I love the sound of my boat and have had my neighbors complement me on the sound it produces. I would never install an fae if I wanted a quiter boat I would buy a pontoon boat. With that said there's a fine line to have an obnoxious stereo blaring down the lake. I'm on a private lake so my neighbors are all friends and they are into the same things I'm into so I don't have to worry about pissing them off too much. I would say get a few nice sounding cans a wakeboarder will hear the music. When I ski I can hear my 6 6.5" kickers that aren't even pointed at me.