[Rhodes22-list] Stereo or no stereo

Sun Feb 15 15:41:10 EST 2009

Mary Lou, again we agree! I found that I prefer no music on the boat. It 
interferes with "soaking up the atmosphere" and conversation.

Mary Lou Troy wrote:
> Different strokes..... We rarely play music on 
> the boat (or at home despite) being in the music 
> business. I suspect it's because we have become 
> so spoiled by a wealth of live music. I don't 
> read much on the boat either. Too busy soaking up 
> the world around me I guess. We do bring a 
> (weather resistant) boom box and use that when we do listen to music.
>
> That being said. If you know you will use it, go 
> ahead and do the installation. I'd be cautious 
> about doing something exclusively for satellite 
> radio as Sirius/XM appears to be about to file for bankruptcy.
>
> Mary Lou
>
>
> At 10:50 AM 2/11/2009, you wrote:
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>> 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> >> 
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