Monster Towers Evid 6.2 Proaudio Speakers.

[FatBoy]

Has anyone tried these yet? They look like a good deal and I am considering them for my SV-211, but would like to here from someone who has tried them. Also if anyone has an idea on where to best install a sub on a 211 I would like to know your thoughts.

Thanks

[MinnesotaNautique]

FatBoy,

I have been considering those speakers as well...let me know if/any information you find out. Nice boat by the way...

MN

[FatBoy]

Thanks, I ordered them yesterday. I heard a lot of good things about them over on wakeboarder.com. They have stopped producing them because of price increases from the supplier but they have a few pair left. If you really want them I would suggest you make your move soon, I don't think they have but like 10 sets left.

[FatBoy]

Here is the link.

http://forums.wakeboarder.com/viewtopic.php?t=24186&sid=4afb5a91e142853b349e246fee333693

[FatBoy]

Man O Man, I just finished hooking everything up. I now have the four cabin speakers on the Marine Audio Amp that came with the boat. I have the Evid 6.2's on the tower powered by an Orion 4004 which I have bridged at 200 watts per channel at 4 oms. I also have a Bazooka 10 inch HP subtube in my rear compartment, it has a built in 150 watt amp.

All I can say is that the sound from the tower speakers is awsome, I can't wait till tomorrow when I get it on the water to see what it sounds like behind the boat. I cranked it in the yard and walked 400 feet behind the boat and it was super loud and clear. I am very pleased with the sound quality.

I will try to snap some pic's this weekend of the install and how it looks on the water.

[FatBoy]

Here are the pics of the speaker install, also have my bimini from Tower Bemini's installed as well.

[FatBoy]

Don't know what happened, the pic's didn't post. Guess all the bugs arent worked out yet, I'll try again later.

[NautiqueJeff]

Thanks for pointing that out, Fatboy. The directory where the attached pictures are stored had the permissions set so that nobody could upload anything to it. I have fixed the problem. Please try again to attach your pictures.

[FatBoy]

Here they are.

[JWAT]

FatBoy,

You never updated us on how they sound out on the water. Can you hear them clearly while boaring 75 or 80 feet away. Let us know how they worked out. Thanks!

[FatBoy]

They work great and are super load and clear. I am well pleased. To be honest (and I aint bragging, just stating a fact) I have yet to hear a set of tower speakers that I like better than these. I was boarding this past weekend (21 mph, 75 feet) with some AC/DC playing and it was load and clear back there. You can hear the music from these speakers while skiing at 36 MPH. If I had it to do over again I would buy them again.

[JWAT]

Sounds like the speakers work well. I may try and buy a set off the internet and make them in to tower speakers since monster doesn't sell them anymore. Thanks for the update!

[FatBoy]

Monster will still sell you a set of mounting brackets for them.

[Mikeski]

I had mine out yesterday for the first time. The Evids are very impressive but I cannot say that you hear them loud and clear while boarding, but they are way louder than any can speaker I have heard. I am anxious to see how they do when there is not much wind. They did seem to make the interior boat speakers pointless and I would not use them in any closed lake environment. A seperate volume control is essential, I use the PAC LC-1 in line to a dedicated amp.

Picked them up from e-bay for $250, brackets from Raul for $50, best $300 tower speakers in the world.

[JWAT]

Mikeski,

What kind of amp do you have running to the Evids? And you say you got the Evid 6.2's off of ebay? I have been looking for them and haven't been able to find anything.

[Mikeski]

I am using a Blaupunkt PA2150 tripath amplifier. Between the boat, car, & truck I have 7 of these amplifiers in use. They are small, run efficient, run cool but nothing to look at (which suits me perfectly).

At first they were wired in stereo, 8 ohm load on a 2 ohm stable amp, probably seeing about 75 watts each. The amp blew first time out. Yesterday I changed the amp out and changed the wiring to mono so the amp sees a 4 ohm load and produces about 450 watts. It works much better but they might be able to handle more. When/if the second amp blows I will step up to something a little more beefy.

I am an e-bay junky and saw the used Evids pop us with a $250 buy-it-now and I grabbed them. The Blaupunkt amps run about $90 on e-bay so I can afford to blow one or two. I used 4 conductor pro audio speaker wire (13 gauge) and it works/looks very clean (wires run inside tower legs). This is probably the best sounding boat system for what I have into it.

Haven't seen any more Evids on e-bay since I bought mine, but they are available new from internet suppliers for about $370, mine were used once at some kind of outdoor event. With Raul's clamps and wirecovers you are still under $500. Much more effective then trying to build some big bulky monolith box.

[jeffsv211]

I know this post hasn't been posted to since July... but I am curious what everyone recommends for tower speakers.. I have ordered an '05 SV211TE with the Tower pre-wired.. but didn't get the tower speakers (ie. ~$1000 option)... any suggestions like the ones above.. I assume that those "10 available" were long gone in July!

Thanks,
Future Nautique adDict

[Mikeski]

Sorry, it's been a while since I checked this thread...

I run my Evids off a Blaupunkt PA-2150 bridged in mono with the speakers wired together (parallel). It does pretty well but a stronger amp would probably get much more out of the speakers. The thing I like about this amp is that is much more efficient than most class A/B amps so it is easy on the stock electrical system. The downside is that I recently had troubles with 2 of these amps (not in the boat, I have 6 of these amps in various vehicles).

The Evids I bought off E-bay were used but work and look like new. AudioAllies <www.audioallies.com> sells them for $338/pr, the best price I have seen. Another pair just sold off e-bay for $202, somebody got a deal. I use Raul's clamps available from www.80feetout.com or http://www.precisionmetalworksinc.com/index_files/page0003.html. Use a square washer inside the speaker.

One of the best things about these speakers is that they only weigh 12#s each so tower folding is not a backbreaker...

[Mikeski]

Deuce,

The NVS system is by far the best thing going. I rode behind Duane's "NVS Air Warrior" with his 1010s speakers. On a windy day riding at 24mph they are loud and clear, clear enough to hear the music details not just follow along with a song that you already know. The Evids are pretty good and some 4 - 6x9 boxes are nice too. Comparing NVS to other systems is like comparing a good home stereo to your laptop speakers.

[Deuce]

Expensive, but word is...they are AMAZING. This is word of mouth, I have never heard them in person. If I was in the market, I would take a good look at these.

http://www.nvs1.net/

E.J.

[LT206]

I know this is an old post, but I have an opportunity to get a pair of these EVIDs for a decent price, but in researching this forum it seems that everyone who had them has gotten rid of them and upgraded to the NVS or something similar. Were they that bad? and would anyone recommend them - I currently have no tower speakers and no sub, and no amp - just the factory XMD1 with 6 clarions. I was thinking of adding a 5 or 6 channel amp to drive the cabin speakers and a single 12" sub and a separate amp for the EVIDs. But I could do with out the tower speakers for now if I should pass on the EVIDs because they suck or some other reason eveyone seems to be getting rid of them. Any thoughts?

- Both Fatboy and Mikeski have had them and moved up to something else from what I can tell from this archive of old posts.....what are your ideas on them?

[FatBoy]

I still have them and still love them. I moved them to my new boat. They work for me.

[Mikeski]

The Evid's are a great simple solution for tower speakers. If you overpower them the tweeters will blow. When I sold my 196 the Evids went with it, I built my own speakers for my 211 for the first summer. This summer I heard some Wetsound Pro-485s and decided to upgrade again.

Go for the Evids if you can get them for less than $300. You can get a set of nice polished clamps from e-bay that are a little lower profile than the Monster clamps, PM me if you want the source. You should run the Evid's wired in parallel so the amp sees a 4 ohm load in Mono, also run the crossovers in highpass at 200hz. Start with a single 12" sub or a pair of 8s or 10s. I like running three amplifiers so I can control each component of the system independently. A strong stereo amp for the tower, a decent four channel for the boat and a class D for the sub. Put a switch inline to the tower amp so you can kill the tower speakers when you don't have a rider and don't want to disturb the neighbors.

mikeskiw@gmail.com

[Mikeski]

LT206,

I might be able to hook you up with some amps if needed... need to clean out my closet.

Mike

[LT206]

Thanks for the responses guys. FatBoy - I guess I misread some posts that looked like you were upgrading. I'm glad to hear your still happy with them.

Mikeski, I was planning on getting either a Kicker 700.5 amp that has a separate sub amp and controls built in or a JL E6450 with six channels that I could bridge two channels to power the sub with. I was thinking this would keep from taking up so much space with amps if I could do it with two. I haven't really thought through the amp for the EVIDs yet, I just ran across this deal this week. I would be interested in hearing what you've got for sale. I'll send you a PM.

From what I've read I think the EVIDs would be a perfect fit for what I'm wanting out of the tower speakers, plus I think they'd look good on my red tower.