can i hook my sub's on the factory amp bose amp?....and has anybody ever done it?....

 

Good question..

 

yeah...i always wonder if i could be done...if i can why buy a amp, if we could use the factory bose amp...so can anyone please answer this question...

 

That bose amp is crap, I think it runs on 8 ohm resistance, don't even bother

 

I didnt even no we had a stock bose amp lol were is it located?

 

if ur car came with the premium Bose system... most of the time the amp is behind the radio or in a panel in the rear of the car. im not sure seeing as i didnt get that model. i like making my own system from scratch instead

 

As for where it's located, it's on the passenger's side of the car, in the trunk near the jack. Your best bet for subs is to replace everything, since you have Bose... Or at least, that's what I'd think. There are still people on here running subs with the Bose (On1wheel) and people like Chris (BlackAck) who's replaced everything. I replaced everything as well, but I didn't start with the Bose.

 

i wouldnt recommend that.

 

wow i would thought the factory bose amp would have a lil power in it...

 

nothing in the blose system has power, the paper cones on the speakers are junk, the surrounds blow, and the amp is But yes, the amp is behind the carpet in the right rear corner of the trunk next to the jack

 

yea i had a massive system running of the bose hu. I just switched to a panasonic and upgraded all the speakers even the tweets. It got way way louder and cleaner. Having issues with the hu shutting off during deep bass notes after a bit. Maybe voltage drops. But lets not discuss that in this thread. Dont try hooking a sub to the stock amp, might work but plz just dont do it would sound like trash and could over load the system.

 

As said a million times the only way to hook a sub up to the stock system with any sort of performance, any being the key term, is with a Line out converter, which uses the rear speakers signal source to run to an aftermarket sub and amp. I'm still using this method and my results are mixed.

It's quirky at times, like you have to shut off the hu before turning off the car or the amp gets a huge signal spike which makes you look like an ass and most likely damages the speaker. It's hard really to control the bass, without a remote for the amp and doesn't have the optimal sound quality.

It is much cheaper and easier to install than switching out the entire bose system. I'll keep mine this way till I can afford the rest of the necessary upgrades. My next upgrade really needs to be dynomat, every surface in the car seems to have a resonance frequency in a sub woofer's normal freq range.

 

yea ur right it iseasier and cheaper hell my loc is still wired in behind the hu but not being used. And this belongs in the audio section btw surprised 97blackack hasnt moved it yet

 

Myx How did you do yours?...i might try it and see if i like it or not....and then might just change the whole HU...

 

capacitor...

 

come on now capacitors do almost nothing especially for a mega system small cheapo stuff maybe. I need more batts in my situation

 

... lol. your thinking of 1.2 or 2 farad capacitors..

Im talking 20+

http://cgi.ebay.com/TSUNAMI-X15HCAP-...3%3A1|294%3A50

 

Big caps ftw

 

https://acurazine.com/forums/1g-cl-diy-faq-74/diy-subwoofers-using-stock-setup-how-run-power-cables-687982/

 

true it's pretty much a batt when that big. But I'd rather just have a kinetik or whatnot back there than that

 

id rather have a capacitor. but i mean, what would i know i only did this professionally for years.

and do you know how capacitors work? it wont ever run into the ground like adding an extra battery will.

 

Real caps are just as good as batteries, I have caps for both my amps, they have built in battery cells

 

yea I know how they work. But most major comp builders use batts not caps. so y's that if caps r better