I actually have seen someone do this before...here is a pic that clearly achieves this goal, lol think there are a total of 30 speakers and 5K watts on this boat
When I was entertaining this idea to put speakers in the bow, I believe both these locations were discussed on a previous thread, and
@David Analog seemed to indicate the speakers in the walkway weren't his first choice. The soundbar is also and option but if I recall correctly he didn't seem to be a fan of those either., could have been something to do about the wind and such.
I am also looking to add more sound to the bow, and am likely going to go the route I previously mentioned to add sound high and facing towards the rear so the sound is traveling from front to back. I know the issues of hitting it has come up, but Im not so sure than it being low would eliminate this, I actually think it would be more likely to happen, and I for one was NOT impressed with the extra pair of speakers in the cabin, hence me opting to get some JL M880 towers.
If I go this route I think it would easily give off great sound (my buddy with a 212SS has a Polk 6.5 in this location and it sounds great), and I don't boat with a ton of people often (plus they know to be careful when on my boat) so I dont think its as likely to get beat up as if they were down low. I just dont think putting them down low is best
@CraigAR so I would suggest putting them up higher, best of the two options. Although you mentioned being lower would help with the brightness some on the WS. I run JL and the tone is fine so up high is my preference.
Random, but if I do add the single MX770 in the center of the anchor locker, any suggestions on where to place the 2nd one? Wouldn't want to have an extra speaker and open channel on the new 600/6.