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Old 03-15-2017, 01:15 AM
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Originally Posted by caseyh
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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.
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Old 03-15-2017, 03:55 AM
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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.

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Old 03-15-2017, 05:46 AM
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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.
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Old 03-15-2017, 09:48 AM
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Originally Posted by boatfreak
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.
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Old 03-15-2017, 11:09 AM
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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.
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Old 03-15-2017, 11:55 AM
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JL is the way to go
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Old 03-15-2017, 09:09 PM
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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.

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Old 03-15-2017, 09:18 PM
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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
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Old 03-26-2017, 08:52 PM
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JL for sure. Have JL systems in 5 of our boats and love them.

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Old 04-05-2017, 11:10 PM
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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.
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