Boat test for the 2007 Lazzara LSX Quad 75 with boat pictures, boat specifications, and boat test results. Includes pricing, videos, engine test reviews, and ratings for the 2007 Lazzara LSX Quad 75.

The most memorable part of the sea trial I did on Lazzara's LSX Quad 75 started an hour or so after I'd maneuvered her free of her slip via a nifty joystick control and the most radical propulsion system on the market: four 435-hp Volvo Penta IPS-600 pod-type drives. I'd already relinquished my spot behind the wheel to Lazzara honcho Dick Lazzara, who, having switched from joystick to binnacle control to more easily deal with PMY's radar-gun-verified speed and acceleration runs, was now raring to demonstrate a few wild and crazy performance characteristics.

"Fabrizio," he barked, waving one of his signature hand-rolled Ramar cigars towards his chief of product development Fabrizio Loi, "crank up my man Bing for a minute."

Immediately the mellifluous words of the ol' crooner himself softly emanated from the saloon behind us, thanks to a Denon home-theater surround-sound system with iPod compatibility, progressive-scan Faroudja DVD player (with special picture-enhancing chip), scads of 70-watt speakers, and a hulking 140-watt subwoofer: "Oh give me land, lots of land under starry skies above...Don't fence me in..."

"Get this, Bill," chortled Lazzara, as he slowly but inexorably eased the Volvo Penta electronic sticks forward. "We're doin' 20 knots right now, and we got no trouble hearin' my good buddy Bing."

Should the 75 lose one or even two of her IPS units, she'll still perform capably, although of course not as speedily.

The 75 continued to powerfully but gracefully accelerate across the wilds of Tampa Bay, pushing Lazzara's excitement to even greater heights. "And now," he enthused, waving his cigar like a conductor at the Philharmonic, "we're doin' 25 knots...now 33 knots, top speed...and still we got no trouble hearin' Bing even if we open the moonroof!"

With this last statement, Lazzara hit a dashboard switch that hydraulically retracted a large, overhead panel, allowing lots of sunlight to pour down through the aerodynamically tweaked hardtop but not enough wind-associated noise to add a single decibel to the incredibly low readings I'd recorded earlier. And I do mean incredibly low! Throughout the lion's share of the rpm register, sound levels at the helm had been below 65 dB-A, the threshold of normal conversation. Only at cruise speed (3250 rpm) and wide-open throttle (3450 rpm) had they gone higher, but to just 67 dB-A and 68 dB-A, respectively.

"Man," I exclaimed, as Lazzara silenced The Bingster with a flourish that validated his favorite singer as well as the sound- and vibration-attenuating system that includes a modular monocoque interior elastomerically secured on high-durameter rubber isolators; two engine-room bulkheads separated by dead air and Soundown foam; a composite superstructure with an acoustical/thermal-insulating lining; paneling floating on Velcro fasteners; and of course, the soft-mount engine installation that IPS is famous for. "I can't remember the last time I tested a boat this quiet."

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