JL Audio 8.8-inch Premium Marine Coaxial System
Wow. First JL had the 7.7 and now they have the 8.8". Did anyone on here get to CES and get a listen to these? I have been impressed with the sound of the 7.7" speakers that are in my friends Epic and I can only imagine how good these sound.
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Based on the midbass performance and smoothness of JL's 7.7-inch speakers the 8.8" should be absolutely incredible. They also went with a much larger and proprietary dome tweeter in the 880 to be better balanced with the larger midbass driver. There should be lots of applications in off-shore boats and go-fast boats but it will be a challenge to retro these into many of the towboats. Hopefully there will be a 'T' version to follow in a tower pod as this would make an amazing surf speaker. And can you imagine how well the in-boat version will integrate with a super powerful subwoofer system. Bass tonal construction will take on a whole new meaning.
David Earmark Marine |
Looks like they came out with a new tower speaker too but it's only a 6.5". Could probably put these in an aftermarket can though but I am not sure if they would sound any better than a WS or Exile tower speaker at that point. Do you think 1 pair in a cabin would benefit the overall sound? I was thinking that it might not be good to mix different brands of speakers though.
The 5" of mounting depth could be a problem for a lot of folks too, that's really deep! http://mediacdn.shopatron.com/media/...jpg?1326169453 |
If only I could figure out how to replace the inboats with these.. Though 3 pairs is going to be pricey as well.
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