Wrecked Rooster
Jet Boat Lover
- Messages
- 213
- Reaction score
- 84
- Points
- 77
- Location
- Ada, Oklahoma
- Boat Make
- Yamaha
- Year
- 2021
- Boat Model
- AR
- Boat Length
- 21
This will be a long post, but I want to make sure I'm getting it right. I'm completely new when it comes to the audio game. I have never installed any kind of sound system. However, I used to install access control systems, surveillance systems for a living and am pretty savvy when it comes to electrical stuff. Learning on all of the speaker and amp terminology and how they function together. Here's what I want out of the system:
Now for the questions/options I'm looking at **Please feel free to critique and/or offer suggestions**:
That's about it. If you've made it this far, I owe you a beer (or 6). Thank you for any and all help!
- Nice, clear sound that's audible as we are driving the boat (doesn't have to be concert level or make every boat turn their head as we pass)
- I'd like to be able to do one part (4 interior speakers) first then add additional speakers (2 additional mid speakers and 2 tower speakers and a sub -maybe 2 on the swim deck) in the future
- It would be nice to be able to run the volume on the tower speakers/sub and the interior speakers separately (I think this is called zoning? I hope, because I'm going to say that term a lot through this)
- My current head unit is the stock Infinity PRV315.2 and I don't believe it can do the zoning. They are $300 shipped new and I feel like I can sell it for $225 shipped.
- I'd like to have a remote at the stern to run the stereo while in the water (Infinity has a simple one that is ~$100)
- If it's easier to sell my factory unit and buy one that dual zone built in, I don't mind doing that.
Now for the questions/options I'm looking at **Please feel free to critique and/or offer suggestions**:
- Is there a way to do zoning with my current head unit? If not, I have found a few options that have it listed that they do:
- Kicker KMC4 for $315 with a KRC12 remote for $50 = $365
- Fusion MS-RA210 for $350 with a MS-ARX70B ANT remote (no drilling or wire running) for $50 = $400
- For factory replacement speakers I don't need high end Wet sounds or JL. These would also be (or possibly 8" versions of these) the speakers I would add on later in the middle of the boat and possibly on the swim deck. Here's what I'm looking at and any recommendations for/against are welcome:
- Polk DB652 = $89 a pair
- 100 RMS 300 Peak
- Sensitivity 92
- Infinity 622MW = $100 a pair
- 75 RMS 225 Peak
- Sensitivity 92
- Kicker KM 6.5 = $100 a pair
- RMS 65 Peak 195
- Sensitivity 90
- Polk DB652 = $89 a pair
- Tower speakers (again, feel free to critique):
- Kicker KMTC8 cans with 45KM84L speakers = $665
- RMS 150 each 300 Peak each
- Sensitivity 92
- Kicker KMTC8 cans with 45KM84L speakers = $665
- Amplifiers
- For the factory replacements:
- NVX VAD 10004 = $280
- RMS: 150 x 4 @ 4 ohms, 250W x 4 @ 2 ohms, Bridged 500W x 2 @ 4 ohms
- For the Tower Speakers:
- NVX VAD 8402 = $200
- RMS: 300 x 2 @ 4 ohms, 420W x 2 @ 2 ohms, Bridged 840W x 1 @ 4 ohm
- Mid speakers and swim deck speakers add another NVX VAD 10004
- For the factory replacements:
- Battery(ies)
- This one I'm going to reach out to my brother-in-law that owns a company that builds battery storage for offsight oil rigs, but am open to suggestions from the group if y'all have a good setup. Figure I'll have a monitor in the dash for the batteries and have a dedicated NOCO charger for them.
That's about it. If you've made it this far, I owe you a beer (or 6). Thank you for any and all help!