Sound System

Still looking for a sound system for the 93 SN. If anyone's got something or going to upgrade, keep me in mind. There's nothing in there now.
Thanks
Marty

Its gotta be a heck of a lot better than whats in there now!

There are some very good deals on the Polk 6.5's on ebay at the moment. Im gonna pick up two pair for myself in the neighborhood of $130. I believe the same speakers are $120 a pair at crutchfield, but as 206 said, you can't really beat Crutchfields' service!

Marty, my boat is at the dealer so I can't look for you, but I bet you can call a CC dealer and they can tell ya. Or Crutchfield can.

Marty,

It is Wakenoize. I thought you were more of a gangster rap guy.

Donald

I'd just call them while your online and go through some products with them. For 500-1000, you should be the bluedgrass equevilent of "rockin"!

Has anyone tried the bass shaker types in a boat? Im thinking the glass would resonate quite well. Most are powered and would make for a quickie install.
Just thinking out loud.

Another retailer that used and had good experience with and great prices is
Sonic Electronix

Crutchfield is top notch, their customer support is the best out there, but don't always have the best price... I'm still a big fan of Crutchfield though

Whatever you do make sure you get marine grade stuff especially the speakers. someone else mentioned Polk and they are a good choice because both their db and MoMO series are rated for marine use but still have a nice look. I don't like the looks of a lot of the marine speakers with the white grills, but that's just me... IMO you can't beat the polks on price looks, and performance. I also don't think Polk is not the same speaker manufacturer they were 15-20 years ago before they started selling to the big box stores.

OK, I talked to a guy in VA, that had some stuff on craigslist.He wrecked his car and said he was selling all the stereo equipment he had gotten for Christmas for his vehicle. Get this, out of all the amps,subs,cd player, and speakers, the speakers were the only thing he had left.
Untouched,unmolested,unopened box of 2 pair-yes (4) speakers,
Polk db651's 6.5" 180 watts each, he said since it was his last item and he did pretty good on the sale of everything else he'd let me have the 4 speakers for $50!!!

Did I do good fellows?!!!


Now looking for subs and a amp.Should I go 2 subs or 1 guys? How many watts should the amp be?Then my head unit, what should it be rated at?

This could really get this thread going if there are any more audiophiles on here. I'll give you my opinion, and take it with a grain of salt. Your polks are 60w rms speaker, 50w rms 4 channel amp would work great.

Subs, You can get a good pair of 10" kicker comp vr's, or 12" infinity 1252's for around $100. If you only have the space for one sub, then upgrade the sub. (Mine are going in starboard side bow, removing the heater which I don't ever use.)

Head unit: IF you are going with a 4 channel amp for highs, you will need a deck with 6 channel preamp outputs. 2 channel bridged highs amp, then you only need a deck with 4 channel preamp outs.    If I were to go new from Crutchfield, here is a good setup

Head Unit; Sony CDX-GT640UI             $160
4 ch amp;   Alpine KTP445 (45X4 RMS)     $120
sub amp;    Kenwood KAC-9104D (900w rms) $100
subs;       Infinity 1252's or Kicker Comp VR $100-120

Mobile audio has too many combinations that do work well, depending on how much $$$ you want to spend. This is probably a real basic system that would work great. Be sure to run a dual battery setup, or at least a 1 farad capacitor. You can find decent amp wiring kits with the cap on ebay. I hope this helps a little bit, and I'd be glad to help you along the way with box design etc. You can always email me at jjmoore1@rockwellcollins.com

Just call Crutchfield and drop some coin, you'll be very happy you did.

Marty I have the enclousure and the amp send the email you will like the deal

MartyMabe wrote: Randy ,I see you lurking at the post, I will call you on your 'isolater' hook-up.

You caught me! I was taking a little break from painting the bathroom. You got a great deal on those polk 6.5. Yeah, feel free to give me a call if you have any questions.

When it comes down to it on the amp, sub etc.. it really just depends on how much you want to spend, and how much space you have.

I got my plaque yesterday. Looks great! Makes me want to go out in the garage and uncover her and see how it looks on the dash. Thanks again

Tim is that Purple Rain by Prince? I have a crew member who always insists that we put that track on as we are packing the boat and sipping refreshments at the end of the day.
The weird thing is that I am starting to get used to it. This crew member found the DTB CD's that Greg made for me in the car last night and really liked them as well.

Back on topic though I have a 10" Kenwood sub mounted in the bow in enclosure that fires down that works pretty good without taking up to much room. Run two amps one bridged mono for the sub and drive the four speakers out of the other amp.

Marty,
To answer your question about enclosure size/sealed or ported. Box size is calculated by each particular sub. The box size is used to "tune" the sub to a frequency it resonates to the best. Ported boxes usually take about twice the space, and you have to be pretty accurate with diameter and length of the ports. They are also louder, but the subs are more unstable, produce sloppy bass and prone to blowing. Sealed boxes have tighter bass, and take a bit more power to produce the same SPL, but there are not as many variables when building the box. I like sealed boxes for sound quality, ported for SPL. Let me know if this helps or if you have any other Q's.

-Josh