Help with a Dumb Question
07-12-2018, 09:51 AM
#1
Burning Brakes
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Help with a Dumb Question
Have been running this question for several days on the Audio/Electronics Forum without a response. Hoping someone here can help me:
I’ve read posts that talk about “Front” when referring to the C6 center mono speaker and “Rear” when referring to the C6 2 mono rear speakers. My Dumb Question is when referring to the C6 HU stereo left and right “Front and Rear” outputs does this refer to the tweeter and bass door speakers or.....? I'm planning to run new tweeters and new mid-ranges (in the Bose door sub location) off a new amp, with a self powered Sub in the trunk so I need to figure this out!
Thanks for helping educate me!
I’ve read posts that talk about “Front” when referring to the C6 center mono speaker and “Rear” when referring to the C6 2 mono rear speakers. My Dumb Question is when referring to the C6 HU stereo left and right “Front and Rear” outputs does this refer to the tweeter and bass door speakers or.....? I'm planning to run new tweeters and new mid-ranges (in the Bose door sub location) off a new amp, with a self powered Sub in the trunk so I need to figure this out!
Thanks for helping educate me!
07-12-2018, 04:39 PM
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The front speakers are your left and right door speakers ... Replace them with a set of 2-way component speakers consisting of a 6 1/2" midrange / woofer [and] a separate 1" tweeter in each door
The rear speakers are the left and right speakers mounted high behind your head on the sides ... Replace them with 4 ohm 2-way coaxial speakers consisting of single 5 1/4" midrange / woofer (1 on each side)
The center speaker is mounted in the center of the dash .... most folks just disconnect that speaker
In my 2011 GS with the non-Bose audio system, I did not replace the HU ... The OEM head unit is not what causes the poor audio quality ... it's the OEM amplifier that is junk.
I replaced my OEM amp with a 5-channel Arc Audio amp (mounted behind the passenger seat) .
Channel 1: Powers the left front (door) speakers
Channel 2: Powers the right front (door) speakers
Channel 3: Powers the left rear speaker
Channel 4: Powers the right rear speaker
Channel 5: Powers the subwoofer I installed in the rear cargo area - right side cubby (see photo below) .... My car is a coupe ... Vert may be different
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The AOEM-GM24 taps into the HU and has RCA input connectors so standard RCA audio interconnect cables can be used between the HU and the 5-channel amp.
The rear speakers are the left and right speakers mounted high behind your head on the sides ... Replace them with 4 ohm 2-way coaxial speakers consisting of single 5 1/4" midrange / woofer (1 on each side)
The center speaker is mounted in the center of the dash .... most folks just disconnect that speaker
In my 2011 GS with the non-Bose audio system, I did not replace the HU ... The OEM head unit is not what causes the poor audio quality ... it's the OEM amplifier that is junk.
I replaced my OEM amp with a 5-channel Arc Audio amp (mounted behind the passenger seat) .
Channel 1: Powers the left front (door) speakers
Channel 2: Powers the right front (door) speakers
Channel 3: Powers the left rear speaker
Channel 4: Powers the right rear speaker
Channel 5: Powers the subwoofer I installed in the rear cargo area - right side cubby (see photo below) .... My car is a coupe ... Vert may be different
Attachment 48333367
Attachment 48335933
The AOEM-GM24 taps into the HU and has RCA input connectors so standard RCA audio interconnect cables can be used between the HU and the 5-channel amp.
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07-12-2018, 08:14 PM
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Burning Brakes
There have been posts about this in the past. Apparently,stereo separation is improved by disconnecting the center speaker. I think it's pretty simple to access.
07-12-2018, 10:45 PM
#6
Burning Brakes
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Turbo,
Thanks a lot for your response---you kept me from making a BAAAAAD mistake!
It's so counter-intuitive that Bose would take the Rear stereo HU output, then (presumably) run it through it's amp (or something) to convert it to a mono signal for the stock rear speakers!
I'm old school enough to love the idea of stereo rear speakers, but will want to make sure they don't rival the door speakers in volume; I'll have to research that.
Again, thanks to all for the quick response! I still haven't gotten any reaction to this post on the CF's Audio Forum; I gather that forum isn't attracting the audio wizards that clearly haunted it in the past---But the C6 folks come through for me again!
Thanks a lot for your response---you kept me from making a BAAAAAD mistake!
It's so counter-intuitive that Bose would take the Rear stereo HU output, then (presumably) run it through it's amp (or something) to convert it to a mono signal for the stock rear speakers!
I'm old school enough to love the idea of stereo rear speakers, but will want to make sure they don't rival the door speakers in volume; I'll have to research that.
Again, thanks to all for the quick response! I still haven't gotten any reaction to this post on the CF's Audio Forum; I gather that forum isn't attracting the audio wizards that clearly haunted it in the past---But the C6 folks come through for me again!
