Audio transducer attached to windshield or door

1. A method of creating or enhancing an audio system in a marine vessel using existing parts of the marine vessel, the marine vessel including a hull, a deck, a passenger area and a windshield, the method comprising:

(a) securing an audio transducer directly to the windshield;

(b) connecting the audio transducer to an audio input, a sound processor, and an audio amplifier; and

(c) the audio transducer vibrating the windshield based on sound data from the audio input whereby the windshield acts as a speaker to output sound.

2. A method according to claim 1 , wherein step (a) is practiced by securing multiple audio transducers directly to the windshield.

3. A method according to claim 2 , wherein step (a) is practiced by securing four audio transducers directly to the windshield including a first audio transducer secured adjacent a port wing of the windshield, a second audio transducer secured adjacent a port front of the windshield, a third audio transducer secured adjacent a starboard front of the windshield, and a fourth audio transducer secured adjacent a starboard wing of the windshield.

4. A method according to claim 1 , further comprising connecting a power source to the audio input, the sound processor, and the audio amplifier.

5. A method according to claim 1 , wherein the sound processor is a digital sound processor.

6. A method according to claim 5 , further comprising adjusting audio frequencies via the digital sound processor according to structural characteristics of the windshield.

7. A method according to claim 6 , wherein the structural characteristics of the windshield include size, shape, means of attachment to the deck, and surroundings.

8. A method according to claim 1 , further comprising delivering sound at a position substantially level with a head of an average height passenger sitting in the passenger area.

9. A method according to claim 1 , wherein prior to step (a), the method comprises providing a frit pattern on the windshield, and wherein step (a) is practiced by securing the audio transducer over the frit pattern.

10. A method according to claim 1 , wherein step (a) is practiced by securing the audio transducer directly to a passenger area side the windshield.

11. A method of creating a speaker system for a marine vessel without a sound system using existing parts of the marine vessel, the marine vessel including a windshield, the method comprising securing an audio transducer directly to the windshield, activating the audio transducer based on sound data from a source, and the audio transducer vibrating the windshield to output sound.

12. A method according to claim 11 , wherein the source is at least one of an audio input, a sound processor, and an audio amplifier.

13. A method of creating or enhancing an audio system in a marine vessel using existing parts of the marine vessel, the marine vessel including a hull, a deck, a passenger area, a bow area, and a windshield between the passenger area and the bow area, the method comprising:

(a) delivering sound to the passenger area at a first volume by an audio transducer vibrating the windshield; and

(b) delivering sound via the windshield to the bow area at a second volume, lower than the first volume,

wherein the sound delivered in steps (a) and (b) is from a same source.

14. A method according to claim 13 , wherein steps (a) and (b) are practiced by securing the audio transducer directly to the windshield.

15. A method according to claim 14 , wherein steps (a) and (b) are practiced by securing the audio transducer directly to a passenger area side of the windshield.

16. A method according to claim 14 , further comprising connecting the audio transducer to an audio input, a sound processor, and an audio amplifier.

17. A method according to claim 13 , wherein step (a) is practiced by delivering the sound at a position substantially level with a head of an average height passenger sitting in the passenger area.