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Justin.B
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Alright so I built a box recently and have decided to do something that i've never seen done. I am planning on installing all-weather speakers right into both ends of my box. This is where you guys come in. First: What would be the best way to hook up the speakers to a power source? Extention cord or just run them off batteries? And next what kind of speakers should I use. They need to be 9 inches by 9 inches. Any help is appreciated!
Jul 24 2008 4:46PM
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MADmidwest
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i think boat speakers might be the best if you really want to do it. I don't know about the power source but i think that a cord would be easier, probably.
Jul 24 2008 4:49PM
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user098123
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To make it work at all you're going to need more than that. They will probably have to be amped, at least to a certain extent. You won't be able to run them off of an ipod or a cd player with out an amp. That is also their power source, they won't need power if they are getting signal, that's how speakers like that work. The easiest way would be to get a deck, run the speakers to the deck, and run the deck to a car battery.
Jul 24 2008 4:52PM
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Justin.B
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i know im an idiot but what exactly is a deck? like would I not be able to just get speakers, run them off an old little sterio I have and run the sterio through the car battery than the iPod through the sterio?
Jul 24 2008 5:12PM
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Justin.B
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bump
Jul 24 2008 5:52PM
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Lineskiah11
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i think running them off a car battery could be kind of tough becuase it would drain it and you would need a battery charger for it everytime. if you could figure out how to get a converter or sumthing to be able to run it off a wall outlet i think that would def be the way to go. sounds like a dope idea

def spring for the boat type speakers though because no doubt you will get some snow in there
Jul 24 2008 6:27PM
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Justin.B
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I know im going to use marine speakers. thats a definite. But I still need to find a way to connect the speakers to something I can hook my iPod into that will connect to a power source. something simpler than having to get a deck.
Jul 24 2008 7:07PM
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user098123
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You won't really find anything, especially not something that can power some marine speakers.
Jul 24 2008 7:19PM
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Justin.B
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well in my case extention cord is an option but what kind of device would I use to wire just 2 speakers with an iPod/MP3 input that requires a power cord?
Jul 24 2008 7:30PM
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Justin.B
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bump because im in desperate need of some assistance
Jul 24 2008 7:40PM
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user098123
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Alright, what you are looking for is like one of those little ipod docks, or boomboxs that use positive and negative wires to connect to speakers, and can just plug in an ipod.

However, that is what YOU want, and if you do it that way, it will sound like shit. The only real way you can do it with marine grade stereo speakers is to get a deck, power it with a 12-14.4 volt power source, and run the wiring harness in the back to the speakers. You can get decks that plug straight into ipods, it would be more expensive though. Your best bet would be to just get a cheap deck with a decent wattage output per channel and play CDs. That's the only way it will sound moderately good.
Jul 24 2008 7:43PM
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Franny
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car stereos with a car battery  and solder some of the extending wires to an input adapter you can buy at like the source by circuit city if your in canada or any decent electronics store. or you could find and old pair of headphones and use wire cutters and expose the two wires and solder. then get a ipod or mp3 and hook it up. since it's a car stereo it can handle any type of temp but for water, i guess you can drill some medium sized holes on the sides of the box.
Jul 24 2008 8:21PM
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