New G25 Stereo Done....

[nyryan2001]

Holy wow. That's some serious coin into stereo and LEDs. Are those Wetsounds amps?

[Tabiggs]

i am using the wet sounds 2 sub amps 1200 watts each, one 12 inch on each side, port and starbord mount under the dash.
using #4 of the MCC404 Mcintosh 4x100 - Tower running an additional Mcintosh 2x300 on the rev 410's. . Got a lot of power and currently working on some different ideas for better cooling, heat is always the killer, as long as the amp rack of open, it does not too bad but it needs a a better cooling system that they will have to design, the Mcintosh amps all come with industrial internal fans but there is so much poer that it really get too hot in my opinion.


the lights were cheap compared those mcintosh amps that are the bank breaker.

[Paxdad]

Can you send a close up photo of the WS 420 mount? Was that custom made?

[Tabiggs]

This is the best I can do at the moment -
I have a security Dome camera and it let me Zoom in, so I was only able to get this shot, - I will find out through my installer but here is the pic.

[Tabiggs]

Close up

closer up pic

[jwelsh]

You guys have great looking setups! What are the limitations on how far board rack can swivel in with these different tower speaker setups. I've got my dealer scheduled to install 4 rev 8's but on my current boat I have experience sound from pro80's then onto rev10's which made a big difference. I had him option me out 2 rev8 & 2 rev10 in hope board racks and head clearances would not be an issue. after seeing these pics I wouldnt mind the 4 rev 10's

[Paxdad]

Actually I was hoping to get photos of the underdash mount used for the WS420EQ in he OPs G25. Cool capability you have there to keep an eye on your boat and dock.

[Tabiggs]

here is are some Bracket set up for the REV 410s and the Wet sounds WS - picture I found - hope this helps you some

[Tabiggs]

Mine board racks are very tight, I have no space, they swivle inward but not quite all of the way, just enough for me to be able to bock the boat and not get hung up on the boat lift cables, - It's a tight fit if we swivel the racks inward. But the great thing abou the instal was we didn't have to redign the Bimini top, we were able to leave all of that stock, no adjustments in height.

[Laketexoma]

Are you running a Bimini top? Do you have picture of the sub behind the dash? I'm thinking about doing tge same. There is a ton of dead space back there.

[Tabiggs]

You can view the instal here

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/qnwgjn4b771dhek/QS-gSqWhUx

[Tabiggs]

Yes, Running the original Bimini Top that came with the boat, I don't remember the part number put it was the highest option you could purchase

[Laketexoma]

Cool thanks for the pictures!! Looks great

[core-rider]

So what made you go McIntosh instead instead of WS or some other brand? Seems like they are VERY pricey assuming you can still find them and the footprint seems to be bigger. Since you went with WS for the sub amps I'm just scratching my head on using McIntosh.

[Tabiggs]

Mcintosh is best the in my opinion the best for what I like to listen to, of course in my opinion, but they are bullet proof, lowest distortion, cleaest warmest sound and when properly powered, I just can't find anything that even comes close. We are in a marine environment but in all reality, humidly does not play much of a roll on lake Austin, especially since any wetness in the air amp area gets burned off from the heat. I have had the same Macintosh amps since 2003 and beat them to death, and had one issue with one of them, don't know why, JL audio marine, Alpine, - I have tried them but the sound does not compare, remember you are talking about mcintosh which is a power hungry amp, they are class A which means they take a huge amount of power so they are not great unless you plan on having the room to power them with lots of batteries. The new Class D batteries are much more efficient, not near the sound quality. I just don't think they can compare with the sound quality and warmth that mcintosh brings, I have a tendency to over due things and I always feel that 99% of the time you get what you pay for and they are the $$$ - but I have had one issue in 11 years. 2 different boats with one amp/ - beating them to death.

I believe they stopped making them, don't exactly know why but I bet its because they priced themselves out of the market, people didn't want to spend 2K for an amp, so Alpine, and JL mass produce theirs and ever 2-3 months they seemed to eventually get burned up, don't have a great shelf life and are just a amp that stereo places sell to maximize their profit margins. Nothing wrong with that -- I was running 3 - 13 W7's with 3 - 1000 JL - I must have gone through 4 of them in 5 years. I ended up buying a few on reserve because they were always burying up.