Customer Reviews

Pioneer TS-MR1640 6.5-Inch 2-Way Marine Speakers

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I picked a set of these speakers of last year for a great price and so far they have been great. I was very surprised how clear and clean they sound. Probably not the loudest speakers on the market but they are more than enough for what I need.

We remodeled our bathroom and I wanted to pipe the TV and stereo sound into the room, mostly to listen the traffic reports. Rather than traditional house speakers which might not stand up to the heat and humidity of the bathroom, I choose to go with marine grade speakers. The contractor looked at me funny, but after a year they are performing extremely well. Terrific sound quality and reasonably priced. Would be worth considering for similar projects.

I purchased two sets of these for mine and my friends horse trailers. May sound strange to some of you but horse trailers and some campers have speakers on the outside to listen while hangig out. I only found marine speakers for this. I had no problems with the install and they have held up great. It has been over a year now with good results. I wish they were a better sound quality but that could be my stereo etc. I would like to be able to turn them up a bit more without distortion but they are really pretty good for my application.

I bought these to replace a pair of Clarion CM1625 speakers for the cockpit and the sound improvement is night and day. These are very comparable in sound to the Infinity Kappa Marine 602M (which I have inside my cabin and like very much) and maybe they're even better than the Infinity -- I couldn't use the Infinity in the cockpit due to shallow mounting space. These Pioneers are only about 2 3/8" deep which is shallower than most.

Overall I'm thrilled with the very clear and open sound -- the highs are crisp and clear, and the overall tonal balance is outstanding. The speakers they replaced sounded very constrained and "boxy" with muddy base, but these are much more open-sounding and transparent. The sound definition is very good, and the base is strong right down to the mid-base octave. Of course they are a bit weak in the deep base but that is to be expected in a 6.5" two-way -- that's what sub-woofers are for.

The hardware and construction materials are appropriate for the marine environment, contacts are gold-plated and the face of the speakers are self-sealing with a built-in rubber gasket all around.

If you buy these you won't go wrong. I have no affiliation with Pioneer or interest that might bias me in this review.

I bought these for my boat used mostly by my 20 something son who insisted we replaced the old speakers he blew up playing them too loudly. So far, these have lasted better and I'll bet they've been tested greatly!

I recently replaced my stock, albeit nice, Sony dual-cone speakers with these Pioneers, am I am glad that I did.
They are now the front pair of a four speaker system, and deliver better than expected mids & highs. Great choice at any price!

The speaker this one replaced, the PIONEER TS-MR165 has a completely different diameter. This is a boat speaker and pioneer might have thought about keeping the dimensions the same. Generaly when you replace something like a speaker, you'd expect it to fit exactly, but the idiots at the new CHINESE plant didnt figure that out. The amazon store where these were purchased shipped them out quickly and I have no complaints against them whatsoever.