went to get 6x9's for trunk and...
Green Machine 95
02-23-2004, 05:32 PM
The employee said I needed to change every speaker in the car since I had bose. Is there anyway to get just 2 speakers and not all?
I love the bose system, its almost perfect, I just want to here some bass without the rattling
I love the bose system, its almost perfect, I just want to here some bass without the rattling
KillerKeller_jr
02-23-2004, 05:57 PM
He is just trying to sell you more, don't listen to him. You can just replace the back 6x9s with whatever you want, although you may want to add an amp to them if you want more bass out of them.
Aurora01
02-23-2004, 08:18 PM
Pretty sure Bose uses a single wire system instead of the typical two wire system Which would require you to run wires and replace radio.
Double check it but thats what I heard from a Bose techincal rep.
Double check it but thats what I heard from a Bose techincal rep.
Green Machine 95
02-23-2004, 08:27 PM
96 aurora said he did it with just the 2 trunk speakers and it sounds great.....I want to be 100% sure before I do it.
jjdewd
02-24-2004, 05:03 PM
In my car its the subwoofer housing that does the rattling. Might be just as easy to stop it from rattling than to buy new speakers.
Something to look into before you spend any money.
Something to look into before you spend any money.
Green Machine 95
02-24-2004, 08:04 PM
what can I buy to help it? I think that might work 8), thanks
97 silverbullet
02-24-2004, 10:03 PM
well I've looked into this, because I thought I had the boss, well I found out that I couldn't replace just one speaker. You had to change out the whole stereo and speakers. thats what I found out. but in my case I didnt' have it and I could just relplace the speakers and I did that and replaced the head unit too
Green Machine 95
02-25-2004, 02:12 PM
would I need dynamat or something
Indy8
02-25-2004, 11:28 PM
Yes, or in the case of my car the original owner rolled-up a terrycloth hand towel and wedged it in the top rear of the box. Sounds great with no rattling, however the factory recalled for this and there is an official fix if you care to look into it.
Green Machine 95
02-26-2004, 02:35 AM
Yes I am interested into the official fix if you could give me a link or something, thanks a lot man
if not, do you know where I would have to put the hand towel exactly? thanks again
if not, do you know where I would have to put the hand towel exactly? thanks again
Indy8
02-26-2004, 02:37 PM
You will have to have your local dealer look it up and tell you what's involved.
houdini
03-20-2004, 11:25 PM
Aurora Bose Truths:
I have a 99 Aurora with the awesome bose system (including factory bose amp and mini-sub in trunk).
The following statements relate to the 99 aurora bose system. I'm not sure if they are the same for 95-98. Probably the same.
If wanting to replace one or more of the door speakers: you must replace them all. Why? I believe bose uses a 2 ohm speaker system. This is different from any head unit/ speaker setup you can buy. Most, including the amp you would use to power them, are 4 or 8 ohm. If you replace one or more of the bose speakers with a regular speaker, you will have a mismatch that will reduce the quality of sound from the digital audio and equalizing circuits in the bose factory amp. This can eventually cause problems with the factory amp and setup.
My suggestions:
I personally love the bose system. I have had 2 different $5000 systems in previous vehicles. I'm not saying that this bose is better than those, but it is extremely nice with rich sound and I am very happy with it. However, I felt the same way you did. I wanted major bass without the rattling from the factory speakers and the mini-sub in the trunk. An easy and harmless solution to this is to purchase a hi-low line convertor from any stereo place. If you don't know what this is, they will know at your car stereo place. This will convert your rear speaker line outputs to rca type outputs for use with any normal amp. You can then use a normal amp to power a sub or two. This setup works great for me. A good convertor only costs about 15 bucks. The best place for you to tap in the convertor is just behind the factory bose head unit in the dash. There will be a right rear + and a left rear + wire along with one common negative wire that is used for both left and right rear. This common negative for the rear speakers looks like a silver stranded wire with clear plastic shield around it. The plastic shield fits loosely around the wire, unlike regular wire insulation that is tight. Connect both the right and left negative wires from the convertor into the common negative wire with the plastic shield. Connect the other right and left + wires to the right + and left +. It is very simple. Works great. And yes, you can just tap this convertor in. You don't cut the wires leading back to the rear speakers. The convertor simply taps in. It doesn't affect the rear speakers whatsoever! Completely harmless to the system. :) Hope you understood this.
I have a 99 Aurora with the awesome bose system (including factory bose amp and mini-sub in trunk).
The following statements relate to the 99 aurora bose system. I'm not sure if they are the same for 95-98. Probably the same.
If wanting to replace one or more of the door speakers: you must replace them all. Why? I believe bose uses a 2 ohm speaker system. This is different from any head unit/ speaker setup you can buy. Most, including the amp you would use to power them, are 4 or 8 ohm. If you replace one or more of the bose speakers with a regular speaker, you will have a mismatch that will reduce the quality of sound from the digital audio and equalizing circuits in the bose factory amp. This can eventually cause problems with the factory amp and setup.
My suggestions:
I personally love the bose system. I have had 2 different $5000 systems in previous vehicles. I'm not saying that this bose is better than those, but it is extremely nice with rich sound and I am very happy with it. However, I felt the same way you did. I wanted major bass without the rattling from the factory speakers and the mini-sub in the trunk. An easy and harmless solution to this is to purchase a hi-low line convertor from any stereo place. If you don't know what this is, they will know at your car stereo place. This will convert your rear speaker line outputs to rca type outputs for use with any normal amp. You can then use a normal amp to power a sub or two. This setup works great for me. A good convertor only costs about 15 bucks. The best place for you to tap in the convertor is just behind the factory bose head unit in the dash. There will be a right rear + and a left rear + wire along with one common negative wire that is used for both left and right rear. This common negative for the rear speakers looks like a silver stranded wire with clear plastic shield around it. The plastic shield fits loosely around the wire, unlike regular wire insulation that is tight. Connect both the right and left negative wires from the convertor into the common negative wire with the plastic shield. Connect the other right and left + wires to the right + and left +. It is very simple. Works great. And yes, you can just tap this convertor in. You don't cut the wires leading back to the rear speakers. The convertor simply taps in. It doesn't affect the rear speakers whatsoever! Completely harmless to the system. :) Hope you understood this.
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