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The Tigé came factory equipped with a Clarion marinized
CD receiver and four Clarion marine coaxials, one pair in
the open bow and the other pair at the
far aft facing forward.
First, we added a Sony XM Satellite Radio package since the
owner uses the boat on a lake that is too far out of town
to pickup FM. This particular XM package was a transportable
receiver that when using additional docking stations can transfer
from car to boat to home with only a single subscription.
The XM sharkfin antenna mounted and silicon-sealed
in an unobstructed location on the deck cap.
A Clarion equalizer is mounted to a carpeted panel
which is attached to the underside of the glove box. The EQ
allows custom tailoring of the sound and also provides individual
zone control over the subwoofer, deck and dash coaxials plus
wakeboard tower speakers. The EQ has an auxiliary input for
a portable MP3 player which can rest protected in the glove
compartment where a standard A/V game port can make access a
breeze for 12 volts and RCA jacks.
On a marine-carpeted,
birch amp board we added three amplifiers. One Clarion
marine amplifier operates the subwoofer in mono. A second
Clarion amplifier runs the dash and deck speakers at two
ohm stereo. An Alpine 4-channel amplifier is bridged into
two channels to drive the two 8 ohm enclosures above the
tower. The pair of coaxials on the open bow are powered
off of the internal CD receiver power from the opposite
side of the RCA output so that the receiverÕs fader may
provide full control over the bow speakers as a separate
and fourth zone.
A Clarion marine 10-inch free-air subwoofer was added under
the driver’s console.
We
added a third pair of coaxials dash-mounted under the windshield
on each side. This location is ideal to carry a majority of
the volume for driver and passengers while the boat is underway.
These
Speakercraft enclosures provide the perfect weatherproof
wakeboard tower speakers. With dual 5 1/4–inch woofers
and a large polycarbonate W-dome tweeter per side, they
are louder, carry farther and sound better. The key is
that the woofers are an integral part of the enclosures
versus using marinized automotive coaxials which are designed
for very large air volumes. The Speakercraft Weathercraft
series also feature a more sophisticated crossover network.
These units are mounted with 3/8-inch stainless steel
machine bolts and polymer spacer blocks that are radiused
to conform to the round tower rail.
A service loop
allows the tower to breakdown for storage.
The speaker cables
are loomed along with the mast light wiring and pentrate
the deck cap through a watertight gland.
This Tigé comes equipped with two wired remote control
cups. One is at the driver’s instrument panel while the
other is located on the transom above the swim deck.
Who knows when a wakeboarder shows thumbs up whether he means
faster or louder!
