The JL Audio M200 Marine Speakers are high-performance coaxial boat speakers engineered by Garmin. Built to deliver the signature clarity of the M-series family at an exceptional value, this product lineup fits perfectly right below the premium M3 and M6 tiers.
Product Description
The JL Audio M200 speaker series is built specifically to handle the brutal open-air noise of a boat in motion. Whether you are fighting rushing wind, heavy engine rumble, or splashing waves, these speakers use high-end audio materials to push clear, full-range sound across the water.
The lineup features a clean, architectural look available in White Sport or Gray Sport grilles to match your boat's hull or cockpit panels. It comes in two industry-standard sizes: 6.5-inch and 7.7-inch. While the 6.5-inch size allows you to choose between a non-LED or an LED model, the larger 7.7-inch size comes standard with built-in multi-color lighting. These RGB LEDs allow you to completely customize your boat's mood lighting when paired with a standalone lighting controller module.
Technical Description
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2-Way Coaxial Architecture: Mounts the high-frequency tweeter directly over the center axis of the main woofer cone. This ensures that the high and low frequencies reach your ears at the exact same fraction of a second, creating a balanced and crisp soundstage.
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Premium Silk Tweeter: Features a 1-inch edge-driven silk dome tweeter powered by an ultra-strong neodymium magnet. Silk domes produce a warm, silky high-frequency response that stops your ears from getting tired or fatigued after long hours of loud listening.
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Rugged Woofer Assembly: Built with an injection-molded, mica-filled polypropylene cone body attached to a highly flexible synthetic rubber surround. This allows for deep mid-bass response and high-excursion stability without the cone warping or distorting at maximum volume.
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Power Handling Capacity: Built to handle continuous real-world power loads safely:
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6.5-inch Models: Rated at 50 Watts RMS continuous power handling.
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7.7-inch Models: Rated at 60 Watts RMS continuous power handling.
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System Impedance: Features a standard 4 Ohms nominal impedance, making them highly compatible with standard marine source units, head units, and external power amplifiers.
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True-Marine Engineering: Built from the ground up using heavy-duty, UV-stabilized polymer plastics and corrosion-resistant connection terminals. The internal voice coils and wiring blocks are heavily weather-sealed to survive continuous salt fog, extreme sun fade, and direct water spray.
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Smart RGB LED Illumination: Multi-color lighting loops behind the sport grilles on select models (standard on all 7.7-inch versions). When connected to a lighting control box like the Garmin Spectra™ module, boaters can orchestrate patterns and color shifts directly from a compatible helm chartplotter screen or the ActiveCaptain mobile app.
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Retail Packaging: Shipped and sold as a matched pair (2 speakers total per retail box) and includes a marine-grade installation mounting hardware kit.
| Sizes |
6.5"/7.7" |
| Color |
White Sport or Gray Sport |
| Physical dimensions (Diameter) |
6.5": 6.90" (175 mm) 7.7": 7.70" (196 mm) |
| Physical dimensions (Depth) |
6.5": 4.19" (106 mm) 7.7": 4.60" (117 mm) |
| Water and dust rating |
IPX6 |
| Speaker type |
Coaxial |
| Continuous power handling (RMS) |
6.5": 50 W 7.7": 60 W |
| Sensitivity (SPL @ 1 W/1 m) |
6.5": 87 dB 7.7": 88 dB |
| Frequency response (+/- 3 dB) |
6.5": 55 Hz - 20 KHz 7.7": 45 Hz - 20 kHz |
| Nominal impedance |
4 Ω |
| Recommended amplifier power (RMS) |
6.5": 30 - 100 W/Channel 7.7": 40 - 120 W/Channel |
| LED lighting |
yes (RGB; select Sport models only) |
| LED supply voltage |
10 - 14.4 VDC |
| LED load current @ 14.4 VDC (max) |
140 mA (select Sport models only) |
| Cone material |
Injection-molded, mica-filled polypropylene |
| Tweeter type |
Silk Dome |
| Tweeter size |
1" (25 mm) |
Electrical Features
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| Compass-safe distance |
6.5": 73" (185 cm) 7.7": 81" (205 cm) |
Networking & Connections
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| Speaker connections |
Spade connectors Flying lead with waterproof connector 18 AWG wire (selected Sport models only) |
| LED connection |
Flying lead with waterproof connector, 4-conductor 20 AWG wire (selected Sport models only) |
Mounting Dimensions
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| Mounting depth clearance |
6.5": 2.83" (72 mm) 7.7": 3.07" (78 mm) |
| Frontal grille protrusion |
6.5": 1.30" (33 mm) 7.7": 1.38" (35 mm) |
| Mounting hole |
6.5": 5.00" - 5.25" (127 - 133 mm) 7.7" 6.25" (159 mm) |
| Bolt hole circle |
6.5": 6.14" (156 mm) 7.7": 6.92" (176 mm) |