New Tower Set Up?

[Henri3]

Hey guys looking for some help on possibly getting a new tower setup i am currently wired up with this, we bought our boat used and these came on it http://www.aerialwakeboarding.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=BT-TWBLTSPKLITE225-PA
I was looking at getting these rockford fosgate 6.5" or 8" speakers http://www.rockfordfosgate.com/products/details/m282b-wake
Would the fosgates be much of an upgrade compared to my old setup?
What would be better, four 6.5" speakers or two 8" speakers
Thanks

[uniwarking]

I would look at Exile Audio... Brian is usually on the forums. When I get the green light from the wife... I know that's the direction I'll be going...

[powerstroke99]

x2 on the exile.. great equipment.. def worth every penny!

[Henri3]

Looked at exile also but they are a little out of my price range

[New Guy]

Why don't you keep your existing bar and load it with the kicker 6500.2 I have the six pack setup and I have been extremely happy with it.

https://forum.moomba.com/showthread.php?15895-My-humble-stereo&highlight=humble

[bzubke1]

I honestly don't think changing to the rockfords would make a huge improvement. Are you trying to hear the music while wakeboarding or just surfing? How much are u wanting to spend? What amp do you have currently running the tower speakers?

[tarheelskier]

Agree with Mark, since you have the cans probably makes since to look at the Kicker HLCD option that he has.

[brain_rinse]

Why don't you keep your existing bar and load it with the kicker 6500.2 I have the six pack setup and I have been extremely happy with it.


Kicker designed this setup for guys in exactly your situation so definitely worth a look if you want HLCDs. Otherwise give Brian @ Exile a shout to see if he has any demo, blems, older stock, etc that he could give you a deal on.

[98outback]

I have the kickers and they are great. http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/09/10/9ema7y7y.jpg

[Henri3]

The kicker 6500 would be an option also, and yes we mainly wakeboard so would the kicker set up be able to power music back there? And could i add a grill to the two woofers for protection and looks?

[MLA]

Henri,

The mid-bass woofers do have the grills, the horns do not need them.

If your goals are to have a system with a primary focus of projecting to wake range, then you need to go with an HLCD (Horn Loaded Compression Driver). A traditional coaxial speakers, like you have linked in your opening post will not get the job done as efficient as an HLCD. The Kicker KM6500.2 HLCD tower setup, whats pictured above, is a pair of 6.5 Continuous-cone mid-bass drivers and a pair of horns. With the right power, these can and will project music to your wake-boarder. Due to the continuous-cone mid-bass driver, component style horn, flare design and cross-over design, these yield a far warmer near-field sound quality then most other 6.5" Pro-axial HLCD. A Pro-axial HLCD is one with the horn flare through the center of the mid-bass cone. If you already have a 4 pod setup, these are an option worth looking at as they are sold as a raw driver. Kicker does offer pod options as well.

With the horn and mid wired together in parallel, the nominal impedance (load) at the amp is still 4 ohm. This makes it ideal to run this setup bridged on a 4 chnl amp. I like this setup driven in the 200-250 watts rms range.

[bzubke1]

The kicker setup sounds like a great option for you. I'd either go that route or 1 pair of at least 8 inch hlcds whether it be exile xm9, bullet hp770, Wetsounds rev 8 or 10.

[Birdman]

Does any one run Roswell setups I was looking at those new neptune8.0 wondering if they would work for wakeboarding