On 4/14/2024 at 5:17 PM, dwc032 said:

Just picked up my 2023 m220. This will be my last boat with Wetsounds stereo. I will do stereo delete on all the rest of my Malibu boats. The digital tuning on these amps is hot garbage. Don’t even get me started on Malibus stupid plastic boxes. The sub rattles so bad when the bass hits my wife thought something was going to explode on the boat. 
 

I should have known nothing has gotten better with the garbage tuning and box I had in my 2020 Malibu. I know Wetsounds is good stuff, but you’d think Wetsounds wouldn’t want their name on this stuff and let it leave the factory like this. There is no way a Wetsounds tech would listen to this stereo in my $200+ boat and say yeah good to go. Send it out. 

So fricken frustrating!!!!

I will post pics of the box I took out. It had so many gaps and missing screws it was embarrassing.  The speaker mounted in the box had literally 4 screws into it and the sub is a shallow mount sub. WTF would they put in a shallow mount sub?  Makes zero sense. 

I can’t remember a time in the last 20yrs of Malibu ownership ( or any boat manufacturer for that matter) was impressive.

It’s not too difficult to order a minimum oem stereo and go aftermarket on several components to maintain factory interface integration.

full stereo delete may present challenges with oem wiring/ black box, tower mounting hardware etc.

Order the basic cabin stereo with or without towers depending on what you ultimately want, if you want rev10 I’d say get the factory models with the Malibu cans. If you want rev 12, un check the tower speakers option, but don’t order the factory sub. 
 

Put your factory Amps on Facebook marketplace and get the Plug adaptors to interface with factory wiring, drop 2 subs in the boat (helm, ski locker) and call it a day.

MC numbers are up.

Overview:

Net sales for the third quarter were $95.7 million, down 42.6% from the prior-year period

Net income from continuing operations was $3.8 million, or $0.23 per diluted share

Diluted Adjusted Net Income per share, a non-GAAP measure, was $0.37, down 72.8% from the prior-year period

Adjusted EBITDA, a non-GAAP measure, was $9.7 million, down 70.7% from the prior-year period

Share repurchases of $1.6 million during the quarter

Ended the quarter with cash and investments of $105.7 million, and total debt of $50.4 million

https://investors.mastercraft.com/news-releases/news-release-details/mastercraft-boat-holdings-inc-reports-results-fiscal-2024-third

18 hours ago, a2t said:

to add closure here my 2019 25 LSV scaled at exactly 8,000 on the trailer. That was with 10% gas, all ballasts empty ofcourse and a bunch of toys stowed in the lockers (tubes, life jackets, ect...)

Full on gas no ballast the 2019 25 LSV weighs 8500 on the trailer, so plan according to that.

I ended up getting a 2024 Sierra Denali 1500 which is rated at 8900 but should easily tow if a few times a year. If you wana go nuts theres the HD versions which tow 12-14K.  Added bonus for those that get the 2025 Ram Charger, I might do that when it comes out. I think I will let it come out for a few years 1st though and let Stellantis fix the bugs..https://www.caranddriver.com/ram/1500-ramcharger

I love that Ram is reusing the name of an SUV for a pickup.  Wonder if it'll come standard with a topper?

1 hour ago, Steve B. said:

Do dealers not allow people to listen to these systems before ordering?

I would think a customer would demand at least some type of demo. If not in the same boat another one with something close.

Going into it blind and then complaining after the fact is kind of on the buyer IMO. Salesman might think the one being ordered sounds great based on his past experience listening to the same setup in another boat, but that is very subjective between different people.

9 hours ago, IXFE said:

 Everybody needs to relax…

There will be new Malibu dealers in EVERY affected market by July 1st and many well before that.

Same thing I heard as well. Most all already in place just waiting on the final stuff that has to be done.