Any one know of a good relatively inexpensive amp that could replace the factory bose amp and sound much better? Keeping the original bose speakers....


Thx

 

you are wasting your time and money if you do that.. the bose speakers sux just as bad as the bose amp... replace them both.. what kind of price range are you looking to stay in...

 

Wasnt looking to shell out any more than $300 for the amp....dont want to shatter my windshield but just want good sound.....any suggestions?

Thx

 

if you want decent sound without spending to much money i would say replace both the stock speakers and the stock bose amp... you could get some decent speakers and a 4 channle amp for under $700 if you do not want to spend that much i would say maybe trying to replace the door speakers with some coxials or something..

 

You really can't replace the BOSE amp w/ an aftermarket one . It wouldn't work unless you do some serious re-wiring and that alone would cost alot of dough . Replace the headunit and u will see a noticable diference .

 

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You can't... the factory speakers are a proprietary abnormally low impedance (perhaps 1 ohm) and can't be run by an aftermarket amp without overheating it.

Also, replacing the deck is not the way to go at all...

If you're going to replace anything, start with the amp and speakers. The factory deck is actually made by Pioneer and doesn't suck as much as some proclaim if you hook it up to an aftermarket setup. Plus you will lose your steering wheel controls, a 6-disc in-dash changer, and navigation voice if you have it.

 

So you are saying to keep the HU and gut the rest of the system...speakers and amp. I was told that you are not able to hook up any other amps besides the factory bose amp to the stock HU?

 

Somebody misinformed you.

The factory deck has line level leads coming from it that feed the stock amp. Those same leads will provide a usable signal for any aftermarket amp. The trick is getting some RCA plugs onto those wires so they will plug into the aftermarket amp. You can get the plugs at radioshack and splice them on yourself.

Or, you can buy an amp with speaker level inputs and tap the speaker wire leads AFTER the factory amp and use that as your signal. This way technically isn't as good as the first method I described, but is the easiest to do. Most of those who have hooked their aftermarket system up this way have been satisfied.

I have also seen someone talking about a adapter that plugs into the back of the factory deck that creates 2 RCA plugs you can hook to aftermarket amps. This adapter was about $50...

I have my system set up like the first way described and it really does sound good with the aftermarket gear.

 

thanks mcdanjw.....great info on this board!

 

Hey man, where in Boston are you? If you're cheap and need free install or just help with anything, I'm always down to help a fellow board member.

 

Just my 2 sense in. I am running a small punch amp i believe its a 120 running the mids and highs and it sounds fine not to much and yes i suck cause i still have the bose speakers in but sounds good.