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Jetboaters Admiral
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- 3,016
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- Points
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- Location
- Chapin, SC
- Boat Make
- Yamaha
- Year
- 2016
- Boat Model
- Limited S
- Boat Length
- 24
If I were to start fresh and stick to a budget upgrade I would still use the same wire and amps. I would skip the 6x9s in favor of the 6.5s in the black panels as @ Julian and others have done instead on that. The db sub did not perform well in that location and I would recommend trying an infinity bass link in the helm as @swatski did and likes or a JL free air where I did.
As for my current set up. I now have a polk mm sub instead of the db and have used some cheap closed cell foam sleeping pads to make it sealed by stuffing them in in between the inner and outer hull (I was going to make a custom rigid box between the hulls but heard that I could cause stress cracking so I did not do that). The foam made big difference but still not what I am looking for. I am going to build a sealed box under the starboard rear seat with another Polk MM mount into the box through the wall. I will then have two 10 inch Polk mms and another JL amp to kill fish with. I have also replaced all of the DBs with MMs. The MMs are louder and do sound better. In particular the 6x9 mms have more low end. If I were to start over with a bigger initial budget I would go all JL audio for the speakers but I can't justify the expense as it does sound good. In fact the DBs did sound good once amplified and I should have stopped there had I gotten the sub choice right but I had the bug.
As for my current set up. I now have a polk mm sub instead of the db and have used some cheap closed cell foam sleeping pads to make it sealed by stuffing them in in between the inner and outer hull (I was going to make a custom rigid box between the hulls but heard that I could cause stress cracking so I did not do that). The foam made big difference but still not what I am looking for. I am going to build a sealed box under the starboard rear seat with another Polk MM mount into the box through the wall. I will then have two 10 inch Polk mms and another JL amp to kill fish with. I have also replaced all of the DBs with MMs. The MMs are louder and do sound better. In particular the 6x9 mms have more low end. If I were to start over with a bigger initial budget I would go all JL audio for the speakers but I can't justify the expense as it does sound good. In fact the DBs did sound good once amplified and I should have stopped there had I gotten the sub choice right but I had the bug.