Fusion Apollo Amplifier Unbox, First Look Review & Tuning Demo

[@f.s.5905]

Hello, cool video and great overview of the system !! I have a question about the amplifier. Did you crimp the power cords to the amp?

[@cliffkujala3409]

Thanks for the video @caraudionow. I have a 36ft SportCruiser already equipped with a MS-RA770 and GPSMAP 8610xsv. I would like to use (2) 8 Channel Apollo Amplifiers to power speakers in 4 zones. I noticed that Fusion says I must use Fusion speakers because the amps do not have crossover adjustments. I cannot do this because some speakers are mounted in areas which will not accommodate the depth of their 8" speakers (plus the cut holes are already too big in diameter). Each speaker location already has High Pass crossovers at each 8" and tweeter. If the Fusion App allows me to adjust the gain, could I use my existing speakers/crossovers or is this a bad idea? Basically I am considering replacing and consolidating an array of (6) Kicker IX500.2, (1) IX1000.1, and (1) Marine Audio MAA120 amps down to the (2) Fusion Apollo amps to modernize and add some of the newer features where the amps can be tuned via the head unit mobile app. I think I just need two 8 channel Apollo amps to get the same power (actually a bit more) as the old Kicker and Marine Audio Amps. Or am I crazy and wasting my time since the existing amps are already working? Speaker setup: 4 zones split up as Tower: (4) 8” mids and (4) tweeters Cockpit: (6) 8” mids and (4) tweeters Cabin: (4) 8” mids and (4) tweeters Bow: (2) 8” mids and (2) tweeters Subs: (2) Kicker 10" Solo-Baric Subs 8" Mids are Eminence Beta 8CX Tweeters are Eminence APT 50 Passive crossovers are Eminence PX-B 3K5 Thank you for your guidance.

[@johnrevington4332]

Great overview. I have WB670 and 6 XS-F65CWB on my boat. How did these speakers sound on your test bench? I am trying to decide if I want to get a 6 channel amp and upgrade the 6 speakers later or an 8 channel amp and keep the speakers and add a sub woofer later. I could probably go to 8 inch speakers on 4 of the 6 if I went 6 channel with upgraded speakers. What would you do?

[@davidg53106]

Has anyone tried wiring these up with an other head units or with a bluetooth module directly?

[@cdommel]

Well done!

[@davidfishferrell]

I have Simrad chart plotter I’ve been told the wb670 will connect is the true? I really don’t want a head unit on my console

[@boatsdronesandvettes]

Yes, it can connect to the NMEA2000 backbone and be controlled through your Simrad

[@centralcoatingcompany9956]

Awesome video. Thank you. I am about to order a Fusion system using the RA 670 head unit and the 8-channel Apollo amp. Quick question, The 670 has three zones, but the amp is four pairs of channels. Is the sub output one of these zones or is it three zones of full range plus the sub output? I’m planning on zones 1 and 2 running two pairs of Fusion Signature 6.5’s. Zone 3 will power a pair of Fusion Signature 8.8’s. Zone 4 will be bridged to a Signature 10” sub. I think this will work in either case because if the sub is a zone I can split Zone 1 to channels 1-4 and that will have the same DSP setting. However, I might want to add some tower speakers. In this case I would run the four 6.5’s on channels 1-2 in 2 ohm parallel. Zone 2 would run the 8.8s on 3-4. Zone 3 would run Signature 8.8 towers on 5-6. The sub zone (if it exists) would run the sub on 7-8 bridged. If the sub takes up one of the zones then I’m not sure if I can make it work because you would not want different types of speakers on a DSP zone. Any feed back on this question would be greatly appreciated.

[@CarAudioNow]

Hello, this is a good question. So yes, the sub can use any of the 4 zones on the amplifier. And in your case, the subwoofer can either be tied to the output of one of the three zones on the RA670 (each of those three zones has a sub output), or you can dedicate a zone to the subwoofer if you want easy volume control via one of those three zones. The amp comes with four of the bridge adapters though so you can use one, two or all four adapters on any zone when hooking up the sub to the amp. There's a magnet on those bridge adapters that tell the amplifier to go into high output mode too so you have to use the adapters. I double checked the DSP configuration settings in the app and each zone must be 'like speakers'. You can't tell the amp to use a dsp setting for two types of speakers on one zone unfortunately. So you'll need to use like speakers on each zone output. The way I use zones isn't by groupings of speakers necessarily though (although on this amplifier you obviously have to have like speakers on a single zone). I look at zones as control groups. For example in a wakeboard boat, I want cabin, towers and sub. Those were my three zones on the head unit which ultimately were used to signal 5 zones on two separate amplifiers. In this case I also had to use RCA splitters in order to break out the three zones on the head unit to the 5 zones on the amplifier (each zone on the amps require an RCA signal). Hopefully this helps..

[@centralcoatingcompany9956]

@@CarAudioNow Thanks. That helps a lot. So if I am understanding this correctly.... I can have Zone 1 feeding the four 6.5's on channels 1-2 and Zone 2 feeding the tower speakers on channels 3-4. Zone 3 will feed 8.8's on 5-6 AND the sub bridged to 7-8. Within the Zone 3 I can control the level between the 8.8's and the sub. However, when I adjust the volume between the zones, the 8.8's and the sub will be tied together as Zone 3. Does this sound right? These new amps look really awesome. I'm looking forward to getting it all installed.

[@CarAudioNow]

@@centralcoatingcompany9956 Yes, this sounds correct. The reason I like to dedicate a zone to the sub is because I like a 'sub knob' so to speak. But you can still adjust the sub gains/volume in the app it's just not as simple as adjusting the volume of one of the zones.

[@nickd7175]

@@CarAudioNow if you use the internal amplifier for 4 speakers does that automatically become zone 1 or is it assignable.

[@aca31comcastnet]

So glad it fights against "corona" HAHA JK