Right now I'm talking to my dad about a system for our boat. We have a Yamaha AR230. He wants a whole new system. He wants new speakers to fill the orginal spots. Then he wants bass. He was looking at JL audio, but I told him not to get that, because it's too expensive for what he wants.

 

I don't think he would really tell the difference between JL and something else.

 

I want to get him some subs and amps from the VVME website. I know they're not the best subs, but they're cheap and will get the job done for what he wants. Warm weather is almost here for us, so we're going to get the boat back soon. I havent really measured what space he has, but I'm pretty sure it will fit 2 10's. Maybe 2 12's. I think the problem would be getting the box through the hole. For the amps, it would be the 1000 rms one.

 

I don't really know much about acoustics and sound travel. So this boat build will be different than a car for me. I'm not sure what would be the best way to have everything, or even what type of box.

 

 

Behind the seat on the left underneath the ski rack is a seat. The seat lifts up and there is a storage compartment. We were thinking of putting it there along with the amps. There's quite a lot of space under there, but what type of box would be best? Sealed, ported, or 4th order? Reason I don't really know of what to do is, because it's going to be mostly a sealed area.

 

Any advice will be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Edited March 18, 201312 yr by Bassink

I'm pretty sure he wanted to go with JL, because that's usually what people see most of when they look into marine audio. Is there a difference between regular car audio and marine audio? He's concerned with water damage.

IIRC, tons of space in those, just depends on what you are willing to give up. Spaces first.

Damn I wish we had the boat here to take measurements lol

So determining placement and all that stuff will be determined by how much space we are willing to give up?

As with ANY install that is always the first thing you need to do. Pretty impossible to shop otherwise.

Yea that's true. Thanks M5