JL Audio Infinite Baffle Subs - Anyone have experience?

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  • Lake_BumLake_Bum Member Posts: 975 ✭✭✭✭
    edited May 2017
    @jme097 I hope it works out for you mounting in that engine room. But keep in mind, that HEAT will be a constant problem. Even if you aren't necessarily overheating the amps, they will be very hot, and that will 100% shorten the life span. 

    Yes I run dual marine Deka 1000 CC batteries on a perko isolator switch. I typically run with it on "all" while running down the lake cruising, then switch to battery 1 for normal use. Battery 2 is my "ace in the hole".  There isn't a need for 3 batteries on my boat like you bigger boats have, I had a Chaparral that had 2 house batteries, and 1 cranking one like most of the cruisers on here run. I also installed some pretty extensive LED lights on my boat, and only time will tell how much of a draw they do on the batteries. I also carry a portable powerpack jumping system, for emergencies  B)
    2000 Captiva 232 
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  • jme097jme097 Member Posts: 1,224 ✭✭✭
    Even though I don't have the heat you do in AZ, I understand the risks. But in the 280 I just don't have anywhere thats suitable without running power and ground wiring all the way to the front cabin which is not in the plans. I plan on putting 1 inch spacers in back of the amp to keep it off bulkhead so that should help as well and also plan on running the blowers more often. At this point its trial and error on my end haha
    Boat Name: Knot A Worry
    2007 280 Rinker Express 6.2L B3
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  • Handymans342Handymans342 Member Posts: 10,375 ✭✭✭✭✭
    JoeStang said:
    Yeah, I have a feeling you guys wouldn't run away from my boat regardless of hip hop playing or not....lol

    Country music is for pontoons, keep that junk inland. Haha
    Hey Joe, want a free vacation to Florida? There is a catch. LOL
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  • randy56randy56 Member Posts: 4,083 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Yes Joe, I will pay you and bring beer, when I swim over and hang, behind your boat,  lol 
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  • jme097jme097 Member Posts: 1,224 ✭✭✭
    Lmao guys crack me up. Got the power wiring done to the transom speakers tonight. They look good 


    Boat Name: Knot A Worry
    2007 280 Rinker Express 6.2L B3
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  • JoeStangJoeStang Member Posts: 1,122 ✭✭✭✭
    edited May 2017
    Looks great jme.  B)

    And Handy what's the catch? I do have a couple friends in Florida.... :D
    2013 276 Cuddy ~ 350 MAG / B3
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  • jme097jme097 Member Posts: 1,224 ✭✭✭
    Lmao oh man. These old timers lmao
    Boat Name: Knot A Worry
    2007 280 Rinker Express 6.2L B3
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  • Handymans342Handymans342 Member Posts: 10,375 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited May 2017
    JoeStang said:
    Looks great jme.  B)

    And Handy what's the catch? I do have a couple friends in Florida.... :D
    You have to be tied up to a 342 and listen to country music for 8 hours while I show your girl the nice air conditioned cabin and explain why she should not live in 8 mile. Lol
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  • 69fastback69fastback Member Posts: 951 ✭✭✭
    jme097 said:
    @69fastback still have the JL sub by chance? lol
    I do. It's still in the boat, otherwise I'd have a giant hole where it used to be. 
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  • JBam67JBam67 Member Posts: 109 ✭✭
    I have 10 JL Speakers and 1 JL sub throughout the boat. I run 2 600 watt JL amps with the Fusion AV750 Marine Head. I have tested the system at high levels for upwards of 6 hours at high levels with very little battery drain. I do have 3 large marine batteries as well though.
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  • jme097jme097 Member Posts: 1,224 ✭✭✭
    @69fastback I'll trade you a 1/4 inch piece of seaboard for the sub that way you can cover up that whole lmao! 
    Boat Name: Knot A Worry
    2007 280 Rinker Express 6.2L B3
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  • 69fastback69fastback Member Posts: 951 ✭✭✭
    Lol....it's still hooked up. 
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  • jme097jme097 Member Posts: 1,224 ✭✭✭
    Oh I thought you meant you unhooked it and went with the wetsounds one. Are you a bass junky or are you like me in the way of liking tight clean bass? Just curious
    Boat Name: Knot A Worry
    2007 280 Rinker Express 6.2L B3
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  • 69fastback69fastback Member Posts: 951 ✭✭✭
    edited May 2017
    I like clean and balanced. I have a 232, with 6 Wetsound 6.5"s in the boat, and with a single JL 10", it was very bright, because those Wetsounds are a bit overwhelming. I would have put another infinite baffle 10" in it, but I had a friend that had a sponsorship from a car audio shop, and I got the Wetsound 12" and a Wetsound 1000.1 to power it, for next to nothing. We built an enclosure to try it out, and it works well. He was involved in IASCA for a long time, and tuned the whole system for me. We are using the 10" for more of a driver than a sub. Sealed enclosures can still work well in a boat application, but it takes a lot of power. My music mostly consists of Texas Country, which isn't the same as crappy mainstream country, so I wouldn't call myself a bass junkie. 
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  • jme097jme097 Member Posts: 1,224 ✭✭✭
    @69fastback I didn't mean it like that lol. I love myself some Texas country. Nothing better than the man George Strait and Merle Haggard sometimes! That's my biggest issue with all of this is the tuning. I strictly want my speakers to be my highs and the sub to drive the bass. I have a hard time tuning the amps and dialing them in to do that. What do you mean by the very bright and over whelming?
    Boat Name: Knot A Worry
    2007 280 Rinker Express 6.2L B3
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  • 69fastback69fastback Member Posts: 951 ✭✭✭
    You should try some Randy Rogers, and Jason Eady!


    By bright and overwhelming, I mean the highs are very loud and it needs more lows for it to all be balanced. 
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  • 69fastback69fastback Member Posts: 951 ✭✭✭
    Speaking of George Strait, I've flown he and Norma a few times. Super nice people. 
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  • Hawk600Hawk600 Member Posts: 57 ✭✭
    jme097 & JBam67 .....you guys are not for hire are you? I'm in Utica but my boat is in Harrison Twp....and the guys at Soundwaves want a stack of cash from me to put in transom speakers.
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  • jme097jme097 Member Posts: 1,224 ✭✭✭
    Can do all this yourself man! Not hard!
    Boat Name: Knot A Worry
    2007 280 Rinker Express 6.2L B3
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  • Lake_BumLake_Bum Member Posts: 975 ✭✭✭✭
    Transom speakers are no different on the install than any other place, besides being a PAIN to get to!  It's still a hole, with 2 wires running to it in the end... B)
    2000 Captiva 232 
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  • jme097jme097 Member Posts: 1,224 ✭✭✭
    @Lake_Bum Bingo. I got my other pair of 7.7's in and wired last night. Love the way these things look at dusk


    Boat Name: Knot A Worry
    2007 280 Rinker Express 6.2L B3
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  • Cableguy GregCableguy Greg Member Posts: 5,025 ✭✭✭✭✭
    @jme097, what size is the speaker under the U shaped seat? I was thinking that would be a good place for a sub on my boat.
    2008 280 Express Cruiser, 6.2MPI, B3, Pittsburgh, PA "Blue Ayes"
    Go Steelers!!!
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  • craigswardmtbcraigswardmtb Member Posts: 1,015 ✭✭✭
    Jme where are you?  Hopefully enjoying that boat. Hit me up about the deal we were discussing. 
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  • jme097jme097 Member Posts: 1,224 ✭✭✭
    @Cableguy Greg that speaker is a 7.7 inch JL. I had to make up some backers because I originally had a 6x9 in that spot so I needed something to fill the space. Could easily get a 8 inch sub there possibly a 10 just have to move it up a bit

    @craigswardmtb these past couple weeks have been crazy! Process of building a house/moving so I haven't been on much! I'll message you shortly.
    Boat Name: Knot A Worry
    2007 280 Rinker Express 6.2L B3
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