Help me decide on some 6.5's

[eric-holmes 10+ year member]

I know this is a car audio forum but try finding a boat audio forum lol. I am in the process of setting up some a speaker system for my boat. I have almost decided on MM651's. I would be running a total of 10 of them. I have this Kenwood headunit. I know I am going to need an amp. I was thinking maybe a 4 channel amp. If I could get you guys to throw in your opinion of this set up it would be really helpful. Like what do you think of these speakers? What size amp? And any other suggestions you might have.

I am not totally set on these speakers but they are marine grade. Whatever I decide on needs to be marine grade.

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[Atimm693 10+ year member]

You should run 8 or 12 speakers instead of ten, will make it easier to wire to a 4ch amp.

 

[eric-holmes 10+ year member]

I don't know why I typed 10. I meant 8. 4 speakers in the boat. 4 speakers on the tower. Those polks are 100 rms each.

 

[KyleBechtold 5,000+ posts]

find an amp that does 4 x 200 @ 2

 

[KyleBechtold 5,000+ posts]

or if it exists a 2 channel that does 400x 2 @ 1

 

[Hoodlum007 10+ year member]

Polk Momo Marines FTW.

http://cgi.ebay.com/POLK-AUDIO-MM6-6-5-MOMO-MARINE-COMPONENT-SPEAKERS-NEW_W0QQitemZ110412360584QQcmdZViewItemQQptZCar_Speakers?hash=item19b516eb88&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

 

[Atimm693 10+ year member]

or if it exists a 2 channel that does 400x 2 @ 1

I'm sure there is, look around.

 

[eric-holmes 10+ year member]

find an amp that does 4 x 200 @ 2

Thanks, Thats what I will try to look into. I have always been partial to Alpine amps. But now that I am getting a bit older and the family is taking up some of the bills, the Alpine amps sure seem more expensive than I remember.

Polk Momo Marines FTW.

http://cgi.ebay.com/POLK-AUDIO-MM6-6-5-MOMO-MARINE-COMPONENT-SPEAKERS-NEW_W0QQitemZ110412360584QQcmdZViewItemQQptZCar_Speakers?hash=item19b516eb88&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

Those seem expensive.

These seem to be the same thing for cheaper?

http://cgi.ebay.com/MM6501-6-5-125W-RMS-CAR-SPEAKER-NEW-MODEL-POLK-AUDIO_W0QQitemZ330332311007QQcmdZViewItemQQptZCar_Speakers?hash=item4ce9570ddf&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

 

[Hoodlum007 10+ year member]

Thanks, Thats what I will try to look into. I have always been partial to Alpine amps. But now that I am getting a bit older and the family is taking up some of the bills, the Alpine amps sure seem more expensive than I remember.


Those seem expensive.

These seem to be the same thing for cheaper?

http://cgi.ebay.com/MM6501-6-5-125W-RMS-CAR-SPEAKER-NEW-MODEL-POLK-AUDIO_W0QQitemZ330332311007QQcmdZViewItemQQptZCar_Speakers?hash=item4ce9570ddf&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

The ones i linked are original MOMO series before DEI took over. Secondly the ones i linked are for marine use only and much better quality.

 

[MisterGrubbs 5,000+ posts]

http://cgi.ebay.com/MB-QUART-NKA116-6-5-MARINE-BOAT-COAXIAL-SPEAKER-SET_W0QQitemZ360174285687QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item53dc0f7377&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

My worthless input.

 

[eric-holmes 10+ year member]

Thanks for the advice guys, and no input is worthless.

 

[WrenchGuy 10+ year member]

MTX's marine audio is pretty **** nice too. Just Sayin.