"Matt" wrote in message
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Thanks for the detailed response. I just bought a Sony Deck (MP70) little
expensive but it was a gift. It's the front two speakers i'm concerned
about they are underneath the left and right seats in the bow, basically
the
rear are covered by a plastic cone type enclosure, but they aren't
extremely tight against the carpet covered storage compartment, i really
don't want to chalk or silicone for the reason you mentioned. I think
i'll
take my chances and just try to keep em dry. I was debating between
Clarion's and Infinity Kappas (depending on how good of a deal the kappas
were). As for the rear I'm not concered they shouldn't get directly wet
unless i spray em with a hose.


It's impossible to go wrong with Infinity's 3-way Kappa's. I've used
various generations of them for more than 8 years, in multiple boats. Used
them in cars before that. I just upgraded the six I have in my boat to the
latest generation of Kappa's. The Emit tweeters will produce some of the
best highs available in any multi-element speaker. Very accurate sound. I
have found them to be extremely forgiving of being splashed with water.
Mine get splashed regularly from hosing out the cockpit. The ones in the
radar arch are above the cockpit cover, so are exposed to the elements 24/7.
They carry a three-year warranty, but I've never had a failure. They are
very efficient, but if you can power them with a modest amp that will feed
them with a clean 50 watts RMS of power, they'll sound sweet. Just don't
ask them to do the work of a subwoofer. You can only move so much air with
a 6.5" woofer. The three-way 6X9's have the same mid and high frequency
elements, but the larger woofer will give you a slightly better bottom end.
Infinity makes a marine version of the Kappas, but they don't have the Emit
tweeters, which is one of the best things about the 63.5i and 693.5i models.
Since I've had such good luck with the non-marine versions, I didn't see any
reason to go with the lower frequency response of the marine versions. The
Kappa's are a little more money than many other choices, but in my opinion
very well worth it.


http://www.infinitysystems.com/caraudio/product.aspx?ProdId='KAPPA63.5I'&Ser
=KAP&Cat=MEL