Hey all ye with hotter cars than I. I have an Acura 3.0CL Premium, and it has the stock bose sound system. I like it...but I like my music big time. I am wondering how does the bose compare to aftermarket? Like, is the Bose on par with, better than, or worse than a 250-300 dollar pioneer deck. And I hear Bose makes great speakers? Would Pioneers or Inifinitys be better?? Thanks, I asked my best buy guy, but he didnt know anything.

 

bose makes great products. if i were you, i would keep that in mind before messing with anything.

personally, my bose stereo in my CL sounds better than any system ive had in any car. it doesnt knock hard, but its just so damn clear.

 

stock paper speakers FTL

 

most will tell ya that you can leave the stock speakers in and swap out the head unit for one with more customizable sound settings and it will sound better. people that have done that will usually tell you that they hear a great improvement.

 

yeah no kidding, when i changed mine out...2 of them were ripped.

 

If I were to swap, I would probably go with pio deck and infinity speakers. would that be an upgrade to the bose?

 

they don't call em blose for nothing, they blow in more ways than one

 

Um

 

hahaha, i should probably check mine. ever since i got my 15's ive been blaring it out.

 

the components are fine, get a nice aftermarket deck to pump more power into them, makes the slap harder and crisper.

dont go with subs tho. i mean unless you're not going the performance route. i've had subs in 2 previous cars, and i've kinda outgrown them... its nice to hit the mountains without having to worry about 100lbs of shit in your trunk.

 

for paper speakers, mine sound fucking great.

i wouldnt even have thought they were paper.

 

If only the stock HU could power a decently sized sub, I would be happy

edit: btw I dont have the "Bose" system either

 

compared to a stock honda system bose is the shit,compared to the aftermarket the stock bose is shit.when i think of bose i think of home entertainment centers that are quality.there are so many better CAR audio brands/quality.what does the bose amp put out .0000001 watts?..........

 

puts out enough fo rme to be happy.

i personally could not see spending several hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars on a sound system that already works great. i would take that money and either A) buy performance parts (which are negligable when it come to the CL) or B) buy some nice looking wheels, because anyone who knows anything will appreciate them way more then a really ghetto, thumping sound system. that shit is for kids anyways.

 

as i said,it's not bad,but the thread starter wanted it compared to the aftermarket audio..:wink:,my car just started acting HALFWAY OK so i'm not doing performance parts,look at my sig, based on looks what else really is there?lambo doors? i'll tell you,electrinics,if i decide to keep her the bose goes and navi/system..........

 

The only bose speakers I have in my car are the tweats...every thing else is aftermarket

 

not to knock your car or anything, because when i saw your avatar i immedietly started looking into getting mine to look like yours, but alot of your mods arent performance based.....

the navi system was a good idea tho, i wish i had one of them.

 

i'm all show no go,only performance i got is cai.i had planned on doing more performance wise but she fell apart.she got almost 160k not tring to send her to an even earlier grave.all she needs to do for me now is look pretty and run. soon to get a second"play car".......

 

i have no blose left in my car, cuz I um, blew most of them. If you're putting an aftermarket deck, expect to blow the paper cones sooner than later. Trust me I went through 2 pair of blose 6x9's and a pair of 6.5's before I installed all new speakers

 

Stock Bose system is a joke compared to so so aftermarket stuff. Just Get the cheapest alpine headunit, quality amp like jl audio or any other major maker, and nice component set for front and rear. if you dont want to spend a lot of mula, get infinity kappa components, they are great for the money... if you would like high quality get something like adire audio, focal, high end mb quart and so on. for the bass, nothing touches DD (digital designs) even the lowest class some from DD kickes ass like no other

 

Ghetto, thumping sound system????? Your Bose system probalby does not go below 55 hz, when many songs go down to low 20hz range. Youve never heard a reall sound system, if you think that bose is super clear. And for the bass, nobody says to overload it, but just getting a small sub will make your music go alive. Your bose system, is like having a cheap home theater system without a sub.

 

Blose sucks especially the "premium bose" crap that our CL's came with

 

i feel the same way Jonno Ks
the Bose system is fine for me, I'd rather spend my money elsewhere

obviously, some people are less satisfied with the Bose system, and those people satisfy themselves with aftermarket equipment

except for the headunit, which i already replaced, i personally couldnt convince myself to go aftermarket unless my system goes ahead and "blose"

 

If you haven't blown the blose yet and aren't worried about it, don't worry about it till you have to, I had blown so many stock speakers from powering off my hu and bypassing the stock amp, that I needed all new speakers that could handle more juice

 

I checked it out. My left front speaker is blown, I think. No sound is coming out whatsoever. If I get aftermarket speakers, will they make sound, or is my connection fucked. Im scared. Im definitely getting a nicer pioneer deck and maybe some pioneer speakers in back infinity in front? IDK, it sounded like the bass was coming more from the font speakers than the 6x9s.

 

get alpine deck, and infinity speakers or mb quarts, both choices are good for the money. Make sure you get components.
Also your connection should be fine, its most likely just the speakers couldnt handle it and blew

 

Just the speaker is blown, the wires are fine.

 

hey i got a question for all you that changed the deck how you bypass the amp for bose. i got the "premium" bose with the separate amp in the trunk. Did you guys run new wiring to your speakers or did you just do some splicing in the trunk?

 

Splicing in the trunk, if you search on here, there's diagrams for the wires you need to mate together to bypass the amp

 

would there be any benefit to running new wires if im gonna get a amp but prob max power to each speaker will be like 100 watts max either that or maybe just a alpine deck with the vdrive amps in it to run the speakers.

 

You can power the speakers from the stock wires, that's what I did at first when I put my speakers in, the amp and the wiring is coming for more power

 

quit hijacking my thread. new development, went to best buy, they say with the bose system id need all new wiring, and on top of that, the stock speakers are at a different ohm level, so if i want a new head i need all new speakers.

 

Best buy sucks, they're so full of shit. I did all my own installs so I can tell you from experience, all you have to do is either bypass the amp by splicing the wiring harness wires together, OR run a remote trigger from your head unit to the stock amp and leave it all intact. Search on here, you'll find how to do both.

Best Buy. They're just tryin to sell you all new speakers and installation

 

Hey if I were to chage out my speakers I would look at the JL Audio subs and for seprates or components I would get MB Quartz! I had those in my integra and man they rocked!! My peeps would say it sounds like i am live at a concert when i am in your ride!!

 

jl audio subs are great, high quality, but a lil pricey. and mb quartz are great too just like i mentioned before.

best buy does suck, but they might be right about the ohmage, although it will play with stock speakers whem ohms are different but at one point when you turn it up, you gonna fry it or it will just distort a lot