Sotally Tober's 2019 242 SE Build

[Markk]

Here is the link to the specs of the two Wet Sounds XXX Subs

REVO 12 XXX V4-B | Wet Sounds 12 Inch SPL Marine Subwoofer

Wet Sounds’ marine stereo systems and equipment provide crisp, high-quality audio that’s loud enough to be heard whether you’re fishing a local pond, water skiing on a lake, or tubing on the ocean. Enjoy unparalleled protection from water damage with Wet Sounds’ state-of-the-art equipment.

www.wetsounds.com

Each sub is rated for 2400 watts and I will have a Wet Sounds 2000 watt amp going to each of them. Additionally, I will have two Wetsounds Free Air 10inch Subs by the port and starboard Captain's Chairs.

The box will be in the rear starboard side storage compartment with vents cut into the circles in the photo below:

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I applaud your ambition to step out of the standard boat mold and apply larger drivers, controlled in a tuned box, with adequate power behind each driver.

Before Covid hit I had planned a “super-sized” audio install for my boat. I was looking for sub options similar to what you have planned. However, with so many Americans fearful to live life, my loss of income has put things on hold.

I do live sound for events. The gear hasn’t been moving lately so I donated a setup for a couple weeks. While not a large setup, I still am using (4)21” sub drivers with 5000watts per driver. Did sound check with the band tonight. Air was movin pretty good. It felt liberating to hear that PA sing.

Please keep posting about your upgrades. It’s refreshing given our current climate.

 

[Sotally Tober]

and the tuning begins! I'm pulling into San Diego now. Will be picking up Sotally Tober 5 tomorrow morning!

 

[Sotally Tober]

I applaud your ambition to step out of the standard boat mold and apply larger drivers, controlled in a tuned box, with adequate power behind each driver.

Before Covid hit I had planned a “super-sized” audio install for my boat. I was looking for sub options similar to what you have planned. However, with so many Americans fearful to live life, my loss of income has put things on hold.

I do live sound for events. The gear hasn’t been moving lately so I donated a setup for a couple weeks. While not a large setup, I still am using (4)21” sub drivers with 5000watts per driver. Did sound check with the band tonight. Air was movin pretty good. It felt liberating to hear that PA sing.

Please keep posting about your upgrades. It’s refreshing given our current climate.

Absolutely! Picking her up tomorrow. Will be posting more pics and info over the next few weeks.

 

[ripler]

With Yamaha's build quality you are going to be losing parts everywhere.

 

[Sotally Tober]

Quick update: I cant say enough good things about the sound system. It's tuned perfectly. The bass hits incredibly hard and clean. Just when you think it cant get any louder it does! No distortion. I was concerned about the batteries; however, not anymore. The 4 group 31 XS AGMs ran for almost 8 hours on Saturday and they were ran HARD. We still had juice left at the end of the day. The four 25 amp onboard battery chargers recharged all of them in 4-5 hours. We have another river trip scheduled for this weekend at Martinez Lake (southern most stretch of the Colorado) and will be taking a bunch of detailed photos.

 

[Sotally Tober]

That is crazy, how are you planning on keeping all the rattles, vibrations under control with that many speakers, power? I only have two subs and had to add allot of sound deadening foam to keep it under control. Can still hear it at times even at half volume.

Ran the system hard this weekend and this was a non issue.

 

[Sotally Tober]

I am curious about supplying the power. I think I would have went with a bank of golf cart batteries for this, you would probably get significantly more play time. At full tilt this thing will pull nearly 500amps, 4 of those batteries combined are rated for 508 amp hours. That is not including the amps for the XXX. I really think you will have voltage issues if you crank this thing for longer than a demo.

The guys that created this monster of a system definitely worked some magic. Absolutely zero voltage issues and we ran the system for at least 8 hours on Saturday with a good portion of that time spent at full tilt. These XS AGMs are perfectly paired with this system and seemed to recharge way faster than my golf cart battery set up. They also added an XS SuperBank Ultra Capacitor (SuperBANKS Archives - XS Power).

 

[Arizona Jeff]

Who needs ballast with all those batteries LOL! Nice build!

 

[Sotally Tober]

Who needs ballast with all those batteries LOL! Nice build!

Thanks. Top speed dropped from 50mph to 46mph with two people. Then to 43mph with 6.