www.iFourWinns.com

Noticeably absent is Four Winns..... wonder why ?

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One of 4 Previous (Sold) Boats:
2000 Four Winns 268 Vista

Current Boat: 2004 Chaparral 235 ssi cuddy

Four winns changes every few years. They were big on Clarion in the early 2000s now they're pushing Sony. Clarion is complete trash, I'm really unhappy about the fact that if I buy a early/mid 2000's Sundowner it will have Clarion. It will cost a small fortune to change remotes, speakers, and head unit. Ugh.

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1981 Columbia 8.7
2015 Yamaha FZR - 87mph - sold
2006 Yamaha GP1300R - sold
2003 Chaparral 215 SSI - sold
2009 Stingray 195CS - sold
2000 Four Winns H180 - sold
1976 O'day Daysailer II - sold
Rick's Four Winns H180 Mods/Upgrade Thread

I put a JBL Marine unit in mine with sat radio, it works fine.

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88 Four Winns 200 Horizon
4.3 OMC Cobra-4bbl
2002 Walker Bay 10/2012 Suzuki 2.5
2008 Walker Bay 8

1998 Jeep Grand Cherokee 4.0/Selectrac
2007 Jeep Grand Cherokee 5.7 Hemi/Quadradrive II

$1,200 to do an Alpine CDA118m head, 2 Alpine amps and 6 Polk Audio db651 speakers when I ripped out my stereo.

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1994 235 Sundowner w/351 Ford

They do have some nice features. More power than Sony.

Fusion is the laughing stock of the audio world, IMO.
Their marketing campaigns are great, but there's such better performing products for money, on the market!

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2011 Four Winns H180 SS.
Aussie built Mustang 2800.
SOLD - 1997 Four Winns Horizon RS

I am NOT sure on there sound. Never owned one. What about it, don't you like? Noise, separation, clipping?

What it does have, that no other models have. (At least from what I have seen.) There NMEA2, which means if you have a bus already running though your boat, you can add on remotes to control the head. Cuts down on the wiring! The remotes can display, speed, heading & more!! But this is made more for the bigger boats.

Paper specifications will back my comments to a degree, but a demonstration of Fusion's products campared to say a Polk will make my comments blatantly obvious.
p.s. Separation is commonly known as 'imaging' and/ or 'staging'. Both of these are almost impossible to perfect on a boat and has to do with their mounting position.
p.p.s. Clipping is also known as 'distortion' and (contrary to people's belief) is generally due to under-powering a speaker.

Class dismissed!

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2011 Four Winns H180 SS.
Aussie built Mustang 2800.
SOLD - 1997 Four Winns Horizon RS

Glad I did not pay for that class. Fusion speakers are decent, but their are better out there. Infinity, JL Audio and Polk all make excellent marine speakers. Focal would be your high end speakers if you have the $'s. This thread was intended to be informational about Fusion products in general making their way into more boat brands as OEM equipment. Their HU's are as good as you will find for a car/marine application. So comparing a Fusion HU to a Polk , which does not even make a HU, is irrelevant.

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One of 4 Previous (Sold) Boats:
2000 Four Winns 268 Vista

Current Boat: 2004 Chaparral 235 ssi cuddy

Everyone is entitled to their opinion and I believe my experience warrants mine.
I'm sorry if I upset you, but my last response was simply answering a question.
p.s. Captain Morgan's is the poor man's Appleton's! Big fan of both...

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2011 Four Winns H180 SS.
Aussie built Mustang 2800.
SOLD - 1997 Four Winns Horizon RS

Did not bother me. I am a, if you will, a audio nut. I do understand clipping, DACs,.......

But, I just want to learn because I am thinking of replacing my current unit in my boat. Fusion is pricey, but a lot of options!

Did not bother me either, maybe too many Appleton's.....

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One of 4 Previous (Sold) Boats:
2000 Four Winns 268 Vista

Current Boat: 2004 Chaparral 235 ssi cuddy

I just purchased the Fusion MS-IP700, two MS-NRX 200 remotes and four infinity 6.5 speakers from Amazon and it cost me $859.11. I am starting to get the equiptment today to replace the Clarion unit that gave up the ghost on me recenctly. If interested I can report back on the quality (not that I am an expert) and ease of use. I mainly bought it due to the multi zone ability and because the unit is completely sealed from moisture.

Fusion would be okay if they had bluetooth. I don't know about you, but everyone I know including myself have smart phones and ipods. Plugging in a wire to the headphone jack ridiculous. I picked up a JVC KD-X50BT for $90 shipped, it does everything more and better then a $400 fusion except multizone which will never get used due to noise pollution from the other source 10ft away.

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1981 Columbia 8.7
2015 Yamaha FZR - 87mph - sold
2006 Yamaha GP1300R - sold
2003 Chaparral 215 SSI - sold
2009 Stingray 195CS - sold
2000 Four Winns H180 - sold
1976 O'day Daysailer II - sold
Rick's Four Winns H180 Mods/Upgrade Thread

I've been using my Fusion IP-700 for the entire year (got one of the first ones in Canada) and I must say I love it. I replaced the cockpit speakers with Polk and left the stock in the cabin as we are rarely there except to cook and sleep. The ability to set relative volume level's per zone (up to 4, but 2 with internal amps) is fantastic. Say I set the cabin to 5 and the cockpit to 8, then when I turn up and down the volume both area's change but maintain their relationship to each other. Very easy.
My one disappointment was the NEMA 2000 connectivity - I hooked it up to my network, expecting to be able to control it from my Simrad NSS-7, but it doesn't work. The Simrad only works with the Sonic Hub, which is made by Fusion. To get around this I plugged the IP-700 into a cheap wireless router and use a second iTouch with the Fusion App to remotely control all the features, from anywhere within range.
The sound is good in my books. Also, no need to plug in any wires - you can insert an iPod into the radio or a USB stick and they remain hidden.

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1969 Chris Craft Commander 47
1999 Four Winns 328 Vista - SOLD