Head Units
Marine Audio Head Units & Stereos
Waterproof marine stereos with Bluetooth, smartphone integration, and advanced features. Our collection features head units from Fusion Marine Audio and Kicker with NMEA 2000 integration and wireless streaming.
Complete Audio System: Part of our Audio collection. Pair with marine speakers, subwoofers, and amplifiers. Control with wireless remotes. Wire with marine audio cables. Integrate with Simrad, Raymarine, or Garmin displays.
Building a head unit into the rest of the boat
A head unit's power output on paper counts for little once it is matched to real speakers; pairing wattage and impedance correctly avoids clipping distortion at volume and unnecessary strain on the amplifier stage. Where a head unit gains real capability is its network connection: NMEA 2000-capable units can share zone volume and source control with a compatible chartplotter, so the stereo can be operated from the helm display rather than a separate control head.
Bluetooth and app-based control cover most day-to-day use, but a wired connection or the head unit's own remote is generally more reliable in a cockpit than relying on a phone signal reaching a locker-mounted source unit.
If you are adding zones (cockpit, cabin, flybridge) later, check the head unit supports the number of zones and amplifiers you eventually want rather than just what you need on day one, since retrofitting a different source unit later is more disruptive than the speaker wiring itself.
