What radio to get ?

[ar240owner]

Help me and @ar240owner's Wife decide what radio to get my old one started having a mind on it's own last Sunday !!! It decided we needed to listen to the music full blast !!!

 

[Scott griffith]

I have always liked Kenwood alot guys here use fusion but I havnt ever used them

 

[2nazt]

Love my Fusion IP600, most others have it and agree from my research at beginning of the year just hard to find now.

 

[justason]

I replaced my OEM Sony with a Fushion IP600. nice unit ! clean fitment

I'm about to compliment it with this : http://www.sonicelectronix.com/item_97880_Wet-Sounds-STEALTH-6-Core-Black.html or http://www.sonicelectronix.com/item_93103_Wet-Sounds-STEALTH-6-Ultra-V2-Black.html

 

[mattschepker]

The old shitty JBL...... you know what I'm going to tell you. Clarion

 

[bronze_10]

I installed a fusion 750 this spring.. the unit is amazing.. I wish I would have taken more time in hooking up the speakers but that is on me...

 

[bigblank69]

I actually like the Clarion CMD8 that came on my 2014 SX240

 

[Murf'n'surf]

Fusion

 

[scot71]

I put a Kenwood in mine and really like it.

 

[ar240owner's Wife]

Help me and @ar240owner's Wife decide what radio to get my old one started having a mind on it's own last Sunday !!! It decided we needed to listen to the music full blast !!!

I still think that whole "radio not working right" thing is a set up. Convenient it only happened the one time I wasn't in the boat

 

[mattschepker]

I still think that whole "radio not working right" thing is a set up. Convenient it only happened the one time I wasn't in the boat

Just wait it will happen.....

 

[robert843]

Are you running an amp to the interior speakers at this time? If so pretty much any of the above will do well. I just went with the Sony MEX M100BT this head unit has a 4X100 watt class d amp built into it so it really pushes the speakers good and and easy way to add a amp to the interior speakers with out all the extra wiring work.

 

[bobbie]

@ar240owner mark...just look at the exile Bluetooth receiver and skip the head unit. It's tiny!

 

[bigblank69]

Are you running an amp to the interior speakers at this time? If so pretty much any of the above will do well. I just went with the Sony MEX M100BT this head unit has a 4X100 watt class d amp built into it so it really pushes the speakers good and and easy way to add a amp to the interior speakers with out all the extra wiring work.

That is a good receiver, but it is 4X40W RMS (Amp Dyno'd at 42W RMS) not 4x100... Still 40W is much better than the typical receiver and right in line with a low powered amp.

 

[robert843]

That is a good receiver, but it is 4X40W RMS (Amp Dyno'd at 42W RMS) not 4x100... Still 40W is much better than the typical receiver and right in line with a low powered amp.

Yes you are correct 42 watts rms unless you run the speakers in line to drag it down to 2 ohms then you are in the 70's per line. Its 2 to 3 times more power full then any other marine head unit out there. The next most power full units I found say 4X55 watts which is actually 15-18 watts rms per line depending on the unit. Most wont need any more power then this on a 6.5 inch speaker as most are only rated for a max power handling in the 50-80 watt range.

 

[jcyamaharider]

You know that I love my Clarion head unit. They have a new M505 out that replaced my M303. Does everything that we need it too and you can add all of the cool tech like RF remotes and transom remote.

 

[zipper]

just replaced the factory jbl with broken reciever with a kenwood kmr-d765bt lots of options for music inputs. sounds great even on original speakers. installed in 2007 ar230 ho will install the kca-rc55mr to replace the old jbl remote as soon as i decide where to drill the 2 inch hole.

decided to put it where the factory remote was, had to re-holesaw location leaving one of existing mounting holes to be patched

 

[jcyamaharider]

Drill it where the factory remote went.

 

[AZDANSX230HO]

We never use the radio, just enjoy peace and quiet while we are boating!

 

[Scott griffith]

@zipper what you going to do with your old remote and wire