C5 Bose system question
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C5 Bose system question
i searched the sticky and other places but haven't found an answer. So I switched my HU from the bose to a kenwood excelon 998, and I used the axxess wiring harness to retain my bose speakers. However, the bose speakers blow. I want to change my speakers, will I need to change to a regular wiring harness too? Or could I just put some regular speakers in the doors and call it a day?
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i searched the sticky and other places but haven't found an answer. So I switched my HU from the bose to a kenwood excelon 998, and I used the axxess wiring harness to retain my bose speakers. However, the bose speakers blow. I want to change my speakers, will I need to change to a regular wiring harness too? Or could I just put some regular speakers in the doors and call it a day?
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In C5 the front 3.5's have standard push on terminals that are found on most aftermarket speakers (1/8" & 1/4"). Any 2-way 4ohm speaker should be an improvement over stock.
IIRC you'll need to splice the rears. 6.5" in coupe, 5.25" in all others.
IIRC you'll need to splice the rears. 6.5" in coupe, 5.25" in all others.
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Yes, you can change the speakers. Just stay with the same "ohm" of the Bose system. The Bose is 4 ohm. I purchased new speakers for my 2012 Corvette, but haven't installed them yet. I did this in my 2015 Ram 1500 also, except my truck has a 2 ohm system. As long as you stick with the same "ohm", you will have no problem.
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i would check to make sure you have the xvsi2004 adjusted correctly.
The stock speakers will sound better using this combo you have as long as its all adjusted correctly.
Dennis
The stock speakers will sound better using this combo you have as long as its all adjusted correctly.
Dennis
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you're right with the adjustments right they do sound a lot better. However, I just noticed that my front left sub speaker is not working, no sound at all, but the 3.5 speaker is still working. Also the two rear speakers have no sound either. Any idea as to what this could be?
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I just changed out my HU and used the same module. There were no instructions about making the adjustments so I just left it alone. Now the bass is on the weak side. But i wasn't sure if I needed to adjust the HU or the module or both?
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mine ended up sounding awesome. I'd reccomend adjusting your head unit to how you think you'll listen to it. And then adjusting the gain on each speaker till it's loud as possible with no distortion, the door speakers end up putting out a lot of sound, not necessarily the highest quality though
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