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    Wattage on Tower Speakers

    I'd like to get some opinions from those of you with tower speakers. Basically, how much power is sufficient on a pair of tower speakers to hear music behind the boat? I realize it's a preference thing, but I also don't want to have to run a portable generator just to drive my stereo
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    #2
    I am running 80RMS on each speaker.
    My amp is a 240w Sony
    I would like it a little louder, or maybe the boat quitter.
    Tige, it's a way of life!

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      #3
      I've got a pair of kickers and a 100 rms amp and there is no way I'm gonna hear that over my boat. My system will rock a cove, but with everything going on when riding, it has to be very LOUD. I am looking into NVS, they are supposed to be very loud, but I haven't heard them yet.
      "I want to know God's thoughts, the rest are just details"

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        #4
        On my previous boat, we had a stereo that could be heard when riding, but it would just kill the passengers (3 clarion amps, 200/400/400 watts), 2 deafcon 2's and 2 deafcon 3's on the tower and 6 jvc's in the cabin, plus a 10" sub.

        We're actually de-tuning the stereo a bit on our newer boat. I didn't think it was worth having all of that if it'd just give you a headache.

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          #5
          smendez,

          Were you able to disable the speakers in the cabin (i.e., just have the tower speakers on)?
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            #6
            Tower speakers

            I have a simalar setup to smendez, 3 amps, one to run the woofer, tower speakers and boat speakers. I had a high performance battery with switch put in the compartment where the amps are. I also have the new 2005 Defcon III speakers on my tower. I can hear it loud and clear on the water, but I can also turn it off in the boat so I don't blow away the passengers. I can hear it much more clear than the factory set up.

            PS- get a aux port put in and string it around to the driver side for your MP3 player, best thing I did to my boat.
            jv

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              #7
              jeffvelstra,

              I just replaced my head unit with one that has an aux port. I have tons of tunes on my Dell DJ and it is awesome.

              Thanks for the info.
              Cursed by a fortune cookie: "Your principles mean more to you than any money or success."

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                #8
                Originally posted by tweirich
                smendez,

                Were you able to disable the speakers in the cabin (i.e., just have the tower speakers on)?
                That would have been nice, but the way the stereo was setup up did not allow us to do so. I'm trying to get that to happen on our new boat.

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