marine cd/stereo VS car cd/stereo

[87VIP]

What are the differences if any and which you prefer.... dollar for dollar? I am wanting to uprgade my old cassette to a new cd/stereo deck. I have a 1987 VIP Vision 1750 it has 4 speakers currently..<br /><br />Thank You

 

[Stratosfied]

Re: marine cd/stereo VS car cd/stereo

When I bought my rig new I had a stereo/cassette with 2 speakers installed. This was the only one the dealer had. It was a (cheap) marine system. It was not loud enough when I was running the water and really never listened to it. I am currently having the rig repainted and while I was looking at everything, I noticed that it was only pushing 25 watts. I took this unit out and went to Boaters World and bought a new 130 Watt system with CD. It is really loud. In my research I found that the marine units while they may be more costly, have better boards that are able to stand up to the environment better. Also never put car speakers in a boat unless they were in a cabin, as they are not designed to be in a wet/damp environment. This is all I really know about this and if it were me, I'd go with the best marine system I could.

 

[87VIP]

Re: marine cd/stereo VS car cd/stereo

Thanks for the info. I looked at a entry level cd/stereo kit at West Marine ( 140 watts with two marine speakers) it was a West Marine brand and I looked at another one at Boaters world for the same money with two marine speakers. I can't remember the name of the one at Boater's World although It had a blue face? What do you think?

 

[roscoe]

Re: marine cd/stereo VS car cd/stereo

The only one that is acceptable is the one with a headphone jack for private listening!!!!!!!!<br /><br />Keep those things in your car or at home. Sound travels forever over the open water and thru the peaceful woods. You will never get the quality sound performance in a marine setting anyway.<br /><br />The loud ones seem to suffer from some sort of silicone leak that plugs up the CD slot.

 

[87VIP]

Re: marine cd/stereo VS car cd/stereo

That's a good one Roscoe!!

 

[Solittle]

Re: marine cd/stereo VS car cd/stereo

I go with roscoe big time on this one. It is tremendously irritating to pull up to a quiet Key out in Florida Bay and enjoy the peace and tranquility of what nature surrounds us with.<br /><br />Along comes this idiot and anchors 30' away. He decides that we need to be entertained and drops 200 watts on the landscape. Arrghhh!!!!

 

[dhud64]

Re: marine cd/stereo VS car cd/stereo

Ahhhh, just depends on what it's 200 watts of!<br />I love to irritate some of todays 'boom-boomers' with a little Charlie pride or something like that. Kiss an Angel Good Mornin' @ 200 watts will do it!

 

[Boatist]

Re: marine cd/stereo VS car cd/stereo

Some of the speaker systems out here mounted up high on the wake board rack have had problems with small holes in speakers. When hole size messured it was .357 of an inch.<br />10 to 15 watts all you need. How far away from speaker can you be on a boat??

 

[nissan300z90]

Re: marine cd/stereo VS car cd/stereo

When it comes to marine systems you can use a car cd player and get a marine cover for it. I know that pioneer used to sell one that fit their cd players. Just make sure that it handles skips well. And to Roscoe and Solittle, the next time I see you ask for help I might just complain about the way you do things instead.

 

[roscoe]

Re: marine cd/stereo VS car cd/stereo

Nothin wrong with crankin it up out on the open water when you are a mile offshore. but I can tell you a few places that you would be wise not to do it.<br /><br />Milwaukee harbor is one, unless you like tickets.<br />Or pull into the SS Yacht club and you will not be allowed to dock, or fuel.<br />And how about the Chippewa Flowage in Northern WI. Here you will have your boat towed, stripped, and burned on the water while you are sleeping in you campsite, (happened to a group of partiers in June or July of 2002.)<br /><br />And if you are a real music lover, then the headphone jacks are the only way you are going to get real quality sound in a marine environment. Sure you can spend lots of money on quality high powered components, but you would be better off spending a couple hundred on a few sets of Sennheisers.<br /><br />Your right to do your thing ends, when it bumps up against and infringes on mine.

 

[magster65]

Re: marine cd/stereo VS car cd/stereo

Yeah, I was just going to say, if you're a ways out, crank it up! As far as different stereos go... besides a splash resistant face panel I don't think there is a difference. I've run car audio equipment in my boats (in the ocean) for years and never had a problem but like any electronics, they don't like to get damp. Boaters seem to have to pay a premium for equipment more often then they should, some of it is warranted but not all... I don't think this is. You can get a really nice car system for the price of a medium to poor sounding marine unit. I have a Pioneer remote MP3 player (90 watts) with an MTX amp (300 watts) with 2-6" Fosgate speakers with a 10" Fosgate sub. It sounds beautiful and didn't cost an arm and a leg! I don't like that 'sub' noise either but used properly they really sound nice. I see I'm amongst a bunch of country fans, I like that too... and symphony... and heavy metal... all of it. My wife and I's song is, "It's so nice to be with you" by Gallery... I'm sure that says it all