Great speakers and the best marine speaker warranty out there(3 years). I have 8 in my cockpit that are 8+ years old.
I also used 6 of the 8ohm 7's for my home theater.
Downside is the price has really gone up. I paid less than $100/speaker when I got mine.

JL subs, focal mid and highs and precision power amps. ;)

My recommendation is to Ignore marine stuff and save on the premium. I've had a lot of systems in boats, cars, golf carts, etc. and even have had a couple competition sound systems in cars so I have some experience. I've never owned marine grade and never had a problem. That's one way to save money. Another is, truly, you don't HAVE to buy super high end stuff to get a rock-in system. Basic alpine, fosgate, kenwood, eclipse, pioneer, JL, etc will get you loud clean music. The basic run of the mill stuff now-a-days is pretty impressive for the cost. I've owned them all - they do the job.

Just my .02

I've had this boat since 07 and it came with 4-10s, a 12 and 2-6.5s. I think I'm going to drop the 12 and add 4-7.7s.

I highly recommend the 8.8s over the 7.7s The difference is night and day as I have both in my boat.

Good clean power is the key to great sound. Spend the money on a good amp and go with a separate amp for the sub. I have Memphis Audio and have been very pleased.

JL is the way to go

Mike, you should look up Rob in Indy. He has a slip on Monroe and has a custom shop on Indy. His last couple Fountains had were pushing over 50 Speakers in each. JL dealer.

http://eliteautoimage.com/index.html

Im running an old school Hifonics zues 5 channel amp, 4 NOS mtx 7"coax's and 2 MTX 10's and it thumps loud.... and was pretty reasonable price wise

JL for sure. Have JL systems in 5 of our boats and love them.

If you're not doing it yourself, + 1 for ROB at elite. He will take care of you

JL if you want dependable year after year performance. The Focals sound clear and LOUD but we had issues after just 1/2 a season. Lost a few. Went back to JL.