Marine Radio Speakers

[ciaranp]

anyone recommened good budget marine speakers for a radio/cd or where best tp purchase?

Its a 4 X 50 Watt Power Output

[ciaranp]

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[Steve_B]

On my last RIB I bought speakers from Force4, their own brand and worked very well in all conditions for the 3 years I had the boat

Steve

[neilda]

I have a set of Fusion marine speakers, not too expensive.

[ciaranp]

Originally Posted by neilda

I have a set of Fusion marine speakers, not too expensive.

Not too familiar with this thing getting the correct watts etc.
I am looking at the following.

http://www.gulfstreamshop.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=736 Max Power (Watts): 120

http://www.gulfstreamshop.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=737 Max Power (Watts): 200

http://www.gulfstreamshop.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=2168 100W


my radio spec is: 4 X 50 Watt Power Output

[neilda]

Go for the smaller rating from Fusion - I think it's 120Watts.

Just rushing off for tea!

[neilda]

Had tea!

In general terms you should try and vaguely match Watts, so if the ouput of your hi fi is 500 Watts you don't want to put 50 Watt speakers and vice-versa. The output of your unit is 50 Watts so I would think anything up to a 100 Watt rated speaker would be fine. It can then handle any peaks of sound with ease.

Ohms are the other thing. An Ohm is a unit of electrical resistance, quite boring. However it's worth double checking that any speaker for your boat is 4 ohms - to match your amplifier which will, undoubtedly, be 4 ohm. It's highly unlikely that you could buy a marine speaker that wasn't 4 ohms, but worth checking all the same....

[Channel Ribs]

Originally Posted by ciaranp

anyone recommened good budget marine speakers for a radio/cd or where best tp purchase?

Its a 4 X 50 Watt Power Output

http://www.smgeurope.com/product_display.cfm?id=2639

50 GBP per pair

[ciaranp]

Thanks Malthouse.

I'll have a look.

was told

Taking into consideration the 50watts output of my stereo which is nominal - you can times this amount by a multiple of 4 to see your maximum output.

I was recommend 200W speakers.

http://www.gulfstreamshop.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=737

[Channel Ribs]

Originally Posted by ciaranp

Taking into consideration the 50watts output of my stereo which is nominal - you can times this amount by a multiple of 4 to see your maximum output.

These are the highest wattage GME do in flush mount:

http://www.smgeurope.com/product_display.cfm?id=3926

[neilda]

Originally Posted by ciaranp

Taking into consideration the 50watts output of my stereo which is nominal - you can times this amount by a multiple of 4 to see your maximum output.

I was recommend 200W speakers.

A 50 Watt hi fi unit will put out 50 Watts, not 200 Watts. This is not a class A product delivering high transient amperage.

A 50 Watt hi fi unit rated at 8 Ohms would put out more Watts running at 4 Ohms - however, your head unit is highly likely to have an output rating at 4 Ohms as most car and marine units are.

200 Watt speakers will operate with a 50 Watt output, but they wouldn't be operating in their comfort zone when presented with a low output.

There is a school of thought (I own a recording studio and share this thought) that having an amplifier more powerful than the speakers will give a better sound - it's why little portable radios often sound better than they have a right to. However, I wouldn't recommend this for a boat as you will undoubtedly be whacking up the volume to full from time to time and this would blow the speakers. But certainly bringing down the wattage rating of the speakers to 100 should deliver a better sound than putting 200 Watt (or bigger) speakers on your system.

This may be of help..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSINO6MKtco