Rags brought his 21' Weldcraft with a 450 hp 8.1 liter with a Hamilton 212 pump.
This unit didn't come with a stereo of any kind....so we needed to put something in that will piss off the other fishermen out there.....as well as give him the drivin' music to be able to get up some of those gnarly rapids.
Here is what we installed:
Clarion M309 Marine CD/MP3 Player with USB/iPod inputs
Memphis Marine MR 5.750 5 Channel Amp (80x4, 350x1)
Memphis Power Reference 6.5" Coaxial Speakers up front x 4
Memphis Marine MM62 6.5" Coaxial Speakers in the rear
Digital Designs 12" 1000 series Woofer in a custom made ported enclosure
We were originally going to just put the Power Reference speakers in, but then I remember I had the Marine speakers for the golf cart project....so we used those.
So technically, power-wise, this boat is at:
50x4 up front, 80x2 in the rear and 350x1 for the subwoofer.
The fronts and rear sound perfect...and since it's an aluminum boat, projects the sound all around and does a good job of it.
The DD sub fit perfectly under the boat's front un-used cabin area, and the port loaded off the front live-well perfectly.....deep deeeeep bass inside and it carries VERY well outside...shaking things inside the garage while we were tuning it.
All in all, this boat system does exactly what Rags wanted it to do, all while only installing a very minimal footprint of electronics.
Installed the new Memphis Audio Tower Speakers in a new MB Boat over the labor weekend.
These things rock. Crystal clear and can get loud!!!
Install was pretty straight forward, and the way they designed these was perfect. Made it so no wires are exposed and everything is hidden.
They are powered by Memphis's 4 channel Marine amp, with 2 more channels for another set that will be added down the road.
Finally get a chance to hear this wicked pair of tower speakers from Memphis Car Audio.
They'll be powered by the Memphis Marine 4 channel amp getting roughly 120 watts each (should be plenty of power to make those horn tweeters scream) and 2 spare channels to add a subwoofer down the road (if needed).
These will be going in a brand new 2011 MB boat....so until then....cheers!
Fab'd up and finished the wiring on the Rag's boat. 10 super bright waterproo LED pods were attached to the underside surf deck by a custom made bracket. These little guys should do the trick. Normally newer boats that have these types of options only have 3 to 5 LEDs......so 10 is more like something Trax Customs would do. Naturally! Wired everything up to the battery and put it on a switch in the glove box. Now if only Rags could remember to turn it off each time, so the batteries won't drain :)
Arc Audio had a few products on backorder, and the XXD 1500 was one of them. Chad was a man of his word and got it shipped out this morning for me. Great company, great product, and even greater service!
Rags got the custom light bar fab'd up yesterday. We're doing 10 of the smallest and brightest LEDs you can put underwater without a heatsink! These little guys should brighten up the water at night (maybe even during the day). Going to do a test fit tonight and final wiring. Then look out for pics soon.