NVS Tower Speaker ?

[Roddbod]

Has anyone installed the NVS 1010's on a 2004 SAN or know if it will work. My boat came with the newer style tower correct craft used in 04. I want to put a pair up there but dont want to spend the money if it isnt going to work. Any help would be appreciated. If you have any pictures can you post them too

[hsmunoz]

not sure what you mean by " will they work", but if what you are asking is "will they fit", and you have the "rounded tower that came on the 2004 210, and 211, then I can tell you that Duane knows how to make them fit on the 2004 tower of a SV211. He measured my boat, and made a change to the clamp height , and presto. Here's a pic of them on the tower.

Tell Duane , Henry from Livermore sent you

[FatBoy]

Henry, what brand and size amp are you useing to drive those? Are the cones paper? Someone told me they were.

[hsmunoz]

hey Fatboy,

I am using a PCX 4125 amp, setup with 500W per side. for a total of 1Kw . I don't know if the cones are paper. I think they are something else because they look like plastic, maybe they are just coated. I'll find out. I know that they have a 5 yr warranty, so that is not too bad.

I have been spending the last few days working on my boat. lotsa new stuff. Flush kit, shower, NVS, lites. and fixing up some stuff that I did not like from the factory.

regards
henry

[Mikeski]

Here are the new NVS Addictions. It's a 10" driver with a high frequency compression driver mounted behind the 10 shooting through the voice coil. Very unique and impressive design, they were very impressive sounding.

[FatBoy]

How do they compair to the regular NVS system in sound and price?

[Mikeski]

The sound is stronger then a single entity 1010 but not as strong as a pair of 1010s. It pretty much breaks down to cone area. The addiction uses two 10" full range drivers and two 1" high frequency compression drivers. I had anticipated the addictions may be too strong in the high frequencies but did not find that to be the case after listening to them. If anything it sounded a little smoother then the 1010 in the high frequencies. For price the addictions are a couple hundred dollars less then a pair of 1010s, see their website for pricing details: www.nvs1.net.

[FatBoy]

When you say the sound is stronger, do you mean a pair of them or just one? How much better than the Evid 6.2's whould you say the addictions are? How much power do they need? I went to the web site but it didn't seem to work right.

[Mikeski]

The output of the addiction is somewhere between a single 1010 module (two 10" drivers/one horn) and two 1010 modules. There is no comparison between the Evids and NVS, all NVS speakers blow the Evids away and I liked my Evids that were sold with my boat in November. For $300+/- the Evids are still tough to beat but you get what you pay for, 4 times the price, 4 times the sound. I will most likely have something from NVS on my next tower, they are worth the price. I believe the recommended power is 300-500 watts per channel but they are very efficient so I will probably just run a pair of amps strapped in mono putting 300 watts to each speaker. This is probably the cheapest way to power them.

[gotwake]

Anyone have pictures of the addictions mounted on the 05 FCT? Trying to make up my mind.....

[breakz77]

Has anyone put the NVS speakers on their 05 SANTE? I'm thinking about buying them but I want to make sure that there will be enough room for them on the tower. Thanks in advance!!

[WakeUpDude]

I have them on my 2004 SANTE

http://forums.wakeboarder.com/viewtopic.php?t=43769&start=0

[gotwake]

Here they are -

[FatBoy]

I have a question about the package deal offered by NVS on the pair of Addictions @ $1045.00 with a Zapco Reference 500.1 @ $499.00 for a total package deal of $1,544.00. Question is the amp is a one channel amp, how are you wiring them up and what RMS power rating will there be on each speaker and at what Ohm load? I am going to buy these speakers but I want to understand more about how they are wired. I have been told by the people at Wakeside.com that they need 300 watts RMS per speaker at 4 Ohms, and I don't know enough about the Zapco amp that NVS is selling with them to make and educated buying decision.

gotwake, what amp did you use and how do you have them wired?

Thanks for your help,

[gotwake]

I've always had good luck with Orion and I'm running the 8004 which is 400x2 @ 4ohms. (If you look at the specs on Orion's website you'll be even more confused but it is 400x2 @ 4ohms) Anyway, Duane from NVS (great guy by the way) has told me that this is ok, and that they will handle the power just fine and he will warranty them.

The Zapco amp (Very good product by the way) that he is selling is a mono amp (class AB). It is a really good amp, that will provide plenty of power. The speakers are the wired in parallel, showing the amp a two ohm load so I think you'll have around 250 watts? per speaker. You'll lose left and right - but it'll work fine. Talk with Duane - he really worked with me on them, and really pleased with my purchase thus far -

[actiondcpd]

gotwake,

Do you have any pictures of how you have them wired on your tower? I'm looking to get the same speakers on my '03 SAN!

[gotwake]

They come with a nuetrik connector, and I'm using that at the moment. Just a hole and a grommet. Want to clean it up with a plug that will mount to the tower just haven't found one yet. I'll get a pic when I can. Would love to do what Sound Illusions has done to get the speaker wire to the back leg, just haven't worked up the nerve.

[Dogma]

I just had the 1010s installed on my 2005 SANTE this past week. They look awesome and sound even better. There seems to be a lot more tower sway and vibration though. Has anyone had trouble with their tower after installing the 1010s?

[hsmunoz]

Dogma,

I noticed the sway as well when I put my 1010's up. I now only put them up when I get to where I am going. Those speakers are heavy. On the water , I don't notice it much. So far no issues on gelcoat, or tower.


post some pics!

[gotwake]

Action - here are some photos of the tower wiring. I drilled access holes in the cross-mounts and then into the front and rear bars. Pretty tough to fish the wires through, but they'll go. Really tough to drill as well. I like using a unibit but the depth of the bar prevented that. Took my time and cleaned it up with a dremel tool. I like the fact that they are on top of the tower, and the caps hide any imperfections in the hole. Ran 12awg wire to the NVS, which is prolly overkill, but, only had to do it once.