DCmax

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My mother has a 1990 Max SE with the Bose system. The tape player busted and Im looking into getting her a replacement. I went to the dealer yesterday and they gave me a quote of $1071 for a new one. Obviously not worth it. I know that the Bose system's speakers run a 1 ohm load which cant be run by an aftermarket head unit but I know there is a converter of some sorts I can get so that a aftermarket head unit can run the existing speakers.

Does anyone know what that is called and where i can get one?

Thanks

MSK

That price is cheap considering they were charging me 590 some dollars for one front speaker. Do the search on this forum. There was a post about a month or so ago. I replaced my cassette deck with one from 1993. It fits nicely and now I have a CD too. In parts page or ebay several people are selling bose system.

Good Luck

JonnyMax

I had it before I switched to aftermarket speakers. 30 bucks and its yours.

James92SE

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what converters are you guys talking about? when i did mine all the wires just hooked up, i didnt do any converters or anything. please explain.

block

i had one too. 60 bucks, used it for a week tried to return it, the guy would only give me 30 bucks. so I took it and he just tossed the adaptor in the trash

davis449

ONE WORD: e-bay. Go on there right now and I know for a fact you will find two to four tape decks and two Cd/tape combos. That's the best way to find a new head unit. Most of them are in good condition, just make sure you ask the seller all the appropraite questions.

DCmax

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James: The Bose system is unique in the fact that it drives a 1 ohm load and most aftermarket and stock systems run a 4ohm load. The problem is when you hook up an aftermarket head unit to an existing Bose system (from what ive heard)the speakers arent able to be used to their fullest potential and/or it sounds like crap. Thus, this converter im trying to get my hands on somehow converts the aftermarket's head unit's 4 ohm load to a 1 ohm load...somehow.

How does your's sound and what type of aftermarket head unit do you have?


Block: Why did you return yours? What was the problem?

flyry110

I heard if you buy a CD player with Preamps, you can run that to your stock bose amps. Or if you want, i have a tape deck out of a 90 SE i'll sell ya for 50 bucks.

Chris Gregg

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No, no, no. The converter is needed because the bose system has an amp per speaker. The Bose headunits are therefore non amplified. An aftermarket deck is! By installing an aftermarket deck, you are in essence running your high output/watts into an RCA input/volts (leimans terms). Watts and volts are not compatable in stereos without a converter (otherwise a "reverb," or something can, occure and melt your deck). Converter: watts output "converted" into volts. This is how your top end heads put out so much power in the RCA's. My Alpine runs its powered wires(watts) out into a converter and then back into the unit and is then run through the RCA outputs, thus creating 4volt output. Awsome sound considered most decks only have about a 1-2 volt RCA output. I used to have converters, the ones I bought had adjustments on it per channel, so you could crank up the volt output, but I don't know what the range of volt output is, but I've got a set for anyone that needs them, and you will need a set, each converter is only good for two channels. Uh, any questions?

flyry110

dude, preamps put out volts, not watts.

rambo91145

if youre interested i got a bose cd/tape combo and speakers out of my 94 gxe. it works and sounds good. i also wont charge 1000+ (unless you want too..) :-)