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Dusty's 2020 came to us with an aftermarket 10" Kicker Comp VX woofer in front of the helm. Great woofer, but it was in an MDF sealed automotive box, which will not last long in the marine environment. It was also bridged on 2 chnls of a Wet Sounds HTX-4 amp, so under powered by half. The other half of the HTX-4 was powering a pair of Wet Sounds Rev-8. So again, about half of where we would like them. So, We pulled the HTX-4 and installed an HTX-2 and an SDX-6. The SDX-6 is driving the Kicker Comp-VX at 585W rms bridged on 2 chnls. We added a 2nd pair of Rev-8 to the tower, with each now wired to the remaining 4 chnls for 185W to each. To improve the low end, we removed the MDF box and put the Kicker Comp VX in a Roswell marine grade ported enclosure. So we doubled the wattage and effectively increased the effective surface area going from a sealed to ported. We also installed an HTX-2 to power a new Wet Sounds Revo-12HP in a Roswell 12" ported enclosure in the port side mid-ship locker. To bring it all together, we installed a Wet Sound WS220BT in their billet under-dash mount. The 6 cabin speakers stayed on the OEM installed HTX-4, but retuned.

We finally got NormanB52's MB in for the woofer install and head unit. Parts list: Kicker L7S122 wired to 1 ohm Kicker KMA800.1 amp 800W rms x 1 @ 1 ohm RGB LED grill Custom ported enclosure Wet Sounds WS420SQ Under-dash mount With the factory woofer already out of the picture, we split the main cabin speakers from each other, and rewired the rear to their own amp chnl of the OEM HT-6. All speakers now have 110W rms to each. This is a slight bump in wattage, as well as a reduction of load on the amp, but taking 4 chnls from 2 ohm to all 6 now at 4 ohm. We removed the WS-420SQ from the original head unit opening and relocated under the dash in the billet mount. Fabricated a finishing plate and installed a new Clarion M508. Installed the KMA800.1 amp The custom enclosure in the footwell insert with a few lost inches of leg room. I apologize for the sideways images.

This 04 Tige came in with some sort of plumbed in ballast system, but its was not complete and operational. So we basically started from scratch with a clean slate. Two custom rear surf sacs rated at 1300# each. Fly High W711 IBS in the bow. 3 Johnson Talulah 13.5 GPH pumps, one for each ballast sac. Two intakes, 3 vent/overflow outlets and all the electrical and plumbing.

This 2017 Tige R20 had the base level audio which consisted of 2 pair Wet Sounds Recon-6S and a Marine Audio brand media unit in the glove box and wired remote on helm. The upgrades included; Wet Sounds MC-1BB with the main screen on the helm in place of the old wired remote. The 4 volume zones are; bow, cabin, tower and woofer. HDPE plate to cover the opening left by the old media unit. Rev-10 tower speakers with RGB LED rings and Fusion Signature series 4 chnl bridged for 400W rms to each Wet Sounds Revo-12FA 2 ohm woofer under the helm driven with 400W rms from a Fusion Signature 5 chnl amp. RGB LED "Glow Kit" to illuminate the woofer cone. Existing cabin speakers moved to the 5 chnl amp now receiving 100W rms. Wet Sounds RF-RGB LED controller to take care of the lights. This model does not have tower LEDs as an option, so we used the vacant dock lights switch to power up/down the LED controller. The helm has a small structure built where the factory woofer would have been. Though not actually sealed, it is tight enough to be a constraint on an infinite-baffle woofer. So during the installation of the woofer, the back of the structure needs to be cut open in order for the back of the woofer to "breath" into the entire helm/bow cavity. This gives it plenty of air space to operate properly. To wire the tower, it required the port side hinge pin to be removed and the tower blocked up out of the base. The hinge pin eye had to be unbolted from the bottom of the tube, in order to have access to the tower tube. Due to the tight bends, a normal fish tape would not work. I switched to floss tied to a small steel nut and a large magnet wrapped in painters tape. Even then, every weld was a catch point, which require the tower to be raised and lowered in order to work the nut past the welds.

This Moomba came in with a very fresh interior which included both vinyl and carpet and a new tower and bimini. It originally had a single battery and no switch, standard single DIN head with marine cover, 4 in-boat speakers. New build included; Wet Sounds MC-1 for its 4-zone volume control 3 pair of Rockford 6.5" in-boat speakers Rockford 8" HLCD tower pods Rockford 12" Marine woofer Two Rockford amps; 4 chnl bridged to the tower pods and 5 chnl driving the in-boats and woofer New group-24 deep-cycle battery and dual bank switch with ACR With some ABS, we fabricated a filler panel to house the MC-1 and cover the footprint of the original marine stereo cover. Added a 3.5mm AUX/USB port beside the MC-1. Custom built sealed woofer enclosure for the 12" woofer under the helm, new facade with matching carpet. Net internal volume of the enclosure was .9 ft3 and fit well. New amp wall in locker, secured to hull using the bilge vent duct on one side and blocks bonded to the hull on the other side, created a space for the amps with a cavity behind it to hide the cabling.

This Malibu was in for some significant audio upgrades, but one of the main concerns was the lack luster performance from the factory woofer. The OEM installed Rockford Fosgate Marine 12" woofer, is actually a quality woofer and can sound pretty good! The issue is, with the factory build enclosure. It has 2 main failures. 1, it leaks air like sieve and 2, its too small even if you fix the leaks. Ive seen some so bad, you can see daylight through the seams. You can see below, the owners past attempts to seal the old enclosure. OEM enclosure is about .7 ft3 prior to the woofer going in. New enclosure is 1.1. Does not sound like a big difference, but it actually is. A small change in the air volume impacts the woofer's sound and performance. Think about the thickness and tension of the strings on a stringed instrument. You can tune the woofer but adjusting the internal air volume. So we spec out a new custom enclosure that larger, and of course, air tight. We mate it to the original facade and only end up moving the facade out about an inch. Ends up looking completely original, but the improvement is huge. In this particular build, we had the advantage of freeing up the factory 500W 2 chnl tower amp. So we pulled the original 300W woofer amp and repurposed the 500W to the woofer. So we also gained some wattage performance. Trifecta! This setup started in about 2012 or 2013 and was found on the traditional nosed boats. On the MXZ's, they just front loaded the woofer to the plastic foot well, and run the woofer free-air. Equally poor execution. These boats also benefit from a custom enclosure.