Crank up the sound when out on the water, firing up the grill, or watching an outdoor movie with the family. This waterproof, coaxial design is the perfect upgrade or replacement for your boat or RV, offering better sound over a dual-cone speaker.
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What is a Coaxial Speaker?
A coaxial speaker consists of a large main speaker (woofer) that reproduces bass sounds, and a separate small speaker (tweeter) that mounts above the woofer and reproduces high frequency sounds. Unlike dual-cone speakers that only use one driver to push sound through two attached cones (woofer and tweeter), a coaxial speaker has separate drivers for the woofer and tweeter along with a built-in crossover to control the frequencies sent to each speaker. This reduces distortion and allows for crisper, more articulate sound over dual-cone speakers.
How to Properly Measure for Cut-Out Dimension
There are two main dimensions you need to know when choosing a replacement speaker or adding a new speaker or speakers to your audio setup:
The cut-out diameter is the width of the circle needed to ensure the speaker mounts flush to the wall or ceiling.
The mounting depth is the depth needed behind the mounting surface for the speaker's frame and magnet structure to fit.
Videos are provided as a guide only. Refer to manufacturer installation instructions and specs for complete information.
What's up everybody It's AJ with etrailer.com. Today, we're gonna be checking out these Quest Marine 50 Watt speakers. They're gonna be a coaxial speaker. Let's check 'em out. Now, it's time to play some music on there. We've listened to it, it sounds pretty good here from the boat but I'm gonna do my best to show you what that sounds like.
So our receiver here goes up to 45, we are about at 33 right now. It's moderately loud, I can hear it just fine in the boat. But I'm gonna turn it up and then we're gonna walk away from the boat and see how much we can hear. We're about 20 yards up here on the hill from the boat. Sounds pretty good.
I can hear the music just fine. So whether I'm up on the hill, or in the water, or around the boat, I should be able to hear the music which is exactly what I was looking for. When it comes to speakers there's a few different styles you can get, there's gonna be the full range, and those are the ones that usually come with the boat. So those are gonna be more of a flat sound, there's not really good highs and lows on those. And then if you get to the dual cone design that does have the tweeter and this woofer in there, and those do separate those sounds, however it's going through the same signals.
So it can get a little bit crunchy when they go together and you can hear it spike a little bit. Then there's the coaxial one and that's the one we have installed today. And that's a cleaner sound it's way crisper because it's got two separate signals going to the highs and the lows, so that's the tweeters and the woofers. These speakers come in a quantity of one and they do accept grills on there. You can see how it's exposed, it doesn't really have a built in one.
These are the ones that go on there. I just left 'em off for the video so you can have a better look at the speaker. The speaker's gonna be six and three quarters of an inch diameter. So match that up with the holes in your boat. Make sure that's gonna fit. So we went over how it sounds, and now it's time to see how it installs. It's not that bad, especially if you're replacing old speakers. You have two wires in there you're gonna connect and you'll have to run the hardware in to secure it. Now it doesn't come with its own hardware so you have to find that yourself. We managed to only use three screws in there. So you don't have to use every hole. There's eight all around the speaker to help you find that right spot to go ahead and secure it. Let's check out how I installed it. We're gonna install our speakers and remove our old ones. So, we're going to have the wires already run. We're gonna look at the back of the speaker, usually it indicates positive or negative. You can see on the inside there, there's a little plus sign and a minus sign. The bigger tab is gonna be the positive. The little one's gonna be the negative. And that's the case most of the time, and with the wires, usually the copper one's positive and the silver one's negative. So, it's gonna match those up, get those attached. With those attached, now we're gonna line up the holes with the existing holes in there, so we can fasten the speaker. Now it doesn't come with its own hardware, so you have to get your own. Luckily, we have something left over from the last speaker so that's gonna work just fine. And this happens to line up with those holes exactly where we need them. Overall, I do like these speakers. They are a better sound than the full range. The coaxial sounds really good. Now, they're only 50 Watts so they don't get as loud as I want. I want it to be loud enough that we're gonna hear it over the engine, while driving around in the lake. And these just don't quite get there. There's some Jensen speakers that are about 75 Watts that we're real loud and you could hear them over the engine, even covers up the sound of the engine. And that's what I was looking for on my boat. So if that's what you're looking for, I was looking for those as well. Well, I think that does it. Thanks for hanging out and hope this helped..
Average Customer Rating: 4.7 out of 5 stars (33 Customer Reviews)
Crank up the sound when out on the water, firing up the grill, or watching an outdoor movie with the family. This waterproof, coaxial design is the perfect upgrade or replacement for your boat or RV, offering better sound over a dual-cone speaker.Sound quality is fair (good for the overall price). Only issue was the spec. sizes supplied were all different than what the speakers actually measured. All actual dim's. are slightly larger (example spec. say outer dimension 6 3/4", actual is 7") same with cut-out dia. & depth. Installed on my Harley & had to modify a little bit.
Also, wish they came with speaker covers, but wasn't indicated in description. Hope the can last for a long time...
Great price and the speakers arrived as described. etrailers service and communication are outstanding.
These marine grade speakers are replacement for the original speakers in my pontoon boat. They are a direct replacement, which installed, fit and sound just like the original speakers. I bought 4. Good buy for the money.
Perfect fit! Exactly what I ordered!
Finally someone who ships quickly and doesn't overcharge. Thanks!!
added to existing system on suntracker party barge. much better sound now.
I blew a speaker on my boat and boat this as a replacement. It was easy to install and has held up well. Plenty of power and sound when we're on the lake
These were a direct replacement for the ones in my Pontoon boat. I have since purchased 2 more to replace the second set.
Standard issue replacement speakers.
Good price and matched my existing speakers on my boat.
Exactly the same speaker that came in my pontoon boat. Fast delivery easy purchasing fair price.
Was exactly as I hoped. Installed in 5 minutes. Perfect fit/replacement.
Exact replacement
Not the highest quality speaker, but exactly what my boat manufacturer installed at a VERY reasonable price. Loved the order processing and shipping information, never felt like I was in the dark on my order.
A year after purchasing, the speaker still works great!
Ordering was very simple and my order arrived on time!!
Perfect fit, sounds great.
I was happy with the price and delivery time
Awesome service and delivery
Items as expected. Overall good experi ence.
great speaker, works perfect. I am ordering another one.
Has a sturdy plastic frame, sounds good.
Was worth the price.
the delivery was fast
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