[Rhodes22-list] Stereo or no stereo

Thu Feb 12 12:48:22 EST 2009

Dave,

Nice little speakers, and with the clarity of sound you talk about; I'll file this information away for when I feel the need for music.  Presently I'm into the boat, the water, and the constantly changing views on my lake.

Caesar

--- On Wed, 2/11/09, David Bradley <dwbrad at gmail.com> wrote:

From: David Bradley <dwbrad at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Stereo or no stereo
To: "The Rhodes 22 Email List" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Date: Wednesday, February 11, 2009, 4:34 PM

That's about the size.  Here is a link to the set-up I got a few years
ago.  These little speakers have amazing clarity.

http://www.cambridgesoundworks.com/store/category.cgi?category=port_spkr&item=k1pkm31e

On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 2:23 PM, Bob Weber <ruba1811 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Dave, I am anti holes as well.  That was the reason I choose these easily
mountable speakers.
>
>
http://www.westmarine.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/producte/10001/-1/10001/60813/377%20710%201435/712/speakers/Primary%20Search/mode%20matchallpartial/0/0?N=377%20710%201435&Ne=712&Ntt=speakers&Ntk=Primary%20Search&Ntx=mode%20matchallpartial&Nao=0&Ns=0&keyword=speakers&isLTokenURL=true&storeNum=5003&subdeptNum=3&classNum=435
>
> Bob > Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 11:15:10 -0800> From:
dwbrad at gmail.com> To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> Subject: Re:
[Rhodes22-list] Stereo or no stereo> > Cowie, I have been anti-holes-in
the boat on most of these topics. If> there is one thing I would do
differently it's to have had a nice set> of speakers mounted and wired,
and a good satellite-ready CD/tuner/MP3> player installed.> > There is
a nice little unit that Cambridge Soundworks sells that I did> install. The
speakers sound pretty good, and they fit inside the> small cabinet on the
galley counter behind the mirrored doors. You> open them to play and
otherwise they are out of the way. But the CD> player tuner is a pain on the
galley counter, and you can't hear them> well in the cockpit. I'd go
for that mounting location again for> inside speaker.> > Dave> >
On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 5:32 PM, cowie <ccowie at cowieassociates.com>
wrote:> >> > 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> >>
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