towers speakers, and general stereo questions

wouldya · Outlaw Joined: 31 May 2003 Posts: 101 City: Dallas, TX

Hey guys, I got that 2003 moomba outback LS. it has the moomba mobius' tower and stuff on it. very tight the tower is powdercoated yellow, so i kinda want to get some yellow tower speakers. i found a lightbar for 450$ for 6 lights, 4 rear and 2 front. Now i need the stereo hookups. i asked today and everything was super expensive. the cans by themselves were 1100$ for a pair of mako cans. this sounds incredibly expensive. i wanted to get a 12" sub, amp, and some tower speakers but i didnt know the enlclosure itself was that expensive. i want good stuff in my boat but man i dont know if i can afford 4-5K for just a 2 tower and 1 sub radio system...any help or suggestions would be great...

Nick

wouldya · Outlaw Joined: 31 May 2003 Posts: 101 City: Dallas, TX

heres the only pic i got of it right now. sorry about the quality its off my cell phone camera.

George · Addict Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 552 City: Chattanooga

I have a awsome system in my MOB V and i've only spent around $1,500. I built my own tower speaker boxes, each has 1 set of Rockford fosgate's. I replaced the boat speakers with RF's and put one Kicker L5 12". For amps i used Crunch, they are cheap and you dont have to worrie about screwing up a $500 amp. heres some pics of my system.

Spyplane8 · Outlaw Joined: 10 Feb 2003 Posts: 228

George, you should clean up the wiring on that system. That would look about ten times cleaner if the wires were hidden or in a wire looom.

NAW · Posted: Jun 17, 2003 6:33 am Post subject:

wouldya, Your dealer wants $1100 for a pair of cans without speakers!!!

Talk with your dealer, He may have misunderstood what your asking for. You should be able to pick up a pair of cans, with MB Quart speakers, for far less than $1100. Feel free to email or PM me if you have any questions. Good luck! Nice boat, too!

ccryder · Newbie Joined: 18 Jun 2003 Posts: 21 City: Modesto, CA

Nick,
If you are the do it yourself type, I have a set of plans, templates and complete instructions on how to build it yourself. Let me know if you are interested, I sell them for $30, you can see one view in my profile.

Jim Aikins

George · Addict Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 552 City: Chattanooga

i forgot to say that i wasn't finished yet when i took the pics all the wires are now nice and hidden.

Dude · Posted: Jun 19, 2003 6:10 am Post subject:

ccryder, that is one bad a$$ speaker box!!

Captain_Tripps · Soul Rider Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 260 City: Dallas

Wouldya I think you got your pricing a bit wrong. The can are no where near $1100 a pair. I think that is the price for 4 of them. Give Ronnie a call at Water Ski Boats Dallas he will give you the correct quote. I believe they are around $550 a pair, but I might be a little off.

wouldya · Outlaw Joined: 31 May 2003 Posts: 101 City: Dallas, TX

Waterski boats dallas and Auto sounds are who i talked to. they both said right around 1100 dollars for a pair of mako ind. cans, empty, in yellow. that sounded extremely expensive to me. hell there was a guy on the lake this weekend knocking like crazy with 4 tower speakers and he said he only paid 1300 for the speakers cans and lights he had.....i dont know where to call and check. i'll build them myself thats not a problem but for simplicity i'd rather find a good dealer and just let me buy them.

nick

krit · Outlaw Joined: 04 Apr 2003 Posts: 145

I got the Mako Ind MB Quart speakers from MonsterTower for $450. Then I got Auto Sound to install them for somewhere around $500-550. Then I ended up getting them to add a 10" sub and a 5-channel amp a week later. It sounds really good now. (I have an 02 Outback LS)

George · Addict Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 552 City: Chattanooga

you paid someone $500 to attach tower speakrs and run some wires. that just sounds like a ton.