July 1, 2025

HARMAN International Industries, a connected technologies company for automotive, consumer and enterprise markets, has announced that its newest head unit from its JBL brand, the JAM6500N, has been named one of the 2025 Boating Industry Top Products by the editors of the publication.
 
Organized and judged by the editorial team at Boating Industry magazine, the 12th annual Top Products awards recognized 50 of the marine industry’s newest and most innovative products and services launched in the last year. To be eligible for consideration, products or services must have been introduced or significantly updated since January 2024. The Boating Industry editors said the winning products were chosen based on many factors such as their impact on the industry, innovation and how they advanced their category.
 
“Thank you from the entire Harman and JBL teams to the editorial team at Boating Industry for recognizing the new JAM6500N as one of this year’s Top Products,” said Kent Jopling, Senior Global Sales Manager, Special Markets. “We remain dedicated through hard work and innovation in making JBL audio equipment the market leader in the marine industry. And this award is a testament to all of the game changing ideas and technologies that have gone into crafting this next level marine head unit.”
 
JBL Advanced Marine (JAM) JAM6500N head unit is a best-in-class marine multi-media receiver designed to deliver a marine audio stereo solution with built-in DSP audio tuning that results in a superior audio experience.
 
The JAM6500N is engineered to offer exceptional audio performance in an open-air marine environment. Giving users a completely customizable audio experience, the JAM6500N can be adjusted with the four-zone independent output and each zone has its own tone control. From the head unit users can use the built-in equalizer for fine-tune adjustments, but for advanced tuning JBL has added the JBL Advanced Tuning Tool V1. A consumer-facing DSP tuning tool that connects via a Windows PC, it is simple and easy enough to be tuned by a do-it-yourselfer, while still capable of satisfying the most experienced installers.
 
The JAM6500N is engineered to be capable of transmitting audio from multiple sources, including best-in-class Bluetooth performance with a 30-yard communication range, USB-C, auxiliary input and AM/FM, while providing connectivity for SiriusXM and DAB+ playback. It provides four zones of volume, tone and equalizer control with a 10-band EQ for each zone, each having their independent sub-level controls. This product is rugged and built to withstand the marine environment with an IPX7 rating, while allowing the unit to be surface or flush mounted. It has a 4.3-inch bonded sunlight-viewable display, along with five rubberized buttons and a rotary encoder to ensure the product feels good and is easy to control. JBL Advanced Marine JAM6500N is also NMEA 2000 certified, allowing control from most major manufacturers’ multifunction displays or one of JBL’s JAMR6500 remote controls.
 
The JAM6500N is available for $699. USD. For more information visit www.harman.com