[Rhodes22-list] Stereo or no stereo

[Bob Weber]

Dave, I am anti holes as well.  That was the reason I choose these easily mountable speakers.  
 
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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> >> __________________________________________________> >> 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> > __________________________________________________> >> > > > -- > David Bradley> +1.206.234.3977> dwbrad at gmail.com> __________________________________________________> To subscribe/unsubscribe or for help with using the mailing list go to http://www.rhodes22.org/list> __________________________________________________
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