Marine Radios Review

You have a brand new pair of marine speakers and are about to install them on your boat or pontoon.  There are a couple of things that you should know before you begin.  Normally these are relatively easy to install but just because they work doesn’t mean they are installed correctly.  Make sure your new speakers are large enough (but not too big so as to waste money when purchasing them) to handle the output of your radio.  You don’t want to be installing speakers that forces “8 lane freeway sound” to a “logging road sound”.  That would be a shame so always check to make sure what the output is of your radio so you can purchase the correct speakers.  Each speaker comes with a template which will allow you to trace around to mark the hole to be cut out.  Yep, this is the scariest part.  Take your time and you’ll do fine.  Choose a spot which will allow the speaker to “breath”.  These speaker create a certain amount heat and need breathing room.  Don’t put them into a spot which doesn’t allow for heat dissipation.  When stringing the speaker wire to the speakers, make sure that you have the same length of speaker wire running to each of your speakers – even if one speaker is only 4 feet from the radio and the other is 12 feet from the radio.  Just coil up the excess wire on the short run and all will turn out “just ducky”.  Happy Boater.