Marine Audio Journal
Don't Just Turn the Key and Hope
The companion to winterizing nobody writes: what to actually check before you trust your marine audio system again after months of storage, in the right order.
The Question That Stalls Every Order at Checkout
"How long is this actually going to take me" stops more marine audio purchases than price does. Here's a realistic, component-by-component answer instead of a vague estimate.
Before You Assume It's Dead
A marine stereo that won't power on usually isn't actually broken. Here's the order to actually check things in, and how to tell a real failure from a fixable connection problem.
The Off-Season Is When Most Marine Audio Damage Actually Happens
Not from use, from storage. Here's what to actually do with your Kicker gear before the boat goes into winter layup, and what each component's own rating does and doesn't protect against.
The RCA Output Count Nobody Checks Before Buying an Amp
All four KMC receivers play music fine on their own. The number of RCA outputs each one actually has determines what kind of amp setup you can build on top of it, and that number isn't the same across the...
The $55 Question Everyone Asks After They've Already Ordered the Sub
You just bought a KMF10 or KMF12. Now there's a grille option sitting in the cart. Here's what it actually does, what it doesn't, and whether it's worth the extra line item.