Bose Questions?
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Burning Brakes
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Bose Questions?
If I take my Bose Cd-player out, do I have to change all the speakers and wiring too? I have a nice Pioneer laying around and would like to put it in the car. Oh, the car is a 91' coupe. Thanks, Dave
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You're swapping a CD player for a CD player? Why not go with something cooler that has MP3 support for instance? One CD, 200 songs, not a bad deal... Hitting the "Next Folder" button is a lot easier then swapping CD's 
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Burning Brakes
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[QUOTE=ClarenceT]You're swapping a CD player for a CD player?[QUOTE]
My Bose is broken and doesn't play Cds and it has alot of static noise in it, plus this is a brand new $650 player that I picked up for $50.
My Bose is broken and doesn't play Cds and it has alot of static noise in it, plus this is a brand new $650 player that I picked up for $50.
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I heard somewhere that you do have to change the speakers, I am not sure about the wires though. I have the same problem, my stereo works like crap. I am going to replace the whole damn thing.
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There is an adaptor that allows you to use the Bose speaker/amps with an aftermarket head unit. I f you want it sound better, though, I'd opt to replace the Blose crap and go with aftermarket speakers.
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The Bose wiring is very small gauge since the head unit is only a pre-amp. The amplifiers are in each speaker housing. Therefore, the wiring will be inadaquate to handle the power that will be passing through them. It is recommended that you also replace the wiring with a higher gauge car speaker wire like a 14 or 16 guage.
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I would try Crutchfield for the adapter. You can find them online. That said however your noises are probably due to the amps themselves. I put in a Pioneer MP3 deck and 6x9 Infinity speakers all around along with two new 250 watt Pioneer amps it sounds great.
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Originally Posted by PreferEuroRacing
The Bose wiring is very small gauge since the head unit is only a pre-amp. The amplifiers are in each speaker housing. Therefore, the wiring will be inadaquate to handle the power that will be passing through them. It is recommended that you also replace the wiring with a higher gauge car speaker wire like a 14 or 16 guage.
i even routed a bigger ignition and ground wire to the radio cavity since the ones hooked up to the Bose were pretty thin.
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I recently replaced my system with aftermarket parts. If you chose to replace the head unit and speakers I would run new wires. Not only are the factory wires small; all of the speakers are on the same ground. This can create noise and in my case some of the speakers would not work. I then installed new wires and the problems were gone. As for the adapter they work, however if you are not satisfied with the sound now then adding the adapter and a new head unit will not change the sound of the system.
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My Bose sounds great. But since you got the new system for $50, go for it. Follow all the advice about bigger wires and new speakers, although you can bypass the amplifiers and route your new wires directly to the speakers if you want to save some money. They are actually very good speakers, but, like any automobile speakers, heat, cold and vibration tend to make them brittle. That's why most folks don't like them. After about 20 years they start to sound tinny. Good luck.
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Thanks for all the great info., but when everyone states to replace the existing wire is that meaning just the speaker wire or meaning the speaker wire and all of the other wires (power, ground, illumination, memory, etc.) that are connected to the back of the radio/cd player?
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I ripped all mine out, get the metra kit it is great, you can power it up using the accesory plug wiring harness in the console, I also stuck an amp behind the passenger seat, and put in a speaker box in the hatch, it is loud and also no more Bose worries.
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I yanked my entire Blose system, too, in search of bigger and better. I'm glad I did it, but it ended up being quite the expensive project!!!
Go to the Audio section of the forum and look around, there's some good info in there - Forum member Bogus is a HUGE help when it comes to this subject, too!
Go to the Audio section of the forum and look around, there's some good info in there - Forum member Bogus is a HUGE help when it comes to this subject, too!