2004 - replacing speaker question
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2004 - replacing speaker question
I have the Power Acoustik aftermarket head unit along with the ACC harness that allows me to use the Bose amp and it has it's own ACC power source. My question is about replacing the twiddlers. I'm not a huge audiophile, just want an improvement to sound over the 21 year old worn out speakers. From what I understand, a noticeable improvement can be made by replacing the 3.5" twiddlers in the front but leaving the OEM bass unit alone and replace the 6.5" twiddlers in the rear.
I saw that Metra makes an adapter so you can remove the entire front speaker unit, but I assume that is for people that are replacing everything and running an aftermarket amp/bass setup?
This is what I'm looking at and wondered if anyone has them installed. I've got the wire harness adapters on order .
I saw that Metra makes an adapter so you can remove the entire front speaker unit, but I assume that is for people that are replacing everything and running an aftermarket amp/bass setup?
This is what I'm looking at and wondered if anyone has them installed. I've got the wire harness adapters on order .
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Twiddler is the name used with the Bose 3.5 inch speakers in the front panel, since it is not a true tweeter but some sorry attempt to combine a tweeter and a mid range speaker. Not sure who started calling it that but there are a lot of threads on it in the audio section.
Too bad GM couldn’t have just put a great sound system in their flagship car at the beginning and too many have upgraded the system. Of course there are those of us who hardly ever turn the radio on since the Corvette provides its own fine sounds.
Too bad GM couldn’t have just put a great sound system in their flagship car at the beginning and too many have upgraded the system. Of course there are those of us who hardly ever turn the radio on since the Corvette provides its own fine sounds.
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Twiddler is the name used with the Bose 3.5 inch speakers in the front panel, since it is not a true tweeter but some sorry attempt to combine a tweeter and a mid range speaker. Not sure who started calling it that but there are a lot of threads on it in the audio section.
Too bad GM couldn’t have just put a great sound system in their flagship car at the beginning and too many have upgraded the system. Of course there are those of us who hardly ever turn the radio on since the Corvette provides its own fine sounds.
Too bad GM couldn’t have just put a great sound system in their flagship car at the beginning and too many have upgraded the system. Of course there are those of us who hardly ever turn the radio on since the Corvette provides its own fine sounds.
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I saw that Metra makes an adapter so you can remove the entire front speaker unit, but I assume that is for people that are replacing everything and running an aftermarket amp/bass setup?
This is what I'm looking at and wondered if anyone has them installed. I've got the wire harness adapters on order .
https://www.amazon.com/JBL-GX302-2-W...dp/B00O8MNNT6/
https://www.amazon.com/JBL-GX602-2-W...dp/B00O8MULHI/
I am looking at swapping out my OEM speakers for the same JBL's as you. Let me know if you are happy with them! I'm not going full audiophile in this car either; that's what home speakers are for! I just want something better than the Bose for Highway cruising.
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I replaced the OEM speakers with those JBL's last year, and used that same wire harness adapter. Huge improvement in sound?....no. Noticeable.....yes, but not night and day different. Now if your OEM speakers are torn or separated causing buzzing, then sure, the JBLs will make a more noticeable difference.
The swap is pretty easy to do. Just have to be careful taking off the door panels. Probably a good idea to get several new fastners as you will break one of them, at least.!
Also, if you do a search on here, you will read that the OEM speaker terminals have the (+) and (-) terminals reversed as far as size. So to get the wire harness adapters to work, you will need to remove the terminals from the connector and swap them around, or cut the speakers slide-on terminals off, put new ones on, or live with the polarity swapped.
The front speakers have the same problem. I just removed the terminals from the connector bodies and swapped the pins around.
Good luck.
The swap is pretty easy to do. Just have to be careful taking off the door panels. Probably a good idea to get several new fastners as you will break one of them, at least.!
Also, if you do a search on here, you will read that the OEM speaker terminals have the (+) and (-) terminals reversed as far as size. So to get the wire harness adapters to work, you will need to remove the terminals from the connector and swap them around, or cut the speakers slide-on terminals off, put new ones on, or live with the polarity swapped.
The front speakers have the same problem. I just removed the terminals from the connector bodies and swapped the pins around.
Good luck.
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