Am needing a small, good sounding stereo system for a small sailboat. Only
need AM FM and CD. What's a decent system with speakers at a decent price.
Don't need sirius or xm or marine weather.
Thanks
Gordon

"Gordon" wrote in message
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Am needing a small, good sounding stereo system for a small sailboat.
Only
need AM FM and CD. What's a decent system with speakers at a decent price.
Don't need sirius or xm or marine weather.
Thanks
Gordon


The limiting factor for a "good sounding stereo on a small sailboat" will be
the size of the speakers you can accommodate.
In my boats I have just used car stereo units. They work fine and have more
than enough power to produce adequate sound levels in a boat. With small
speakers you don't get much bass. If you really want good sound you could
get a car stereo guy to outfit the boat with separate speakers for bass, mid
and treble.

On Tue, 25 Jul 2006 18:21:59 +0000, Gordon Wedman wrote:
With small speakers you don't
get much bass. If you really want good sound you could get a car stereo
guy to outfit the boat with separate speakers for bass, mid and treble.

so true -going the budget route as I like to do, I hauled out a 30 year
old pair of Jensen 6x9's I had sitting in the garage and installed them
into the interior bulkheads that support the quarter berth and the main
settee, down low to the floor. The storage space under the berths
provides an almost perfect sound box and the lids with the little
thumbholes under the cushions act like ports. The reproduction is
shockingly good and I'm comparing it against the 70's vintage Marantz
quad/Dynaco gear I use at home.

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On Tue, 25 Jul 2006 18:21:59 +0000, Gordon Wedman wrote:
With small speakers you don't
get much bass. If you really want good sound you could get a car stereo
guy to outfit the boat with separate speakers for bass, mid and treble.

so true -going the budget route as I like to do, I hauled out a 30 year
old pair of Jensen 6x9's I had sitting in the garage and installed them
into the interior bulkheads that support the quarter berth and the main
settee, down low to the floor. The storage space under the berths
provides an almost perfect sound box and the lids with the little
thumbholes under the cushions act like ports. The reproduction is
shockingly good and I'm comparing it against the 70's vintage Marantz
quad/Dynaco gear I use at home.

That's an interesting idea. I have two small storage compartments at the
forward end of my port and starboard settees. The rest of the space is
water tanks. I could mount speakers in the side of these but they would be
rather close to the cabin sole. Might be good for bass speakers?

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"Gordon" wrote:

Am needing a small, good sounding stereo system for a small sailboat. Only
need AM FM and CD. What's a decent system with speakers at a decent price.

We have a standard auto unit with good speakers inside & out, but when
it dies, I'll just put a boom box onboard that can also run off 12v and
has an MP3 input. CDs aren't a factor for us any more, since I can carry
everything we own in a shirt pocket and the marine environment is hard
on CDs.

--
Jere Lull
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On Tue, 25 Jul 2006 22:47:43 +0000, Jere Lull wrote:

We have a standard auto unit with good speakers inside & out, but when it
dies, I'll just put a boom box onboard that can also run off 12v and has
an MP3 input. CDs aren't a factor for us any more, since I can carry
everything we own in a shirt pocket and the marine environment is hard on
CDs.

For me, this was one of those "Now why the hell didn't I think of that?"
moments. Nice one. This is going to free up a pile of storage space.
iPod here I come.

Gordon wrote:
Am needing a small, good sounding stereo system for a small sailboat. Only
need AM FM and CD. What's a decent system with speakers at a decent price.
Don't need sirius or xm or marine weather.
Thanks
Gordon

Gordon,

You can find very simple waterproof stereos all over the place that
have great sound. Lots of times you can even get packages. Poly Planar
might be a very good choice for you, of course their is JBL, Sony,
Jensen, Aquatic AV and more. Sony will probably be the most
inexpensive, there are sony packages that have a cd player, housing and
pair of 61/2" speaker for only $250. Keep your eyes peeled, they are
available!

Brandon
www.boatersbasement.com