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2010 23LSV Stock setup


Ryan1776

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7 minutes ago, Ryan1776 said:

Such as? 
 

Do I like how it sounds? You wont find this in a spec. 

Build quality. Is it a true marine speaker or a converted or disguised car door speaker. What materials is it built with. What build characteristics do we see, like sealed magnet, leads instead of a push-on spade terminal. Grill or bridge mounted tweeter over a pole mounted tweeter. if it is a pole mounted tweeter, is there a weather boot or an open gap. Steel basket or something composite/plastic or aluminum? 

Dome tweeter or hybrid W

Looks? Ill take a good looking speaker before worrying about a couple dB's difference in sensitivity between two open-air marine speakers.

Price. Ill take the better value speaker

 

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2 hours ago, MLA said:

Do I like how it sounds? You wont find this in a spec. 

Build quality. Is it a true marine speaker or a converted or disguised car door speaker. What materials is it built with. What build characteristics do we see, like sealed magnet, leads instead of a push-on spade terminal. Grill or bridge mounted tweeter over a pole mounted tweeter. if it is a pole mounted tweeter, is there a weather boot or an open gap. Steel basket or something composite/plastic or aluminum? 

Dome tweeter or hybrid W

Looks? Ill take a good looking speaker before worrying about a couple dB's difference in sensitivity between two open-air marine speakers.

Price. Ill take the better value speaker

Good stuff. I hope you didn't take my question as rude. 

Everything I've been talking about is based upon the fact that I haven't even heard it yet. 
So I'll install the sub I have and see how it sounds. If it's close to what I had/have in my other boat, I won't even worry about it. 
You're dead nuts right on the first point. How does it sound. That's really the end all be all. If I like it, who cares about anything else. 
I know the RF that are in there are marine spec you can tell by the price and was picked by an OEM for such an application. The Polks I have are really very good, but to you're point are most likely "converted" car audio components. That being said they've lived in a fairly unforgiving location on my boat for 4-5 years now. So not too bad for the price, and they sound great. 

Ryan 

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I also have a 2010 with the stock system.  It does have a sub and 4 6x9's in the titan cans on the tower. I change to Rockford 6x9's last year in the tower speakers as two of the factory ones died. 

I added an Audio Control 3.2 EQ when I first got the boat and it was like a whole new system.  I built a weather proof box for the EQ and have had no problems over the last 7 years.  I believe Wet Sounds makes a similar unit.

I wanted to keep the Black Box as a base because I like the auto volume.  The EQ is awesome because I have an actual volume knob so it is really easy to adjust the volume fast when I want to.  I also at an Excile Bluetooth module.  I ran a cable into the glove box and use that to plug into the aux input.  I like that route because it is easy to just unplug that and plug in aux cord if someone doesn't want to mess with Bluetooth.

I am going to replace my sub this year as I believe I have over stressed the old one and it isn't what it used to be.

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11 hours ago, BSUBU_Kris said:

I believe W## S***** makes a similar unit.

Quite different actually. No other like it on the market. Independent in-boat and tower volume rather then fade. Most significantly, the unit is a dual EQ in one. There 4 EQ settings for the tower on an outer dial and then 4 for the in-boat on an inner knob. ALL others are a single EQ that changes both tower and in-boat tones together. 

It also has an AUX in so you could add a blue tooth to it, retaining the factory hard wire BT. Or, go with on of the two other units with BT built in. One has 4 zone, which it great for bow or windshield speakers. 

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On 5/10/2018 at 9:19 AM, MLA said:

One has 4 zone, which it great for bow or windshield speakers. 

Wetsounds make a 4 zone eq???? 
I know they list a 3 zone, but that's really the sub as number 3. 

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2 hours ago, MLA said:

Well, its not an EQ, but yes,  a 4 zone volume controller with master volume, MIC, BT. Why is sub not a zone IYO? 

Is this the MC-1 that you're referencing? 

I mean it is technically a zone I guess, but when I consider a zone I feel that is a zone of listening. As you pointed out, bow, windshield, in-boat, tower. 
The sub effects ALL zones. So I think of it more of a 2 zone with sub control. In-boat and tower.

 

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Nope, its not their media source unit, but a 4 zone volume control without EQ adjustments. 

The media source does have 4 zone volume, as well as some EQ continuation. 

The woofer may not be a physical zone location in the boat, but i like to look at it as an independent volume zone. On the other two with tower, in-boat and woofer, the sub level is full range, same as the other. so only the level is controlled, no influence on frequency, cross-over or phase. Despite the sub labeling, it could technically be used as bow or windshield zone on a boat with no woofer. 

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