Hey I was hoping someone would be able to give me some advice on the best
way to set up/wire the sound system in my boat...

Wiring up my boat for a sound system, Basically I have 2 front and 2 rear
infinity kappa 6.5 speakers, and plan on purchasing a head unit and amp.
There is also a small cut out in the back of the boat that I plan on putting
a 3x5 or 4x6 single speaker, so i can hear the music while out of the boat.
Does that make some sense?? I don't plan on putting a subwoofer only becuse
of the space issue. Here are my qeustions:

1) Would putting a single full range speaker in the cut-out be recommened?
2) How would I wire it specifically?
3) What type of AMP would you recommend?
4) If i add that 5th speaker to the back and channel it along with the rear
speakers, when i turn up the volume will the smaller 5th speaker
crack/handle the output like the 6.5 infinity's?

THanks for any help!!!

I found that mounting some in the bulkheads (quality speakers) - due
to the tabbing which tied them into the entire boat - made the entire
boat into a subwoofer!

Really cool. My system chooses between a pair of externally mounted
Bose or bulkhead (cut in, flush; the protrusion of the speakers is
into closets or cabinets) in the saloon, radio shack external speakers
mounted in the stern cabin or much larger external speakers in the
cockpit eyebrows.

I choose which pair I want in the "front" or "rear" outputs. My "amp"
is a VR3 cheapie with 45watts per channel (180 all) from Wal-Mart
(RoadmasterUSA.com); the one I use is set up for bluetooth cell,
CD/wav/mp3, and, best of all, to me, no rotating parts, an SD chip
which reads wav and mp3 files. I download what I want to listen to for
a period of anywhere from a few selections to a week's worth, plug in
the chip, and it starts playing. If your rips have the current
generation of info on them, like the satellite radios do, it tells you
the artist and the cut. Set for random or sequential; I use
sequential because symphonies get cut off every time there's a
silence! as it goes to the next random file...

Not for everyone, and not a serious system, but loud enough without
distortion that it's painful to listen to; the cockpit speakers will
entertain the anchorage...

Standard 18ga speaker wire; if you're enough of a geek to think you'll
appreciate the sound difference on the boat, a bigger amp and bigger
wires will make you feel better :{))

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"Matt" wrote in message
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Hey I was hoping someone would be able to give me some advice on the
best way to set up/wire the sound system in my boat...

Wiring up my boat for a sound system, Basically I have 2 front and 2
rear infinity kappa 6.5 speakers, and plan on purchasing a head unit
and amp. There is also a small cut out in the back of the boat that
I plan on putting a 3x5 or 4x6 single speaker, so i can hear the
music while out of the boat. Does that make some sense?? I don't
plan on putting a subwoofer only becuse of the space issue. Here
are my qeustions:

1) Would putting a single full range speaker in the cut-out be
recommened?
2) How would I wire it specifically?
3) What type of AMP would you recommend?
4) If i add that 5th speaker to the back and channel it along with
the rear speakers, when i turn up the volume will the smaller 5th
speaker crack/handle the output like the 6.5 infinity's?

THanks for any help!!!