92 Bose w/CD
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(@ Bose w/CD
Recently the CD protion of the Bose Gold system has quit playing. Am I better off by buying a total replacement system or taking my system out and having it rebuilt? Any advice on de-installation (and, of course, installation) procedures/processes will be gratefully accepted. Also, I beleive that I will need to replace the front Bose speakers as the left side has less output than the right unless the volume is turned up to "War Alert" stage.
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Re: (@ Bose w/CD (GentleBen)
My apologies for the abyssmal typing. That should be "92", not (2 for the year.
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Re: (@ Bose w/CD (GentleBen)
IMHO...you'll be better off having the CD player serviced/replaced rather than the whole Blows unit. Had problems with mine a few years ago and a local electronics shop replaced the player portion for less than $100, including servicing the cassette player.
So far as the removal/installation...check the archives. I found good directions there. ;)
So far as the removal/installation...check the archives. I found good directions there. ;)
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Re: (@ Bose w/CD (GentleBen)
the bose systems seem to die, on cue, at the 9th year of existance.
A repair will ulitmatly cost about 500.00... head is about 175-200, the amps are 50.00 to 100.00 each.
most of the time, a capacitor goes bad on the amp. it will blow up, then spread goop all over the circuit board. ick.
here is my take:
The head units are junk. The speakers are junk. The amps are junk. That about sums it up. :)
The speakers themselves are not very good. they use a basic paper cone speaker driver that does not really hold up very well over time. sad to say.
the amps are wierd. the system runs at 1 ohm stable - or something close to stable - it makes for a small, low power amp that can produce tons of power.
I am not impressed.
Check my sig for the system I installed.
you may or may not want to go to that extreem, but the options exist. For a small investment, $450.00 or so, you can get a nice little aftermarket system that will kill anything that the bose can do.
A repair will ulitmatly cost about 500.00... head is about 175-200, the amps are 50.00 to 100.00 each.
most of the time, a capacitor goes bad on the amp. it will blow up, then spread goop all over the circuit board. ick.
here is my take:
The head units are junk. The speakers are junk. The amps are junk. That about sums it up. :)
The speakers themselves are not very good. they use a basic paper cone speaker driver that does not really hold up very well over time. sad to say.
the amps are wierd. the system runs at 1 ohm stable - or something close to stable - it makes for a small, low power amp that can produce tons of power.
I am not impressed.
Check my sig for the system I installed.
you may or may not want to go to that extreem, but the options exist. For a small investment, $450.00 or so, you can get a nice little aftermarket system that will kill anything that the bose can do.
