Noob stereo question....

[CliffB]

So, I have an Old Skool '89 'Bu Skier, which had never had a stereo in it until I bought it last Spring. I installed a good system consisting of 8 blaupunkt 6.5 speakers (professional series), blaupunkt head unit, blaupunkt 10-disc changer, blaupunkt four channel amp (4X200 split into 8), and a separate 200W sub-woof. All speakers are very firmly mounted to the internal support structure of the boat and directed inwards towards the occupant other than the sub which is bolted to the floor up under the forward deck.

The system puts out monsterous sound with good highs, mids and bass. With the volume cranked, the boat itself acts as one huge sub-woof box and it'll shake your teeth out.

One nice feature of this configuration is that the noise doesn't travel....at all...to other boats or across the lake. This is because the sound is all directed inwards (and quite low down) inside the boat. This seems like a great configuration as the sound quality is amazing and powerful, but not intrusive upon other boaters.

So here's my question, why does it appear (to me at least) that round speaker boxes mounted on the tower is the more common installation configuration? Doesn't that transmit the sound to other boaters and across the lake??

Confused in Seattle.

Edited November 24, 2012 by CliffB

[liljohn]

Speakers on the tower are for the rider. The biggest problem is most people have no control so they are on all the time. Sending music to everyone.

[dustinwiemann]

liljohn is absolutely correct the speakers on the tower are intended for the rider or projecting music to the entire cove or campground.. I feel most people go WAY overboard in their tower speaker systems and ignore the fact that they are blasting their music to everybody else on the water all the time. this is probably the reason so many lakes now have noise restrictions and notices posted everywhere. if you do not intend on projecting your music then stick with a quality in boat system as it seems you have.

just my 2 cents

[JonnyRad91]

Tower speakers are awesome for beach parties in Eastern Washington and surfing. Otherwise they just piss people off most of the time. Look at the noise ordinance they passed in Juanita Bay this year. I have separate controls for mine so if we are tied up I shut them off and let my cabins do the work.

[CliffB]

Ah, got it. Thanks. I didn't realize the very point of tower speaks was to project the music.... Understood.

My in-boat system will do well for our purposes.

[Nitrousbird]

So, I have an Old Skool '89 'Bu Skier, which had never had a stereo in it until I bought it last Spring. I installed a good system consisting of 8 blaupunkt 6.5 speakers (professional series), blaupunkt head unit, blaupunkt 10-disc changer, blaupunkt four channel amp (4X200 split into 8), and a separate 200W sub-woof. All speakers are very firmly mounted to the internal support structure of the boat and directed inwards towards the occupant other than the sub which is bolted to the floor up under the forward deck.

Where are you getting 200x4? The highest output amplifier on Blaupunkt has on their website (GTA 470 SF) as 100x4 RMS @ 2ohm; assuming you are running each pair of speakers in parallel you are feeding each speaker 50 watts RMS.

And I have to ask, what made you choose Blaupunkt?