[Rhodes22-list] Stereo or no stereo

[Bob Weber]

The thought of sailing without music is appauling.  I opted for a $100 unit from West Marine.  I also got the WM speakers.  I got 2 pair of 4 inch waterproof speakers.  I have 2 mounted under the cockpit seats near the bulkhead facing aft and the other 2 in at the end of the vberth facing aft.  Wnen my head unit dies (7 years and counting) I will probably replace with a removable Satalite radio that I can share between my car and boat.  BW> Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 17:54:32 -0500> From: cjlowe at sssnet.com> To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Stereo or no stereo> > If the money isn't a big factor,I would pop for the sound system.The day> you don't bother to bring the boom box,will be the day you spend 2 or 3> hours hunkered down in the cabin waiting out a thunderstorm at anchor.> I have weather proof box speakers hung from brackets mounted under the> rain channel under the cockpit seats.This only requires two 3/16" holes in> the channel,per speaker.My inside speakers and unit are mounted on a hunk> of oak that replaced the factory sliding mirror doors and storage shelf> aboue the galley.I'll try to post some pictures tomarrow.> > Jerry Lowe> > > I am trying to decide if I should have stan install a stereo and speakers> > in> > my new R22. I don't listen to am/fm much but do enjoy having xm radio in> > my> > car and in my office for occasional use. I have a portable xm radio unit> > that plugs into a boom box that can run on batteries or be plugged in.> > The> > simpler, but boxier, sollution would be to skip a stereo system and just> > bring the boon box. A more elegant but complicated solution would be to> > install an am/fm sterero xm ready with flush mounted speaker in the> > cockpit> > and a couple of speakers in the cabin. I suspect stan could do a neater> > installation while the boat is in fabrication or is installation> > afterwards> > pretty easy? My inclination is not to have holes cut into a new boat for> > speakers and to simply bring the boon box. I am curious What others think> > about whether or not to have a stereo.> >> >> >> > David Culp-3 wrote:> >>> >> Someone may have already done this before so I'm just throwing this out> >> there as a one man's solution:> >> I had an old pair of stereo speakers left over from my remodel job lying> >> around the garage. They have articulating mounting brackets which> >> probably> >> cost as much as the speakers did and I wanted to put them to some use.> >> So> >> I> >> thought... Wouldn't it be nice to have some interior speakers in the> >> boat> >> to> >> go along with my cockpit speakers. My Sony CDX CD has 4 channels (front> >> and> >> rear) so the plan was to use the fader control to adjust the sound level> >> between the sets or shutoff the cockpit speakers and direct all the> >> sound> >> to> >> the inside set when you need to be quiet like at a crowded anchorage or> >> slip> >> at night.> >> The Rhodes cabin is very ergonomically efficient and try as I might, I> >> just> >> couldn't figure out a good place to mount speakers in the cabin that was> >> going to look good, be out of the way and sound good too. There> >> probably> >> is> >> a good place for the right type of speakers, but I don't have them.> >> Anyway,> >> it dawned on me that the two sliding doors on the galley cabinet meet in> >> the> >> middle and there is enough space left for speakers to project sound into> >> the> >> cabin from the sides.> >>> >> With articulating mounts, I was able to mount on the cabinet walls and> >> then> >> turn the speakers outward 90 degrees. You will see in the photos that> >> the> >> left speaker is mounted a little lower then the right in order to clear> >> the> >> sink and the right is up and out of the way of the storage area. You> >> lose> >> a> >> little storage space but not much and it sounds really good.> >>> >> To test it, I turned it up to a level a little higher then what you> >> probably> >> would need at night in the cabin; dropped the pop-top, installed the> >> hatch> >> cover and then walked around on the adjacent slips just to see what the> >> noise level was. You could hear it faintly, but I don't think it would> >> disturb anyone. Whether or not the sound is traveling through the water> >> and> >> you could hear it through the hull of another boat is another question.> >>> >> It was fairly easy to install. Just make sure your mounting screws are> >> large enough to support the weight and short enough not to come through> >> the> >> other side of the wall into the head. On the right side, I just used> >> one> >> of> >> the screws already present holding the cooler in position and then added> >> one> >> making sure that it didn't penetrate the cooler lining.> >>> >> Here's a link to the pictures: http://r22spkrs.hsbtx.net> >>> >> David> >> __________________________________________________> >> To subscribe/unsubscribe or for help with using the mailing list go to> >> http://www.rhodes22.org/list> >> __________________________________________________> >>> >>> >> > --> > View this message in context:> > http://www.nabble.com/Galley-Stereo-Speaker-Installation-tp21906462p21946693.html> > Sent from the Rhodes 22 mailing list archive at Nabble.com.> >> > __________________________________________________> > To subscribe/unsubscribe or for help with using the mailing list go to> > http://www.rhodes22.org/list> > __________________________________________________> >> > > __________________________________________________> To subscribe/unsubscribe or for help with using the mailing list go to http://www.rhodes22.org/list> __________________________________________________
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