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sailboat
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Initially Posted - 03/01/2014 : 23:48:11

Where would one locate two 7" diameter speakers in a C-25.

Locations and box recommendations greatly appreciated.

My son purchased a clearance stereo system from WM.

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Mike
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Stu Jackson C34
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Response Posted - 03/02/2014 : 08:55:51

Mike, most folks place their speakers on the bulkhead. I believe that's the worst place for it, because no matter where you sit down below you end up with an un-balanced speaker location. I chose to put my speakers on the shelf, fore and aft, so pretty much wherever you sit the speakers are still left/right. Also avoids cutting holes in that nice teak.

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Response Posted - 03/02/2014 : 11:40:35

Stu, do you mean the small shelves port and starboard with one speaker forward and one aft?

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Mike

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Voyager
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Response Posted - 03/02/2014 : 21:15:49

I've got a pair on the shelf above the starboard settee. I believe that's what Stu meant. If you were so inclined you could put the "front" pair left and right on the starboard side, and the "back pair" left and right on port side.

Here's how I mounted my radio:

I've since gotten the wiring under control...

Here's a photo of one of my speakers

The right speaker is just about the same as the left.

I made the enclosures out of thin solid teak - glued and screwed. I used standard plywood as the backs of the speakers.

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szymek
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Response Posted - 03/02/2014 : 22:40:22

I got my idea from previous post by Voyager.

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Click on the photo to see rest of the pics - there are few more.

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glen
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Response Posted - 03/03/2014 : 07:27:35

I placed them fore & aft. One by the V-berth, the other back in the quarter berth. I also so have connections in the cock pit so I can plug in a second set of speakers when I feel like it. This connection is wired to the fader on the radio

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Response Posted - 03/03/2014 : 08:22:03

You will a much easier install and likely better sound quality by just getting speakers that already come with an enclosure.

I think I used these on my Catalina 25:
http://www.amazon.com/Yamaha-NS-AW150W-2-Way-Outdoor-Speakers/dp/B0001VHARE/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1393859953&sr=8-3&keywords=yamaha+outdoor+speakers

Also look at Polk, JBL, Speakercraft, and others for good options.

Mounting them forward by the main bulkhead is best. If you mount them too far aft they can cause problems with a bulkhead mounted compass.

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Response Posted - 03/03/2014 : 10:19:16

Thanks for all the input. The trouble with 7" diameter speakers and a 1981 C-25, the distance from the top of the shelf rail to the underside of the deck is 7". I may have to try upper opposite corners...above the quarterberth on the stbd side and port forward then fashion some sort of box.

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panhead1948
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Response Posted - 03/03/2014 : 10:20:11

I put s set of poly planar sub-compact speaker on the rear pulpit. I usually sail by myself and listen to Jimmy Buffet.

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Response Posted - 03/03/2014 : 11:47:59

Bruce, I am going to give you some crap. What is up with the original light fixtures! Great job on the stereo now find some equally cool lights. I have gotten quite a few from Canadians on Ebay. Great Lakes Skipper I think and another.

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Response Posted - 03/03/2014 : 11:50:37

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by panhead1948
 I put s set of poly planar sub-compact speaker on the rear pulpit. I usually sail by myself and listen to Jimmy Buffet.
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Try a little early Cat Stevens, early Harry Nilsson, early Elton John. Man I love being old.

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panhead1948
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Response Posted - 03/03/2014 : 18:42:53

You forgot Gordon Lightfoot

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Voyager
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Response Posted - 03/04/2014 : 13:45:59

Frank
I've long since upgraded to DrLED round cabin lights above the settee and seating areas. These bi-level white lights are great replacements for the originals. I still have the golden oldies in the V-berth but have replaced the galley, quarterberth and head with LED fixtures.

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Response Posted - 03/04/2014 : 14:21:16

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">You forgot Gordon Lightfoot<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">
Oh yea...Hows about Christopher Crosses 'Sailing'

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Response Posted - 03/04/2014 : 14:26:27

Bruce,

Regarding your DrLED round cabin lights... What size did you find works best to replace our old square lights. 5 1/2 or 6 3/4?

Thanks
Warren

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Response Posted - 03/04/2014 : 15:25:21

See I'm a Long Island fan, so it's Harry Chapin and Billy Joel all the way! The fixtures are the smaller ones, and unfortunately the starboard fixture overhangs just a little. I filled the original screw holes with epoxy then redrilled using the hole pattern template, so that the wire lined up right with the notch in the fixture. It looks fine...

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Response Posted - 03/04/2014 : 15:36:18

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by sailboat
 Thanks for all the input. The trouble with 7" diameter speakers and a 1981 C-25, the distance from the top of the shelf rail to the underside of the deck is 7". I may have to try upper opposite corners...above the quarterberth on the stbd side and port forward then fashion some sort of box.
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Mike - do you think you could create speaker enclosures that you could hang off the shelves? I also have a pair of fully enclosed speakers that plug into the rear speaker cables that I place in the cockpit while at anchor or on the dock. Between the bass response of the fronts down below and the presence of the rears on deck, the sound image in the cockpit is not bad. Before I get underway, I disconnect the rears and stow them, otherwise they'd surely end up in the drink!

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sailboat
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Response Posted - 03/04/2014 : 21:12:21

Good idea. Will give that a shot.

Thanks,

Mike

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Response Posted - 03/05/2014 : 06:21:49

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Harry Chapin<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">
Good guy, I saw him die. He was on the LIE westbound at exit 40 about 10 cars ahead of me. He was in the left lane in a VW rabbit. Looked to be having car trouble and had slowed down then made a hasty decision to try and get to the right shoulder. Crossed in front of a flatbed but didn't make it.

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Response Posted - 03/05/2014 : 06:33:59

OMG! You must have been mortified!, first to see a bad, split-second decision end a life, then later to realize which life it was.

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Response Posted - 03/05/2014 : 08:51:38

Mike, I think one message here is many of us hate to cut big holes in our boats, especially for electronics, and most especially for non-essential electronics like sound systems. For one thing, they eventually become decrepit, obsolete, or both. And as everything electronic gets smaller, the holes start getting too big.

(Pink Floyd

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