what stereo to get ?

[euro scott]

anyone knowledgeable about marine stereo receivers / cd players ? I have clarions in some boats now and havent been totally happy with them and when I called to see about one that blew up I was told that the wait is over 7 months to fix and a $100 first...so I was shopping on ebay and now im totally confused, and who in the hell is pyle ? never heard of them before today, but they sound good and priced right cheap..
thanks !

[njj502]

PYLE of *****........ Off brand wal-mart stuff that won't last especially in a boat.

Stick with the name brand stuff. I prefer Alpine and I believe they have marine models.

DIK

[Stitch King]

Scott,

Were the Clarion's that failed the Waterproof ones? Just bought one of them....Hope it's not junk. :(

[samari]

I have a pyle amp and it works but I got what I paid for. I am not a big fan of the clarion head units when I upgrade I will be buying a sony head unit we have the least warranty issues with them. JBL makes good speakers for the price and I have heard good things about the rockford fosgate 6.5 size speakers.

[euro scott]

Scott,

Were the Clarion's that failed the Waterproof ones? Just bought one of them....Hope it's not junk. :(

yes they were ... 3 of them had catastrophic board failure !!
3 still work good though, so its a 50 - 50 shot as I count it..

[Scream And Fly]

Scott, one word: Alpine. Speaking of which, we'll have a feature article up soon on a full stereo install using an iPod as the head unit. Much more versatile than a standard head unit, and a cleaner install without cutting up the dash. Stay tuned.

[flabum1017]

I agree with Alpine being a great choice, but if it is going to be located in an area it is bound to get wet, JBL has a solution:
http://deepwatermarine.com/images/JBLMBB319CH.jpg

The black box gets mounted in a dry area and the remote goes where you want it. there is even a version with a built-in hard drive to load your music onto.

[benski]

I myself am an Alpine fan. I had to buy a small barge to tow behind my Dutchman to put the Klipsch Cornerhorns on, though!:eek::D

[afr]

a loud one with lots of speakers and good bass
but not to much you might crack your boat
lol
i got a pionear super tuner / cd player still in my tool box but no speakers you got some good 16 ohm marine 6x9,s
give me a shout

[Charger200]

Alpine....but im more then a lil biest seeing as how my dad was a rep for them for about 8 yrs and ive had lots of nice systems in my vehicles....they are the best made longestlasting high quality systems.....we have dd drives in one of my old cars that i sold to my boss that were 8 yrs old and sound better then most high quality bostons or any other manufacturer out there.

[ZonkaRacing]

alpines are awesome. pioneer is another great brand as well as JL and polk
ive got 2 marine 6x6 ones in the back, and then 2 pioneer car 6x9's up front.

[Riverratt]

If you are looking for low budget check out BOSS. They are cheap but I bought their unit with remote and a pair of speakers and for $150.00 it is not a bad unit. It is a wired remote so I mounted the unit up under the dash with the remote velcroed to the dash and I can't complain.

[bigbore]

Brands carry'in a marine line,most good stuff,soundstream,hell yea.:cool:

[cutwater]

NOT SONY! I put a waterproof marine unit in a couple of years ago, the control buttons started failing after one year.

BTW, the local audio shop sold me an amplified antenna that hides under the passenger side of the dash so no need to mount an external antenna. That worked great - requires power so I wired it to the ignition side of the keyswitch.

[wca_tim]

For the money it would be awful hard to beat an alpine head unit with basline db series Polk audio speakers...

[shibby1485]

i just put an Alpine head unit in my boat and JBL Marine 6x9s.. just finished the install early last week actually.... sound is incredible... crisp, clear, and the 6x9s have damn good bump too them down low for not having any subs.


VERY impressed

[euro scott]

did you find a deal on this set-up, where did you get them ?

[kuczman]

Boy, this is one sweet set-up...
http://sounddomain.typepad.com/photos/ces_2008/marine_photo_092707.jpeg

And the blue would go so well with the blue of my boat!

[kuczman]

http://blog.sounddomain.com/gadget/2007/11/ces-2008-previe.html

[BottomsUp]

I was very impressed when I went to ASA last year. The testing to these units are unreal. This unit is awsome the control head can be mounted to an flush surface and can be submerged in water an come back for more. I have a display unit in stoc kif your intrested.

http://www.bellrpg.net/bottomsup/MA/grouppart.asp?MAJ=012&PRI=179&SEC=467&GRP=3155

[DetailzDelivered]

Get a pioneer head unit and never look back!!! But stay away from there amps/speakers

[josh7_78]

Kenwood Marine Headunits, reasonable and pretty dependable, long lasting product.
http://www.onlinecarstereo.com/CarAudio/ProductDetail.aspx?ProductID=19725 -mp3
http://www.onlinecarstereo.com/CarAudio/ProductList.aspx?CategoryID=44 -good list of marine head units

[Reaction19]

buy an aquatic av and never do it again can sit outside for years and not a problem and the one on my boat i clean with soap and water all ss construciton and it's all gasketed. look for yourself and for speakers pioneer 8'' or jl audio are the only option, also for amps only one option JL..... do it right the first time do it once!

[Reaction19]

i have six pioneer 8's and an 800watt jl amp with an aquatic av headunit, also 2 10'' jl's in the console with another jl 600watt amp.

[Sheer Insanity]

I have had several they where all junk, especialy Pyle. I bought a Jensen Marine MSR3007 radio which was forbidden growing up with car applications, but I am very happy. it reads the CD 45 seconds ahead so there is no skipping and has Ipod, multi remote hook ups, sirus and anything else you can think of. :thumbsup: You'll have to get splitters for the rca out puts. I have 1-6 channel 2000w amp running 4 6x9's, 4 51/4's and 2 10" subs. Sounds great!
http://jmabadent.net/elkbaymarine/audio/jensen/MSR3007/MSR3007.gifhttp://i19.ebayimg.com/01/i/000/99/bb/7461_1_b.JPGRemote without digital screen.

[action17]

Where did you put your 10" subs at? I'm also running 4 6x9's in the back and front of the boat 2 6" in the console and one 10" sub in the front of the boat. All bazooka with a clarion cdm5 head unit with a clarion remote on the console,

[ehill]

I have had good luck with clarion and alpine.

[skydog]

Alpine!!!!!!!!!!!!

[STV_Keith]

Alpine with the iPod cable.

http://www.speedcraving.com/scarab/stereo-new/head-unit.jpg

[bigbore]

Went clarion,usb n imput jack,de-tachable n 2 sets a pre-amp,n wire-less remote,send a pic but the size ain't large so,this 1 should work.:cool:

[bigbore]

The follow up should b way cool,time 4 bigbore 2 customize it RIGHT,it'll b pimp,got a 5 channell layout coming.:cool:

[Shaun K]

anyone knowledgeable about marine stereo receivers / cd players ? I have clarions in some boats now and havent been totally happy with them and when I called to see about one that blew up I was told that the wait is over 7 months to fix and a $100 first...so I was shopping on ebay and now im totally confused, and who in the hell is pyle ? never heard of them before today, but they sound good and priced right cheap..
thanks !

For amps & speakers Jlaudio by a country mile, comes standard in Viking Yachts. Head unit is your choice

http://marine.jlaudio.com/

[Zaairman]

I have all JBL stuff in my boat and love it. Been in for 3 years now with no problems. MR17 headunit, two 6.5" speakers, and two 6x9s in the rear.