuff in another thread...something about anniversary stuff or something?

haha to each his own Chris! I honestly hated them when they came out, but they are growing on me. I just like the classic nautique font running up the side of the boat. At Show Ski Nationals in what...06...when the Ski 196 had the "Ski Nautique" back on the side of it after a couple years with different patterns and what not Dad and I couldn't leave that boat. Thought it was awesome that they brought it back.

M3Fan

I cannot stand Pioneer head units, they are so user-nonfriendly.

Mike, never realized it was a 2000 with the 99 graphics like Joel's.

The boat im talking about is our 2000 sport and it does have the flight control tower which was a factory option via previous / original owner. So... tower speakers are an option but not sure if I can dive that far in now...