[Oregondunes]

Originally Posted by doaclnr

Ok Im sold on the Fusion... The boat has 2 amps and subs already in it. Subs are overwhelming, they need to be redone... So I plan on having a total of 12 speakers. Think im going to add that blue tooth dealio. The only trouble I see is getting 2 speakers in the bow. None there now but Im sure it can be done. My boat has a Lowrance antenna on the passenger side under the windshield. I think I can replace with whatever but not really sure I need GPS. I only run on LOTO... Iphone has a good gps... lol Am I missing anything?

Here you can see where my bow speakers are at.

I found that 5.25" just dont put out enough sound being that low and having wind in your ear at speed. So I went with 6.5". I mounted them up high, so the magnet is just below the seat cushion, still allowing you plenty of storage and less chance of damage to the speakers.

My lowrance antenna is also on the passenger dash. I bought the newest unit I could find that utilized the same antenna.

[doaclnr]

How did you get your speakers in there? Factory? I was going to put mine up by the cup holders... Im gonna have to take pics of my antenna and see what fits it. CO Diablo has one with internal antenna...

[Oregondunes]

Originally Posted by doaclnr

How did you get your speakers in there? Factory? I was going to put mine up by the cup holders... Im gonna have to take pics of my antenna and see what fits it. CO Diablo has one with internal antenna...

The boat came to me with 5.25" (dual cone)....crappy kmart models. When I replaced em, I stepped up to 6.5" two ways. Those I did are like these (though a couple of years older now) MS 6200 | 6-1/2-inch (160-millimeter) 2-way marine loudspeaker | JBL US

I dont think there is enough room behind the cup holder cavaity to mount any speakers with serious magnets. You could mount them facing straight up, but then stand the risk of them getting wet and holding water in the cone (doesnt sound like a good idea)

I looked at the internal antenna models as well, but found mine on eBay for $75, so I couldnt pass it up.

[doaclnr]

My 272 didn't have speakers in the bow either. I don't get why the factory didn't put them up there... You can't hear anything up there, well except the wind... LOL

[Oregondunes]

Originally Posted by doaclnr

My 272 didn't have speakers in the bow either. I don't get why the factory didn't put them up there... You can't hear anything up there, well except the wind... LOL

Probably back then, there werent any decks that had more then 4 channels and that covered just the factory 4 speakers in the main cabin. Im sure someone could have wired up some way to make noise up there tho.

I have 6 speakers in my main cabin. 4 - 5.25" in the factory locations and 2 - 6.5" just in front on each side of the two front seats.

I wired in series the smaller speakers to double the ohms and wired them to just one zone setup on the amp (zone 1), then the 2 larger speakers are zone 2. The Fusion deck allows you to set the volume to any zone, then you can link zones 1 & 2 together. So with just a simple volume change, all 6 speakers change proportionately together. As the larger speakers being up higher in the boat and larger, they produce much more sound then the 4 smaller ones do combined. Then with the larger ones so much closer to your ears, I dont run them as loud. it gives a much more spatial sound effect without blasting anyone out of the boat.

I will say that the two on the rear swim deck are not BIG enough, nor loud enough to really hear when the kids are on the tubes or boards. There fine for "floating". Not this year, but next Ill replace them with the best that Krypt has to offer and most likely run another amp just for that pair so they can be as effective as possible in all situations.

[doaclnr]

Dangit Oregondunes, why do you give me more ideas!!!??? Can I borrow some cashola??? lol
So basically it sounds like I need an amp for the front, mid cabin cockpit and transom speakers??? I like me some sound!

[Oregondunes]

If you have a pair up front, the 2 pairs below, 2 pairs in the main cabin and 2 out back, thats 12 total. I order to run them all from one Fusion deck, youll have to wire the pair below in series and the pair in the main cabin as well. Youll loose front to rear fade in those areas, but not left/right. Then you only need a pair of 4 channel amplifiers. That krypt amp I mentioned earlier would be a hot ticket.

[doaclnr]

Im thinking of running the cabin speakers on their own head unit. Old one from cockpit. It already has an amp there. I would like to run bow speakers to cockpit head unit (fusion). So I would have four pair (8 speakers) running off Fusion. Make sense? Also thinking of putting sub in cabin.

[Oregondunes]

yep...you will still have 4 zones (4 pairs) of speakers and need 8 channels total.

[gahooligan]

Just out of curiosity how fast does that setup drain a battery. I would think 2 subs would kill a battery (2nd battery) pretty quickly... no? I am planning on upgrading the stereo with subs in the rear bench bottom this year...