crazybry79
Cadet
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- Dec 18, 2014
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I havery a 1989 Formula 29pc with a factory stereo that is in dire need of an update - it's impossible to find Brittany Spears on cassette!
I thought I knew what I wanted, then I started planning and now I've gotten a bit out of control / out of my knowledge base. So for the sake of this project - just assume I have NO clue what I'm doing.
Here's what I have:
head unit is in the cabin. There is no factory amp whatsoever. There are (6) 6.5" speakers - 2 in the cabin over the dinnette, 2 in the radar arch, and 2 under the center "L" seat in the cockpit. (I'll try to add a photo). The 2 cabin speakers havery a rheostat that controls their volume, and the 4 cockpit speakers have their own rheostat.
Here's what I want:
New head unit
4 new cockpit speakers
1 sub under "L" seat
amp
The 2 original speakers in the cabin to be operable but do NOT need to be amplified, would also like them to be controlled by their rheostat.
Wired remote at the helm for the head unit.
Here's where I get sketchy on my knowledge...
I would like to add (2) transom speakers, preferably amplified, and I would prefer to have a separate control for the volume of the transom speakers. I must also have the control to shut off the transom speakers.
We don't listen to rap or hip hop - more classic rock, journey, maybe a lil Eminem. More midrange and treble, but we do ask for some respectable bass - we don't need to rattle the emblems off, but I do like to feel my tunes.
For the cockpit speakers, I kind of have a chubby for the polk mm651 speakers -http://www.amazon.com/Polk-Audio-AA2651-A-6-5-Inch-Speaker/dp/B001C3P6FI
I would like to use those for the transom speakers as well, unless someone has better ideas. The only reason for the polks, I've just read better reviews on them than like the JL marine 6.5s
I was thinking something along a JL 1000 watt 5 channel amp for the cockpit speakers, 1 channel for each 6.5, the 1 channel for a 10" enclosed sub.
http://www.amazon.com/JL-Audio-Channel-System-Amplifier/dp/B00E9BXS1E
Not set on that....just thinking out loud.
BUT then I decided to put in the 2 transom speakers. Since I need the volume to be easily controlled separately, I really didn't know which way to go on this.
Any ideas?
I thought I knew what I wanted, then I started planning and now I've gotten a bit out of control / out of my knowledge base. So for the sake of this project - just assume I have NO clue what I'm doing.
Here's what I have:
head unit is in the cabin. There is no factory amp whatsoever. There are (6) 6.5" speakers - 2 in the cabin over the dinnette, 2 in the radar arch, and 2 under the center "L" seat in the cockpit. (I'll try to add a photo). The 2 cabin speakers havery a rheostat that controls their volume, and the 4 cockpit speakers have their own rheostat.
Here's what I want:
New head unit
4 new cockpit speakers
1 sub under "L" seat
amp
The 2 original speakers in the cabin to be operable but do NOT need to be amplified, would also like them to be controlled by their rheostat.
Wired remote at the helm for the head unit.
Here's where I get sketchy on my knowledge...
I would like to add (2) transom speakers, preferably amplified, and I would prefer to have a separate control for the volume of the transom speakers. I must also have the control to shut off the transom speakers.
We don't listen to rap or hip hop - more classic rock, journey, maybe a lil Eminem. More midrange and treble, but we do ask for some respectable bass - we don't need to rattle the emblems off, but I do like to feel my tunes.
For the cockpit speakers, I kind of have a chubby for the polk mm651 speakers -http://www.amazon.com/Polk-Audio-AA2651-A-6-5-Inch-Speaker/dp/B001C3P6FI
I would like to use those for the transom speakers as well, unless someone has better ideas. The only reason for the polks, I've just read better reviews on them than like the JL marine 6.5s
I was thinking something along a JL 1000 watt 5 channel amp for the cockpit speakers, 1 channel for each 6.5, the 1 channel for a 10" enclosed sub.
http://www.amazon.com/JL-Audio-Channel-System-Amplifier/dp/B00E9BXS1E
Not set on that....just thinking out loud.
BUT then I decided to put in the 2 transom speakers. Since I need the volume to be easily controlled separately, I really didn't know which way to go on this.
Any ideas?