Stereo Upgrade V.2009

[jonyb]

Last year I upgraded the stereo in my boat. Started with: OEM Kenwood head unit, Wet Sounds WS-420, OEM Kenwood 6.5's in bow, in-boat, and 4 Wet Sounds XS-650's in the stock cans. Had 4 JL Audio 10W0's (2 under each console) in sealed boxes, 2 4-channel Kenwood Excelon amps, and 1 1000W Kenwood Excelon mono amp.

This year, I tore it all out and started over again. The new equipment: With the same head unit and WS-420, added a syn 6, Syn 4, and 2 Syn 1's. For speakers I replaced the stock cans with a Wet Sounds 3-some powered by the Syn6, 6 XS-650's in the OEM in-boat locations powered by the Syn4, and 2 Wet Sounds XS-XXX 12's each powered by each Syn1. We built 2 separate ported enclosures for the XXX's. For power, I already had 2 Stinger SP1500D batteries, and added an SP800 this time for starting and accessories. I also added 3 Stinger charger/maintainers for each battery. I hid all the wiring for the chargers under one of the panels and ran a single 12gauge cord to a location in the ballast locker with a hook to hang a cord on. I've got a 25' 12 gauge cord that will be used to plug in the chargers. All I'll have to do when I get back to the dock or on the trailer is throw the cord out and plug it in.

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[jonyb]

Those were all taken about a month ago. I recently finished up everything, so here are the finished pics....

Added the Oznium LED's in the cupholders, superbrightleds.com lights in the consoles, and dual LED pucks under the swim platform. Also finished the stereo and sub boxes...

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Big thanks to warwagon and jono for coming over to peel the decals and buff the whole boat over. They did an excellent job!

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And what it looked like before the decal strippage

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[c_mack9]

nice work....and it sounds a bit insane. overboard fo sho but i likey.

[matt//]

lookin' good!

[turbo86]

looking clean....

feel sorry for the fish....

[jonyb]

Don't. They bite.

[Gizmo]

looks good jonyb, wish i had the money you have :)

Maybe i should make the wife go get a job so i can have more money.

[jonyb]

It's actually called "working all the danm time". If I'm not at the plant, I'm in the garage doing installs. This is how I reward myself.

[RANDOLPH]

Who's is the 3rd boat in the background???

[RANDOLPH]

OH and the install looks good and would beleave it sounds even better...boat looks better without all the strickers i think!!!

[loud3nergy]

i demand in water shots at night.... with titties..

[jonyb]

No night shots just yet.... TATA shots in the future though.

Randolph that's Saladino's new boat. Did a big stereo in it too.

[jonyb]

I removed 1 pair of clarion components from teh tower and replaced those with a Wet Sounds 3-Some. Instead of Pro80's, we used Pro60's. Also added a Wet Sounds Syn6 amp to power the 3-some and a single Wet Sounds XS12 in a ported enclosure. A WS-420 went under the helm, and a WS XS-10FA replaced the OEM clarion free-air crap under the starboard rear seat.

The boat came in with 2 Clarion 4-channel amps powering all in-boats, the tower, and the free-air. I moved those up on the panel, added the Syn6, and cleaned it up a bit. The boat also came in with 2 marine batteries. I ditched one of those and added a Stinger SP1700 that's dedicated to teh stereo. There's also an on-board charger/maintainer to manage the battery when it's docked or on the trailer.

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[themorphious]

this may be a dumb question, but how do you get that boat out of the garage? The rack on top looks like it'd hit the top of the garage door..im guessing it folds down?

[Gizmo]

It's actually called "working all the danm time". If I'm not at the plant, I'm in the garage doing installs. This is how I reward myself.

luckily yal in cascade get like 800hrs of overtime a year compared to our 300

[c_mack9]

this may be a dumb question, but how do you get that boat out of the garage? The rack on top looks like it'd hit the top of the garage door..im guessing it folds down?

yeah the towers fold down, most of the time.

[jonyb]

Sometimes when it's drunk it tries to get back in the garage still up....

[audioguru76]

looking good! next time why not try to get that install a little cleaner...jk.

[moser]

"Its ok to eat fish cuz they dont have any feelings" Nirvana