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Supra 24 SSV

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Earmark built this demonstrator for the owner of Waterski Boats of Dallas. The concept was predicated on a sleeker and more streamlined tower installation with less exposed wiring and less bulk.

The factory Kenwood source unit fades from cockpit and bow speakers (front) to tower speakers (rear). To the right of the source unit and just under the DC plug, we installed a bass level control.

Within the port locker and behind the observer seat, two Boston Acoustics four-channel amplifiers are mounted on a vinyl-clad amplifier panel. The panel immediately conceals all amplifier wiring. Six tower speakers represent a low 1.33-ohm load. Boston amplifiers are unique in their 1-ohm stereo stability. Boston amplifiers are also fan-cooled for superior thermal stability. Load impedances range from 1.33 ohms to 4 ohms and are equally distributed between the two amplifier’s power supplies.

Shown in the open bow, Polk MOMO integral component speakers feature coaxially mounted tweeters with outboard crossover networks. The crossover networks are mounted behind the speakers on birch mounting pads in order to eliminate vibration-induced problems.

Four Polk MOMO speakers are in the cockpit. The Polks are equipped with adjustable-angle tweeters. Plus, a full 1-inch voice coil drives the Polk MOMO tweeters. These speakers sound fantastic! They look great too.

Under the driver’s console a Polk MOMO 12-inch subwoofer is dressed with a black-powdercoated aluminum grill. The tribal flame design is in concert with the overhead tower tribal wing.

The subwoofer is recessed behind an acrylic LED light ring. Plus, the subwoofer enclosure and carpeted facade is elevated off the deck in order to leave in place all of the original leg room.

Six chrome pods are mounted to the tower via a single tribal wing and just two collars. The tribal wing and collars are powdercoated black to match the tower. The tribal wing also conceals the speaker and lighting wires with only two short looms exposed from wing to tower. Unquestionably this is the cleanest and most streamlined tower installation available. Ultra-bright LED lights and acrylic diffuser rings are placed behind each of the six Polk MOMO tower speakers.

Eight chrome halogen lamps, four front-facing and four rear-facing, adorn the tower without the bulk of bars and collars. We welded the brackets directly to the tower before powdercoating. Again, this follows a scheme that provides a sleeker appearance.

Under the hinged rear-facing cushion a concealed DVD player delivers audio to the changer input on the Kenwood source unit. Does this constitute 12.1 theater? Sure.

An infrared target allows control of the concealed DVD player.

A concealed DC to AC inverter powers a Sharpvision 20-inch LCD. A quick-release bracket and quick-disconnects allow EZ removal and installation of the LCD. Once removed there is virtually zero evidence of the LCD provision. The custom LCD bracket was fabricated out of aluminum and powdercoated to match the tower.

Nightlights around the tower speakers and subwoofer.

Earmark also provides remote-controlled light packages for your slip or boathouse.

Later we added a few upgrades for the owner of this Supra.

We changed out the source unit to a dedicated marine FM/AM/CD player that is easier to operate and read.

The transom remote control was upgraded to a digital display model.

A Boston Acoustics two-channel amplifier was added to drive only the tower speakers. The existing dual four-channel amplifiers were reconfigured to drive the in-boat speakers and deliver extra power.

A seventh pair of Polk MOMOs were added to the pass-thru between the helm concoles. The speakers are recessed in white vinyl clad birch bolsters which are trimmed in matching blue piping.

Seven pieces of blue powdercoated aluminum trim were added. These custom accents plus the following three light bezels really brightened up the interior.