Pontoon Boat & Deck Boat Forum

I ran into an old high school friend the other day at Best Buy. He apparently runs the audio area there. I asked him about marine audio equipment, and he mentioned that he happened to have an amp and 2 pairs of speakers he bought a year ago for a friend, and that the friend gipped him and never bought it. Since he still has it, he'd sell it all to me for $300 (Valued at over $600 according to him). I don't think he was lying about the price, but possibly it's gone down since then, because I found it all for less on the internet.

He said the amp is 60X4, SQA-4 model. He said it retails for $340, but if I found the right one, I found it for $130.

I think this is it: http://www.woofersetc.com/p8277/SQA4--C ... lifier.htm


He said the speakers were $140/pair, and he has two pair. I found them for $45/pair on Amazon. SQS 65 is the speaker.

Here it is: http://www.cadencestore.com/ProductCart ... roduct=298

So, as you can see, if Cadence is even a good name brand, it looks like I can buy everything he's offering me for about $220 on the internet. I'm sure I could talk him down more based on that, but I'm not sure I even want to. I can't find anything online about Cadence. Nothing good, and nothing bad. Their website is pretty mediocre, which puts a bad taste in my mouth about it.

What do you guys think? Have you heard of Cadence before?

never heard of them.

Never heard of them either. I'd skip, and get a brand that you know and trust.

I look at it this way. I'll probably listen to the stereo on my boat more than in my vehicle, so I wouldn't put anything on teh boat, that I wouldn't put in my car. As for marine speakers/amps. I'm not positive there is much of a difference, excepet for a barrier to keep them dry. Hell you can buy those foam barriers separately ( check out ebay ) and make any speaker a marine speaker, unless there are other differences I'm not aware of.

I'd pass. I've never heard of it and it would probably be easier to get a refund from a business if something went wrong.

Cadence? Nope, never heard of them! Go with something that has a reputation: Pioneer, Sony,,,

The only cadence I have heard about was when I was in the army.
doc

Ok, I was just wondering if this was possibly some new or slightly unknown elite brand that was known for a great quality build or something.

I'm going to pass. Thanks.


I put some nice speakers in my truck, but no sub or amp. I don't care so much in the truck, but in the boat, it's very important to me. Possibly even more than the grill right now. After taking the boat out a couple times and trying to jam the tunes, it sounded horrible. So weak I couldn't stand it. Needs to be replaced ASAP.