choppstixxx
New Member
So let me preface this by saying I have done many car audio installs, but this is my first go at a marine audio install with my 2000 Sea Ray 180 BR.
I recently purchased a new head unit & a new pair of 6.5" JBL's for the stern of my boat. Currently the setup is two speakers in the rear then a single speaker in the bow/pass thru area. When I was swapping in the new speakers in the rear this weekend I noticed that the wiring was kinda funky. Whoever wired things up before just used one pair of wires to go to the nearest rear speaker, then piggy backed off that to the opposite speaker. I am going to run brand new 16 gauge marine speaker wire from the head unit speaker outputs to the appropriate speakers (LR, RR). I just wanted to double check that this would be the appropriate way to do things. The front speaker should be on it's own wiring, but haven't dug into that one yet. Regardless I am going to run new wire to that as well so they all are fresh/the same.
I recently purchased a new head unit & a new pair of 6.5" JBL's for the stern of my boat. Currently the setup is two speakers in the rear then a single speaker in the bow/pass thru area. When I was swapping in the new speakers in the rear this weekend I noticed that the wiring was kinda funky. Whoever wired things up before just used one pair of wires to go to the nearest rear speaker, then piggy backed off that to the opposite speaker. I am going to run brand new 16 gauge marine speaker wire from the head unit speaker outputs to the appropriate speakers (LR, RR). I just wanted to double check that this would be the appropriate way to do things. The front speaker should be on it's own wiring, but haven't dug into that one yet. Regardless I am going to run new wire to that as well so they all are fresh/the same.