Thanks for the props!
JL makes great products, no doubts about that. Their marine line is a high quality product as well.
There are big differences between ours and others in not only the way we build them but the way they are tuned.
The JL's have a silk dome tweeter and a smooth response. Which I feel is great for a car speaker or something that you will be listening to at mid volumes and to jazz or classical music. But for a boat. It is not the way we use our boats or the music we listen to.
Our speakers have a titanium tweeter that is clean and crisp. It is tuned this way to overcome the wind and engine noise and also responds great for rock or rap and at higher volumes. Which is how we listen to music and usually the types of music when boating.
The XS650, like our subs. Has a rubber spider. Where others use a treated cloth. This makes the back of the speaker and all parts marine and not just the front or the cone. So moisture build up in the rear will not affect it. It also adds to the mid bass timbre. These speakers have a ton of mid bass and a great low end punch. Again, perfect for marine and the way we use our systems.
We do some really cool things on the cone and surround as well. We thermoform the cone to the surround. So it is one piece. It becomes sealed together. So there is no glue or worries of glue failure from heat or UV.
The magnet is oversized for higher power handling as well. With a rubber booat to protect it. The tweeter is mounted on the grille so no water down a pole piece.
If you get a chance to do a demo. Take a listen to them. Put a solid 100 watts rms to them and rail on them. Take the same 100 watts rms and do that to other coaxs for an a to b demo.
Here are some shots so you can see the size of the magnet.
Tim
Wet Sounds