HuevoSplash
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- Yamaha
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- 2014
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- AR
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While I have spent plenty of time ON boats, I just recently purchased my first boat. It is a 2014 Yamaha AR190. I have been surfing around this site for a few weeks now doing research on a few things that I would like to do with it. Namely, adding a Deep Cycle House Battery for a Dual Battery setup, replacing the impeller and adding a Lucky 13, and upgrading the sound system. I have already swapped out the head unit and will add a couple controllers (one at the helm and one at the stern).
Sorry, getting to the point of this post. In all the reading that I have done on this forum, I have seen a bunch of different ideas on Subwoofer placement, boxed and hull mounted, vented and non-vented, etc.. I purchased two sets of Infinity Kappa 6125M 6.5" Coaxial speakers to swap out the factory 6.5's and two Infinity Kappa 1010M Subwoofers along with two Soundstream ST4.1000D Amps to power everything. For the 6.5's, I will just open up the factory holes a bit to accept them, but for the 10's I am fairly well set on not cutting holes into the hull for the installation.
I am trying to be conscious of space in the boat, but also want to get great sound from these subs. The subs are Infinite Baffle, and I have ready varying opinions on this forum about running IB Sub as free air vs. boxed and I am not really opposed to either, depending on how big the boxes would need to be if I went that route. Looking through this forum I have seen a number of places that people have put the subs in boxes, but they all seem to take up a bunch of much needed space. I was looking around the boat for some other potential locations and I found a place under the rear seats that I thought could be used for free air installation, and possibly even boxed and I wanted to get some feedback on whether anyone has used this location and/or what people thought about it. Some people may use the long gap behind it for skis or poles or something, but I don't have a need for that space.
1. First thought is to build a panel that would securely hold the sub in these two locations as free air, and just cut enough under the seat cushion to vent into the cabin
2. Second thought is to use the same location, but build a box that would keep it in the corner and out of the way (not sure there is enough room for the size box that would be required because I have not found any information on minimum cubic feet needed if boxed)
I am not an audiophile by all means, but I do like my music to sound good and full range as possible. I have installed many car stereo systems and custom built boxes for very odd applications. I am working on getting the Dual Battery setup completed and none of this will be done until that is finished, so I have time to figure it all out. While I have done a lot of searching and reading on the forum, I know there is a lot more, so if need be, just point me in the direction of threads you think may be helpful rather than having to type out the same thing for the 100th time. Your feedback is greatly appreciated!
Sorry, getting to the point of this post. In all the reading that I have done on this forum, I have seen a bunch of different ideas on Subwoofer placement, boxed and hull mounted, vented and non-vented, etc.. I purchased two sets of Infinity Kappa 6125M 6.5" Coaxial speakers to swap out the factory 6.5's and two Infinity Kappa 1010M Subwoofers along with two Soundstream ST4.1000D Amps to power everything. For the 6.5's, I will just open up the factory holes a bit to accept them, but for the 10's I am fairly well set on not cutting holes into the hull for the installation.
I am trying to be conscious of space in the boat, but also want to get great sound from these subs. The subs are Infinite Baffle, and I have ready varying opinions on this forum about running IB Sub as free air vs. boxed and I am not really opposed to either, depending on how big the boxes would need to be if I went that route. Looking through this forum I have seen a number of places that people have put the subs in boxes, but they all seem to take up a bunch of much needed space. I was looking around the boat for some other potential locations and I found a place under the rear seats that I thought could be used for free air installation, and possibly even boxed and I wanted to get some feedback on whether anyone has used this location and/or what people thought about it. Some people may use the long gap behind it for skis or poles or something, but I don't have a need for that space.
1. First thought is to build a panel that would securely hold the sub in these two locations as free air, and just cut enough under the seat cushion to vent into the cabin
2. Second thought is to use the same location, but build a box that would keep it in the corner and out of the way (not sure there is enough room for the size box that would be required because I have not found any information on minimum cubic feet needed if boxed)
I am not an audiophile by all means, but I do like my music to sound good and full range as possible. I have installed many car stereo systems and custom built boxes for very odd applications. I am working on getting the Dual Battery setup completed and none of this will be done until that is finished, so I have time to figure it all out. While I have done a lot of searching and reading on the forum, I know there is a lot more, so if need be, just point me in the direction of threads you think may be helpful rather than having to type out the same thing for the 100th time. Your feedback is greatly appreciated!
