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03 March 2015, 20:03
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DIY Tower Speakers
I decided to improve my sound system on my RIB for the new season, My current setup is a Fusion marine radio with wired remote and 4 150watt speakers. I decided to add a tower speaker to my setup and started looking online. I found some housing units for €150+ online but was going to add up after buying a set of speakers to fit aswell it was looking at €300ish for two speakers. I started to think of other ways to do this when I came up with a great idea.
First I got a set of stainless 4x4 spots (off my brother...free!)
I took the lamps apart just keeping the housing and then made a marine ply "washer" which allowed me to screw the speaker in the housing.
after the housing was screwed together and front secured in place,I ran the cables and wired it up
the lamps are secured with heavy duty bolts, I drilled out the a-frame and mounted the speakers in position.
the speakers I used where two 7" fusion speakers and they give some sound! can be heard clearly even at 46kts and over the roar of a 150hp Yamaha.
set of tower speakers for €125! and they look great
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03 March 2015, 20:11
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trying to upload pics but keeps coming up as "invalid files"....
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03 March 2015, 20:19
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Are they .jpeg files?
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03 March 2015, 20:28
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ya they are, tried resizing them but keeps coming up as "invalid files"?
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03 March 2015, 20:48
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My bad, changed file size but not dimensions...
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03 March 2015, 20:51
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Looking good!
What is the first track lined up for play? 
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03 March 2015, 20:51
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Here is a shot from the back, kept the polished finish
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04 March 2015, 09:15
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looks good and a very clever solution
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04 March 2015, 09:54
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Same speakers I have. Looks good done like that.
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04 March 2015, 10:09
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They look like smileys!!!
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04 March 2015, 12:15
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It never ceases to amaze me the solutions that are invented on this forum to problems.
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04 March 2015, 18:19
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Chavtastic there m8. Im sure da yachties wud luv u parked nex 2 um!!
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05 March 2015, 13:06
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Chavtastic there m8. Im sure da yachties wud luv u parked nex 2 um!!
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Not just the yachties 
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Andrew likes his toons: oceanescapes2015
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05 March 2015, 13:44
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So do I  but one of the attractions of the sea is, well, the sea. The sound of the wind, water, birds, silence, engine all combined to make their own music 
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05 March 2015, 13:52
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Second that!!
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As long as you stay in Irish waters playing yer River Dance tunes I have no problem with your "Ghetto Blasters"
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05 March 2015, 15:01
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I find playing Insane Clown Posse keeps the yotties away...
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