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Old May 1, 2016 | 05:56 AM
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I am new to this forum - I tried to search but I didn't find the answer. If this is a repeat then a link to previous diskussion is appreciated.

some years ago I ripped out the original stereo, got the faceplate what fits a 'regular' radio, bought the normal stereo to bose converter gizmo. And it works. But it is not pretty. I do ot want anything to do with the bose crap and I dont care about 'original'.

So - what happens if I rip out the amps and just connect the new stereo's spkr out directly to the original speakers just without converter and bose amp.

Will I be disappointed? I just seems that the speakers sound ok but the converter makes it really easy to get bad distortion.

Anybody?

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You will burn up the head unit. The Bose speakers are 1 ohm impedance and the head unit will almost surely support nothing lower than 4 ohm.
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Originally Posted by Compuniac
Hi,
I am new to this forum - I tried to search but I didn't find the answer. If this is a repeat then a link to previous diskussion is appreciated.

some years ago I ripped out the original stereo, got the faceplate what fits a 'regular' radio, bought the normal stereo to bose converter gizmo. And it works. But it is not pretty. I do ot want anything to do with the bose crap and I dont care about 'original'.

So - what happens if I rip out the amps and just connect the new stereo's spkr out directly to the original speakers just without converter and bose amp.

Will I be disappointed? I just seems that the speakers sound ok but the converter makes it really easy to get bad distortion.

Anybody?

Thanks
Greg in Denmark
you'll need new speakers if you eliminate the converter

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