Has anybody use'd Clarion marine speakers?

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Has anybody use'd Clarion marine speakers?

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Got a customer with 250.00 Babb marine 10" subs that didn't last 5 years.

Babb folded in 04 due to hurricane damage so they say.

Looking at a replacement 10" marine sub.

Clarion has a 350 watt 10" sub for less than a Benjamin.

Model is CMSW10.1

Any reviews?
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Bruce,

I don't have anything that big in use, but I have a couple of smaller 10 inchers in my salon. They have been in operation for a couple of years and the sound is great.

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I installed Clarion everything on my boat.

One amp for the upper bridge area, and one amp for the lower cockpit area. Each amp has a 10" Clarion Marine CM2503-RET subwoofer hooked to it. Also installed the clarion cd changer and satellite speakers, and remotes.

All has been in service for 2.5 years now, in the weather 12 months a year, and it all still works flawlessly. At that time the best prices I found were here: http://www.carmedia1.com/

So did the hurricane turn the stereo up too loud?
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Post by waggles02673 »

Bruce

I had Clarion speakers in my B28 that didn't last long at all. I would recommend going with JL Audio on the high end (Incredible sound and last a long time). Hands down the best IMHO marine speakers out there.

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Jon is right. JL Audio is the way to go.

http://marine.jlaudio.com/
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Bruce,
You want the JL Audio 10" subwoofer with the infinate baffle. That will perform with no backing and sound great! Cut a hole, shove it in and your rockin. It is rated for salt water use and, in checking price I got $250.00

In my opinion far superior to Clarion. No offense intended to those who have them.

Mark

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Been using the Bose outdoor.. had 2 in my cockpit for 9 years.. sounds great.. Got the boom box inside..two in the helm area & two inside the cabin... happy with em
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I have Bose in the cockpit and a powered bass tube in the overhead under the flybridge. I want to add speakers on the bridge.
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I have a Polyplanar AM/FM/CD with 4 Polyplanar speakers. Unfortunately, I bought speakers that were not really rated for the power of the unit, and have blown a few of the speakers. Polyplanar replaced them no questions asked, but I think I need to move up to speakers that can handle more power. Polyplanar makes larger more powerful speakers than what I have, including subwoofers, however, after checking the JL site, I think that is the path I am going to take. Their stuff looks pretty impressive.
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