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Take a ton of pictures. I'm researching now what else I'm going to put in. So far just the 4 xs 650's and the amp. My dilemma is budget. I want more sound in the boat ( adding 2 more speakers ) and I want more sound outside the boat (towers or rear swim deck). Going the tower route is most likely out of budget at this time seeing how i will be adding seadek. It gets expensive, I'm already using wet sounds so want to keep it that way. Thinking my best option will be getting 4 more wet sounds speakers and an amp.
Amp is in and mess is cleaned up. I'll tell you that your back is going to be sore after adding an amp in the storage area behind the helm. I have all kinds of scratches all over my back and they're not the good kind. My 4 WS XS 650's sound great being pushed by a Rockford Fosgate M400-4D. Rockford has a birth sheet kinda like a car dyno, mine came in at 547 rms. So I will take it easy for a little while but I will be adding another amp and 2 more speakers in the boat and possibly some tower speakers.
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If you mount the amp where I did, you won't have to worry about drilling "into" the boat. If you zoom in on my picture you can see that there's a lip going all the way around that opening.
Very impressive. The only problem I will have is, I am running 4 amps currently and about to get an another one this winter. I just don't think I can fit all those JL amps on behind that helm like that.
These the 16' 24 foot boats do not have amps already installed? Forgive my ignorance..
Thank you
If you would let me. I would like to recommend a different crossover for your interior speakers. I didn't pay attention to how many watts you have pushing to each speaker but ideally you usually do not want to set your highs crossover less than 100. 90 can be acceptable as that's where most set their subs. 65hz is low midbass to bass. Over time that could distort and blow your speakers as they are not made to take high wattage at that frequency level. If you don't have a sub in the boat, I can see why you would set it there tho. But Typical you want your subs picking up all the frequencies around the 100-90 or lower range. My subs are set at 80hz to give you an idea. Just a thought.
Where did you get those trailer guides? I really like the looks of those. lol
Thanks for the input. These wet sounds xs650 are rated down to 40 Hz so there's no worry distorting them and blowing running at 65-70hz. If i was running less than a 6.5 mid i would turn it up to about 90hz. They also have an audiophile crossover between the titanium tweeter and mid cone. The magnets on these are huge. Now if i was to put a total package of speakers together, seperate highs mids and a sub, i would crank up the highs to max frequency run the mids at 80hz and my sub at 80hz. This is depending on the speaker that is picked and the material it is made of. I am running (6) WS 6.5 speakers with a set of WS icon 8's with matched rms handling from the amps and no sub. If this setup is tuned to a higher frequency, they sound really bright. Right now the system is "full" and sounds great. now if i add a sub down the road I will most likely adjust the mids.
CE Smith from bass pro
