Party Time !

[HzEmall]

We just finished up this crazy system in a 26 foot Pontoon party barge. We installed 8 pairs of ARC Audio FD6000 components, 4 AVI SLS300 subs, 2 ARC Audio Foose 4150 4 channels and 2 ARC Audio Foose 1200.1 mono blocks.

We build two home theater style down firing enclosures for under each of the boats coolers.

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We used two AVI SLS-300 woofers in each box, the small opening beside the terminal cup is a conduit for the drain tube of the cooler above the box to properly run through and out the floor of the boat.

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8 Pairs of Arc Audio FD6000 components make this boat scream. The use of multiple Federal Signal FireRay stobes make this boat the ultimate party barge. These lights are commonly found on EMS trucks etc, so they are bright !

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All the panels were made from treated marine plywood, then the speaker plates were molded to project the sound upwards and opposite from one another to eliminate any chance of phasing issues in such small quarters.

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And yes……….for those that noticed, that is a full fledged brass stripper pole !!

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Custom welded and powder coated steel amp rack for easy access and wiring off all the major components.

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This purple rotating beacon is tied into a dimmer module and air horns, it’s a “Shot Caller”. When the horns and light go off, it’s time to take another drink !

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[HzEmall]

Drunk proofing the system as best as you can.

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Here is a little clip of the boat in action in the dark.
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[JBONDOx]

that's pretty cool Tim! Good job... are they going to loan it out to your shop for a weekend for all the work? ;)

[HzEmall]

He probably would, he is the coolest client I have ever had.........

He hasn't seen it yet, I sent him that little teaser video :)

[JFilapello]

That's ****ing awesome! I have a Sea Doo sporster jetboat and working on it now. In****ingcredible!!

Question though. I have a lot of nonmarine equipment I'd potentially like to use. I also have a lot of jl marine speakers so I'm more interested in the electronics. Do you have any suggestions for "marine-proofing" non marine gear? The best I can think of right now is plexi enclosures. I'll be using a older odr rsd2 h/u, which I'm not worried about but I am using the p70xi processor and some oldschool orion xtr 2150's. They won't be in direct h20(salt :( ) but will definitely be more prone to exposure then your build. I'm using the equipment only because it would save on cost for new marine amps.

Either way nice stuff you did!

[HzEmall]

You can't protect it if it, if you incase it, it will over heat...........

If your do salt water, it will be toast really quickly, fresh water it isn't so bad......

[John Venditti]

Great job - But what happens when you go past 30 on the deck :)
I like the line below that even more!!

Thanks for sharing!

[YouGotTaken]

amazing work as always.. good job.. i always loved doing boats.. but here in chicago.. its far a few between...

[audioslayve]

Nice stripper pole...

I especially like the steel frame rack. Great job!

[off n public]

Looks basic and boring to me. Yawn..... I thought you were suppose to be good at this stuff.

[extreme1]

Looks basic and boring to me. Yawn..... I thought you were suppose to be good at this stuff.


Hater reply of the week!:dance:

[off n public]

Just seen better thats all.