Stereo advice again?

[jmvotto]

Razz,Tazz,Newty,Mmandley, etc.

Need help to control tower speakers without blowing the inside boat. common problem.

Setup.
232mr hu 1 rca pre-out
1 6 channel jl amp
cabins on 1&2
towers on 3&4 with Pac lc1 control.
Sub on 5&6
bow on the Hu unit

Problem the towers get only as loud as the cabins. I can turn them up and down but can't exceed the cabins. therefore deaf boat riders.( i literally had the kids covering there ears, but the rider could not hear that well)

If i put the pac lc1 on channels 1&2, then the bow and the towers blast.

See if my solution is correct,

rewire bow speaker ala newtys diagram for 3 ohm, and either get another lc1 or move the lc1 to the cabins and switch the towers for on/off( don't want them running all the time.) or get an eq.

Thanks as always, you technoligically challenged moomba ownerr

[Razzman]

Simplist solution JM would be to just add another PAC LC-1. The reason is as you've found out you can increase the volume in increments. This way you could balance or eliminate music at will.

[jmvotto]

Razz, Thanks

but i thought i would get an answer like "Plug a into b and c into d and whamo all fixed" I guess i will have to get another lc1

[newty]

I would run the bow speakers off the deck and dedicate the tower speakers to channels 3&4.
You won't notice the difference in the bow. Just make sure you putting too much bass to them and you will be fine.
Put the first PAC-LC1 to your sub.
Add a second PAC-LC1 to your cabin and your golden.

I would consider an EQ instead, your going to have to run rca's all over anyway.

[sandm]

second that eq if you only have one set of pre-outs and are trying to run a multi-channel system.. much more flexibility and if you get a good one, has gains to help balance the sound.

[jmvotto]

newty,
won't the bows blast as loud as the towers? BTW i have 80hz cut offs on the bow speakers maybe the clarion eq is the way to go.

thx

[newty]

Your deck cant be more than like 25 real watts. They shouldn't be near as loud as the towers. you can also fade the fronts down on the deck.

[jmvotto]

Thanks,

thats true fronts are 25 w and the amp is 75 per channel. i will try the fader I assume the fader does not effect the pre-outs

[jmvotto]

Razz, you still have three pac lc1's ??

where did you mount those got any pics.

thanks

[Razzman]

Hey JM! Right now they are just lined up under the dash below the ignition switch pointing down. I mounted them to a piece of cutting board stock and mounted that to the dash. I put them in a order of need, tower/cabin/sub. Someday i'm going to dash mount them.