got tunes?

Dave's H21 is the way to go!
dry cell in the hatch, speakers on the spreaders facing down (not sure 10lbs bose are the way to go), subwoofer facing back
illuminated dragon on your front tramp
lights above and below the waterline....

Maybe Jsi will give us a buy 1 get 1 free deal 🙂

edited by: andrewscott, Jul 27, 2010 - 11:28 AM

That's a little overkill for me.

Is that a Barge or a Cat?? I'm looking for the trailer hitch - there's got to be one!

I've heard some decent things about the EGO waterproof dock. A number of companies sell them under various names. Haven't gotten one yet though.

http://www.amazon.com/Waterproof-Sound-Case-Speakers-Clear/dp/B000LO5ZGY

Headphones. Please.

Although, come to think of it, the subwoofer might be just the thing to push the H16 up to the wind-shadowed dock at the local park.

I suppose headphones are great if you're an a-cat sailor. I load bodies and beer.

4 hours of online screwing off at work and this is all I can come up with:

http://www.rocktheboataudio.com/html/53946.html with the control face mounted to the boom with waterproof quick-connects for electrical.

Powered by this http://www.cabelas.com/p-0036388018049a.shtml

Then just mount some low profile waterpoof speakers to the beam or something.

Oh, Murray's sells waterproof headphones and MP3 cases. So does H20 Audio. Several of my friends who are into swimming use SWimp3 headphones that actually conduct the sound through the bones just in front of your ear. Apparently the sound quality of these varies from person to person though.

take this: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/70626-REG/Pelican_1520_000_110_1520_Case_with_Foam.html

insert this: http://www.parts-express.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?partnumber=300-380&source=googleps,

Wired to these mounted flush into the side of case: http://www.rocktheboataudio.com/speakers.html

control with this: http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/airclick

mine works great. its lacking bass, which is understandable, but i can actually toss it in the ocean and it keeps pumping floating alongside the cat. I keep the remote in a drybag necklace. it goes longer than i do on a set of batteries.. and gets plenty loud.

I throw a http://www.kiwichoice.com/portable-chargers/kiwi-u-powered
in the box to keep my phone powered because i also use it to log my gps coordinates and that drains the battery.

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=114788733549582253451.00048a72e2fe3b418b351&z=12 - before i added the kiwi charger 🙁

Dave, I like it! So the AirClick works through the box pretty well?

Yeah. it only goes ~10ft once its in the box, but my tramp isnt any bigger than that 😉 I actually have an older model of the air click i found at my work so ymmv!

edit: also should mention that i tried it initially with some 20$ marine speakers from the place listed, thinking that the ocean would destroy them and thusly everything inside. Fortunately they held up perfectly (from what i can see) and so im ordering some higher quality marine speakers. ill post some pics of the reconstruction when they get in if anyone is interested.

edited by: Davedave, Jul 28, 2010 - 10:46 AM

Yes, I would like to see some pics of the system on the boat....

Thanks.

+2 for pics. I still haven't decided which route I'm going, but yours is definitely in contention.

okay i can throw it back together with the old speakers in the mean time.. new ones are free-shipping so i dont expect them soon. itll be a day or so.

andrewscott wrote: Dave's H21 is the way to go!
dry cell in the hatch, speakers on the spreaders facing down (not sure 10lbs bose are the way to go), subwoofer facing back
illuminated dragon on your front tramp
lights above and below the waterline....

Maybe Jsi will give us a buy 1 get 1 free deal 🙂

edited by: andrewscott, Jul 27, 2010 - 11:28 AM

Most importantly... where does one find those side-stay cup holders?

Ken

Wow, I missed that! I was more concerned/horrified by the speedo, gloves and rubber boots!

Ken - http://www.stowmate.com/shop/pc/viewCategories.asp?idCategory=15

Wolfman wrote: Wow, I missed that! I was more concerned/horrified by the speedo, gloves and rubber boots!

Yes ... we all are :)p

ps boots/shoes are required with all the shells around our islands. that is a real soft beach.. with hidden dangers (i have done a firemans carry to get a skipper off the island after gashing his foot)

andrewscott wrote: [quote=Wolfman]Wow, I missed that! I was more concerned/horrified by the speedo, gloves and rubber boots!

i have done a firemans carry to get a skipper off the island after gashing his foot)

Hopefully that skipper was not wearing a speedo! Lol!!!

Davedave wrote: take this: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/70626-REG/Pelican_1520_000_110_1520_Case_with_Foam.html

insert this: http://www.parts-express.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?partnumber=300-380&source=googleps,

Wired to these mounted flush into the side of case: http://www.rocktheboataudio.com/speakers.html

control with this: http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/airclick

mine works great. its lacking bass, which is understandable, but i can actually toss it in the ocean and it keeps pumping floating alongside the cat. I keep the remote in a drybag necklace. it goes longer than i do on a set of batteries.. and gets plenty loud.

I throw a http://www.kiwichoice.com/portable-chargers/kiwi-u-powered
in the box to keep my phone powered because i also use it to log my gps coordinates and that drains the battery.

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=114788733549582253451.00048a72e2fe3b418b351&z=12 - before i added the kiwi charger 🙁

So I just made one of these and it works great. One change I did, was to use a Monster remote control, http://www.monstercable.com/productdisplay.asp?pin=3714
Mainly because it's naturally water resistant but it did take a bit of filing of the headset plug to get the headset plug in the jack.
I used a pelican 1400 case with two 5" round speakers mounted on the lid. The whole things works as advertised. It's really cool.

Vintage, got pics? I ended up getting a Dewalt Worksite radio/charger which runs on a lithium ion 18.1volt battery. That's good for about 2 days of sailing/music before recharging. It's mildly water resistant but I wouldn't want to submerge the thing.

http://www.dewalt.com/tools/cordless-radiochargers-radio-charger-dc011.aspx

Isn't there a small waterproof case for an Ipod that some sailors mount on the boom?This case is clear and has build in waterproof speakers with high quality sound and the controls are accessible without opening it.

I was thinking of cannibalising a job site radio like the ryobi I bought from home depot for $29. The radio is very loud, ipod compatable and runs all day of a single charge using power tool batteries that I already have.

I took a T-amp and made a semi water-tight enclosure, and hung it in a cat bag inspection port storage bag thing. Then removed the rear inspection ports, bored out the holes a bit, faired myself a platform, and mounted marine speakers. I ran speaker wire through the rear beam, under the bulkhead, and up to the amp, using a trailer hitch harness for the disconnectable wires, and mounted a marine switch in the top of the forward inspection port. 8 rechargable double A's and any mp3 player of choice lasts more than a weekend. The boat also spent plenty of time on its side, with only the cones of the marine speakers keeping it from sinking, and remarkably, it never had issue. Hell, it would just keep on singing.

A buddy of mine took a video of it last summer...It's posted on FB but I've got no idea how to pull a vid from there. For those of you I'm 'friends' with, I put a link on my profile -- you should be able to see it.

Now there's the next big Cat upgrade. And I'll tell yo all never be able to cash in on it myself oh well. We need to be able to replace the inspection port lids with built in marine speaker with their own power packs set in the back of the lid. They should be bluetooth compatible and talk to each other wireless as well. One side could even have a waterproof snap in site for a IPod nano or something that would let you control it.

I think I'm going to add 'stripping video from Facebook' to my resume..PITA.

Anyway, here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kboYMAYr92A

Edited by yurdle on Mar 01, 2011 - 09:51 PM.

That's absolutely brilliant!

yurdle wrote: I took a T-amp and made a semi water-tight enclosure, and hung it in a cat bag inspection port storage bag thing. Then removed the rear inspection ports, bored out the holes a bit, faired myself a platform, and mounted marine speakers. I ran speaker wire through the rear beam, under the bulkhead, and up to the amp, using a trailer hitch harness for the disconnectable wires, and mounted a marine switch in the top of the forward inspection port. 8 rechargable double A's and any mp3 player of choice lasts more than a weekend. The boat also spent plenty of time on its side, with only the cones of the marine speakers keeping it from sinking, and remarkably, it never had issue. Hell, it would just keep on singing.

A buddy of mine took a video of it last summer...It's posted on FB but I've got no idea how to pull a vid from there. For those of you I'm 'friends' with, I put a link on my profile -- you should be able to see it.

Sounds cool. Couldnt you mount the speakers ON the decklids somehow? so you didnt have to modify the decks?

No, the speakers would be inaudible without some sort of enclosure. They also wouldn't stand up to the elements being fully exposed.

The hulls work great as an enclosure, and with some fairing the speakers fit perfectly.

http://www.rocktheboataudio.com/html/51826.html

Check this out, a wireless remote that is submersible to 12 feet! It works with steroe that use an infared eye for the OEM remote. Does any know if all stereo remotes ae infared?