www.iFourWinns.com

All finished! (some repeat photos to cover the entire upgrade)
1 Kicker ZX700.5
1 Deep cycle 185 battery. Group size 31
1 Wetsounds XS-10FA 10" sub
4 Wetsounds XS-650's

Will make ears bleed!

Aux batt (port side)

Amp (in port side bow cusion)

Had to cut out addl. 1/2"

Bow speakers

Self explanitory

Overview

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H210SS 6.2
F150 Platinum

Looks awesome - did you add to the tower also? Did you use stainless screws?

Did use staineless, they come with the speakers.
I don't have SL money so the tower speakers will have to wait...

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H210SS 6.2
F150 Platinum

Looks sweet!

Ever thought about adding 2 more in the rear?

2 in the front
2 on the sides
2 on the rear

(sounds like airplane emergency exits)

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2008 318 Vista -SOLD, but I am still around!
All Night Long, Seattle WA

Very nicely done!! I used the same amp in my system after you recomended it. My sub could still use a little help, but I still need to do some tuning on it.

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1998 Baja Boss 252 7.4L MPI Bravo 1 (SOLD)
2007 FW H200SS 5.0GXI (Sold)
2004 Chevy Silverado 2500 Crew 6.0L (tow vehicle)
1991 FW 170 Freedom 4.3L (SOLD)

Cougar, there really isn't a good place in the rear

The WS-650's have a lot of bulk & weigh 4 lbs each. Can't find a good place for them that will optimize the sound projection. It's hard to justify anyway with the sound output it has right now.

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H210SS 6.2
F150 Platinum

Well done! Very clean install.

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Walter

2003 248 Vista - VP 5.0 GXi
2009 Toyota Tundra SR5 5.7L 4x4

Looks awesome!

Where did you end up picking the speakers up at? I am looking into what I am going to run in mine. I e-bay searched those and came up empty handed.

Where did you find the best deal?

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Rob

Present: 1999 Formula 280SS
Past: 1989 180 Horizon

http://www.robcamerondesign.com

Awesome! I can't wait to pull my boat out of storage just to hear my system again.

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Former owner of:
1996 Four Winns Horizon 200 5.8L VP
2006 Four Winns Horizon 260 8.1L VP
2007 Sea Ray 290 Sundancer

Current boat
2004 Sea Ray 290 Sun Sport Twin 350 Mags

Looks sweet, Brent. I love those covers.

I have a dumb question that I've never really known the answer to. Maybe someone can help me out since it is kind of on point here. I want to do something similar but I want to leave the front speakers as they are. People in the front frequently complain that I've got them too loud when the fade is balanced or even 40% front/60% back. In order to accommodate complaints, I just fade it further to the rear. This is mostly for when I want to listen and cruise and sometimes for when the ladies are sunbathing in the bow and I'm swimming and want to hear my music without invading the seclusion of others nearby on the water.

I'd like to run a 4-channel amp, using 2 channels to amplify only the rear speakers and then bridge the remaining two together to push a sub, and leaving the front 2 speakers as un-amplified.

Will I lose my ability to control the fade from my head unit if I do this?

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Paul
2007 Four Winns Horizon 220
Mercruiser 350 Mag MPI w/ Bravo III Drive
2004 Ford Explorer Limited (V8-AWD)
Pomme de Terre Lake (Southwest Missouri)

Nope. Just keep the bow speakers deck powered, feed the amp with the rear RCAs & the NF (non-fade) RCAs. make sure the sub channel that you bridge is fed by the NF output from the deck.

NOLV, you will hardly ever find Wetsounds on ebay. Do a dealer inquiry on the wetsounds.com website. (it will take a while for a response) You stand a decent chance of talking the closest dealer down on price if they can have your order drop-shipped directly from the manufacturer.

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H210SS 6.2
F150 Platinum

I did something similar, I left all four stock speakers in place, added two 7" speakers towards the rear of the cockpit, and then bridged the remaining two channels for the amp. I still have cockpit/bow fade control too.

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2007 Horizon 200
4.3L GXi/ SX 225 HP

Brent - looks awesome! I would love to know rough idea of your cost for the speakers and amp. I am trying to get some help installing a similar system and we have the same boat!

Thanks,

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2008 H210SS Yellow VP 5.7 GXi 320 HP (sold May 2010)
2008 Mercedes ML 320 CDI Diesel

To keep costs down I just added 2 more sony's that match the rest of the boat to the rear bench. Just so you know what they look like here's a photo. I did have to make cut out's to the bench frame behind the panel to make them fit. It added a bit of fullness to the sound of the cockpit area of the boat and I put all 4 of them on the same channel so I can fade off the bow for the same reason as others have mentioned.

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2008 H210SS VP 5.7 Gi/SX
2011 Ford F150 FX4 EB

Amp on Ebay +/- $220

Sub $200
650's $220/pr.

You'll have at least another $100 in cables

Still dirt cheap compared to the cost of the FourWinns "upgraded stereo" and will absolutely murder it in performance.

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H210SS 6.2
F150 Platinum