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scotchwater
 Post subject: Re: They have arrived !!
PostPosted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 11:38 pm 
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No telling what they're doing for 2011. Guess I'll have to wait and see what I get........... I did find Polk 651's at Crutchfield for $49.99 with free shipping!

****Edited 12 hours later...... I guess Crutchfield is like Amazon, you have to catch it on a good day, they're now listed @ $99.99!

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Cap'n Morgan
PostPosted: Wed Aug 04, 2010 8:21 am 
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I installed the speakers last night. Just had to drill 5 holes, hook up the wires and fasten with the stainless screws provided.
They look great, and sound is an improvement over the stock speakers.

I will be adding a bass-relief port to each side of the arch, to release all the pent up bass that is trapped in the arch.
I am using the existing arch access ports to make it a "Bass-reflex" arch. :)

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MdRobins35
 Post subject: Re: They have arrived !!
PostPosted: Wed Aug 04, 2010 1:36 pm 
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So Cap'n, when are we going to get to see this work of art?

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Cap'n Morgan
PostPosted: Wed Aug 04, 2010 1:47 pm 
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It's not anything special, just the speakers I showed earlier, installed.
Seen one speaker in an arch, you seen em' all.

Maybe when I finish the arch ports I'll add one picture.

Stay tuned......

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Cap'n Morgan
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I got the speaker grills yesterday that I will put over the access ports in the arch. They came in Black.
Added some white paint.

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Now off to the boat to install them.

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SMLBound
 Post subject: Re: They have arrived !!
PostPosted: Tue Aug 10, 2010 5:54 pm 
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Clarions? As far as I know FW made the switch to Sony in 2008, and still use them on the 2010 models. 2007 was the last model year to have Clarions. It's all very subjective of course, but to me the Clarions were heavy on mid-range, and although the upgrade package clarions included separate tweeters on a cross over that helped with high freqs, they lacked thump. The Clarion head units, in my opinion, are great - no issues, which is certainly not the case with the current Sony head units.


Just curious what kind of problems people are having with the Sony head ends? Mines been ok so far, am I on borrowed time?
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Cap'n Morgan
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SMLBound wrote:
Jim_R wrote:
Clarions? As far as I know FW made the switch to Sony in 2008, and still use them on the 2010 models. 2007 was the last model year to have Clarions. It's all very subjective of course, but to me the Clarions were heavy on mid-range, and although the upgrade package clarions included separate tweeters on a cross over that helped with high freqs, they lacked thump. The Clarion head units, in my opinion, are great - no issues, which is certainly not the case with the current Sony head units.


Just curious what kind of problems people are having with the Sony head ends? Mines been ok so far, am I on borrowed time?


Sony head ends :?: WTF ?? Image

Nevermind........ :roll:

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Now, now .... mind yerself, there, Cappy.....

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Cap'n Morgan
PostPosted: Tue Aug 17, 2010 7:12 am 
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Done, if anyone is interested in how they look installed.....
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Looks great!

is that a puck light on the starbord side below the speaker?

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Nice!

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Cap'n Morgan
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cougarcruiser wrote:


is that a puck light on the starbord side below the speaker?


Yep, rotates and shines on cockpit table at night. They work very good.
http://www.amazon.com/Rite-Lite-LPL623W ... B000ETQLY6

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Nice!


Thank You

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Cap'n Morgan
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And finally.......

Some of you might rember Al (formerly Vista Al) who is a friend of mine, he asked if he could
use my project for his web site, I said of course he could. So here it is FWIW.

http://www.boat-project.com/stereo/archspkrs-b.htm

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Hey Cappy ... nice. Did you notice that Al was noting the speakers as JLs?

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Cap'n Morgan
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M3eater wrote:
Hey Cappy ... nice. Did you notice that Al was noting the speakers as JLs?


Yes, I mentioned it to him. He should have known, he was at the boat and listened to them last week.

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