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Well I gave up a heated garage this year for a pair of Wet Sounds Rev 8 Tower speakers. I'm searching for a couple of amps to repower the whole system. Prob go with a pair of Wet Sounds ht6 and a ht4 or 2 ht6 amps. Not sure yet. Then get a Revo10 sub to finish it off. The good part is my wife won't talk to me all summer. I can't wait to get it installed on spring.
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I have 2 ht6’s in my boat. Love them and they draw hardly any power from the batteries
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That's good to know. Sounds like that's the way to go.
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Yep! I ran mine for about 6hrs one day on a single battery just to test and the battery from a full charge was still at 65%
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So I've been told to run 2 of those apps. That's 300w rms bridged and my inboat speakers are 100w rms. How do you not blow the speakers?
Is it because you have the gain turned down and you don't run it at max volume obviously?
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On my Webbcraft tower I installed a small volume module that allows me to adjust the tower volume separate from the in boat speakers. Without that the stereo in boat had to be so loud nobody could talk for the person riding behind the boat to hear them. Now the cabin speakers can be very low, and the tower speakers are blasting for the rider.
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Big Block Power wrote: Sat Oct 13, 2018 9:41 pm So I've been told to run 2 of those apps. That's 300w rms bridged and my inboat speakers are 100w rms. How do you not blow the speakers?
Is it because you have the gain turned down and you don't run it at max volume obviously?
My head unit can have 2 separate amps plugged in. So I run one 6 channel at 4ohm so that’s 100watts a channel. Then I run my towers and sub off the other amp.
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Big Block Power wrote: Sat Oct 13, 2018 3:50 pm The good part is my wife won't talk to me all summer.
Hey with that setup you wont be able to hear her even if she does decide to talk to you. :D :D :D :D

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Big Block Power wrote: Sat Oct 13, 2018 9:41 pm So I've been told to run 2 of those apps. That's 300w rms bridged and my inboat speakers are 100w rms. How do you not blow the speakers?
Is it because you have the gain turned down and you don't run it at max volume obviously?
You only bridge the amp going to your tower speakers and sub. The second amp running your in boat speakers run 6 separate outputs, 6 channels at 100 watts.
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Or you buy a JL M600/6 and a M500/3 and get the correct number of speaker outputs w/o messing /w bridging channels. M600 is 75x6 M500 is 300x1 @ 2 Ohm and 75x2.

Really is six of one half dozen of another. I looked at a M600 for the boat speakers then a four channel amp for the towers /w two channels bridged for the sub. The total cost was within like $20.
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I think I'll watch for deals this off season. Prob 2 6 channels?
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Big Block Power wrote: Sun Oct 14, 2018 3:34 pm I think I'll watch for deals this off season. Prob 2 6 channels?
I lost track how many speakers are we powering?

I assume six in the boat - thats one amp

Two Towers and a sub would be on other amp which would be:

A four channel amp with two channels bridged for the sub

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A two channel amp with a dedicated Sub channel

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NautiGirl wrote: Sun Oct 14, 2018 4:26 pm
Big Block Power wrote: Sun Oct 14, 2018 3:34 pm I think I'll watch for deals this off season. Prob 2 6 channels?
I lost track how many speakers are we powering?

I assume six in the boat - thats one amp

Two Towers and a sub would be on other amp which would be:

A four channel amp with two channels bridged for the sub

OR

A two channel amp with a dedicated Sub channel

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Correct. That's all in powering. Or a 3 channel for tower and sub. Or 4 channel for them. I will go all Wet Sounds though. But they don't make a 3 channel. I'll sell my 12 inch kicker sub in a box and my kicker 4 channel I'm using now.
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Oh and if you do go w/ a Revo Sub be careful when you order. They come in both 2ohm and 4ohm configurations. Plugging a 2ohm load into a 4ohm amp is bad times. 4ohm load into a 2ohm amp is fine.

The M500/3 amp I currently am trying to push you into buying is 2ohm stable on the sub channel :)
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NautiGirl wrote: Sun Oct 14, 2018 4:30 pm Oh and if you do go w/ a Revo Sub be careful when you order. They come in both 2ohm and 4ohm configurations. Plugging a 2ohm load into a 4ohm amp is bad times. 4ohm load into a 2ohm amp is fine.

The M500/3 amp I currently am trying to push you into buying is 2ohm stable on the sub channel :)
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