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CB
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Initially Posted - 05/29/2003 : 14:21:56

Anyone have any great ideas for speaker locations(2 for now). I have a traditional interior and was considering building some small teak speaker boxes and mounting them on the wall between the saloon and head. This way I wouldn't have to cut any holes.
Anyone have experience w/ mounting in the cabin vs. cockpit? Could I still hear in the cockpit?

Thanks,
Chris

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MikeM
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Response Posted - 05/29/2003 : 17:46:59

I mounted two speakers (channel A) in the cockpit under the seats, and two inside the boat (channel B)inside the port storage area. I have the "L" shaped interior. Radio is mounted under the stairs.

Works great!

Mike M
Marblehead, MA
C25 #1212

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frich
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Response Posted - 05/29/2003 : 20:48:38

I have a traditional interior also. I mounted (2) speakers on swivel brackets to the bulkhead between the cabin & head. The speakers are over the teak shelves on the outer edges of the boat. I then mounted (2) smaller speakers (from west marine) again on the bulkhead only these are in the V berth area.

The stereo is mounted using extension couplings and a "U" bracket to the (2) existing bolts extending into the cabin from the port shroud. I just couldnt bring myself to cut any fiberglass. With this method I only drilled a few holes for screws. I do plan to enclose the stereo inside a teak cabinet wedged between the shelf and the underside of the deck.

Frank Rich
84 C25 SK

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Stu Jackson C34
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Response Posted - 05/30/2003 : 00:54:08

Our old C25, #2459, had speakers mounted port and starboard as high and outboard as possible built in to the bulkhead by the PO. Nicely done, alhtough I wouldn't have made the holes.

There was never any problem hearing them in the cockpit, although with the motor running, and the sound turned up for hearing "outside", one couldn't spend much time down below unless you were really tuned into loudness.

I recommend not drilling any holes, either inside or out. Just get some good speakers, and if you mount them in the forward corners, the rules of acoustics will give you great sound: putting speakers in corners amplifies them naturally.

Our radio/cassette was mounted flush on the port side of the bulkhead, so changing volume meant a "longish" trip. If you have the radio closer to the companionway, it's easier to adjust the volume if you're outside and ambient noise (i.e., motor on, off, jet planes or jet skiis roaring by, etc.) require modification.

Good luck.

Stu

PS straight traditional interior, loved it.

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tweekes
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Response Posted - 05/30/2003 : 12:18:20

I have traditional interior and 4 speakers total, 2 indoor/outdoor speakers are mounted in the forward area(1 port side, 1 starbord side)in the corners of the settee area just before the bulkhead. They are on brackets and I got them at Best Buy (30.00 for the pair).

The other two speakers are outside in the cockpit where I made two holes for the speakers one starbord and below the seating area aft and the other is port side in the forward area of the cockpit.

My AM/FM/CD player is just inside the companionway starboard where the aft area starts. Radio is easy to get to, inside speakers can be placed on the deck when anchored out and cockpit speakers make it so you do not have to turn the volume up loud

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Cosmic Muffin
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Response Posted - 06/02/2003 : 19:14:31

We have the interior speakers that are 6x9 car speakers. They are in speaker boxes that you can get at Best Buy, ect. We have a traditional interior and the speakers are sitting on the shelf area above the seats. Had to cut a small bit of the rail to get them to fit, but they are sitting on one end and basically face the hatch opening to direct the sound to the outside. We also don't have the stove, so that area is a storage box that I mounted the radio and cd changer on the outside with a shelf on the inside to hide the wires/protect everything.

Mike Smith
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ronrryan
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Response Posted - 06/02/2003 : 19:50:00

One wee note of caution: I once bought a boat and had huge deviation in compass. Took compass to expert: he says "you have a speaker somewhere pretty near this compass". Says I: "Not so!" So I went and looked, and sure enough, tucked into an inside corner of the cabin--a speakr. Removed that sucker: you should have seen the compass spin! A great lesson for me, good luck, ron srsk Orion SW FL

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bsmudd
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Response Posted - 06/03/2003 : 18:36:08

With two speakers, I stuck one on the bulkhead next to the mast facing the cabin, and another in the area behind the ladder and under the cockpit, with its back into the port storage area. It limits the sound of that speaker inside the cabin BUT you can hear the speaker pretty well with the lid of the hatch open when you are motoring

- B.S. Mudd -
on the Chimera

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dlucier
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Response Posted - 06/03/2003 : 21:39:49

<BLOCKQUOTE id=quote><font size=1 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id=quote>quote:<hr height=1 noshade id=quote>One wee note of caution: I once bought a boat and had huge deviation in compass. Took compass to expert: he says "you have a speaker somewhere pretty near this compass". Says I: "Not so!" So I went and looked, and sure enough, tucked into an inside corner of the cabin--a speakr. Removed that sucker: you should have seen the compass spin! <hr height=1 noshade id=quote></BLOCKQUOTE id=quote></font id=quote><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size=2 id=quote>

Ron brings up an excellent point concerning speakers and the compass. To add to his words of caution, be careful where you put speakers in the cockpit because it may affect the autopilot, too.

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