re: Marine stereo/speaker question

My older amps and speakers are much better than my new amps and speakers. The amps use much higher quality materials and tend to be underrated, and the speakers are rated as they should be. MB Quart is one manufacturer that took a nose dive over the past 5 or so years. Even bigger companies like Rockford will rate an amp at 1500w that'll only put out 500 on a good day.

Some companies are dedicated to producing high quality stuff, but high quality = high quality price