JBL Marine Series MS 6520 - Speakers - for marine - 60 Watt - 2-way - coaxial - 6"

from Bigchinook

Bought a 2106 Sea Hunt in 2017. Boat is fitted with six of these speakers, the rear bottom 2 speakers - no sound. Pulled speaker to troubleshoot and the grill fell apart in my hands and revealed a tweeter completely corroded. No Bueno in the salt, look elsewhere for speakers.

from FrankT

I have always been a JBL fan. These speakers sounded good but within a year and 4 months all 4 covers have cracked making them worthless. These were factory mounted on my Nautical Star boat I am also contacting them to inform them of my dissatisfaction with these speakers. 

from miker7658

My boat came with six of them, they sound good but all the ones in the sun broke. The plastic covers don't hold up to the sun and once they crack they are useless.

from trench256

They cracked after 2 months on the boat. 4 of 6 had to be replaced. Limited sun and moisture exposure on all of the ones that needed to be replaced too. The grill materials are not marine sufficient, like other reviews here the grills crack and become useless.

from ConcernedOwner

I bought a boat with 6 of these less than a year ago. The boat is stored in enclosed storage when not in use, probably have 40 hours on the boat. That little amount of sun has caused these speaker grills to become brittle and 3 of them broke today. It looks as if the center tweeter or whatever is...