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Old Aug 21, 2007 | 08:04 AM
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Bose died...

i guess my Bose radio is notorious for crapping out...and it did....it really did sound nice....and i dont want to rewire stuff....i need a replacement...any ideas?
Old Aug 21, 2007 | 08:32 AM
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If you dont want to rewire, then try to find another Bose replacement. I might have one tonight, I'm going to check out a wrecked Max that I might buy.
Old Aug 21, 2007 | 03:50 PM
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the installer at Cicuit City told me he could make a custom harness for mine for $50. I would just need to make sure the new headunit had RCA jacks on the back. I ended up getting one of those schosche low pass adapters and it works great!
Old Aug 21, 2007 | 04:59 PM
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the installer at Cicuit City told me he could make a custom harness for mine for $50. I would just need to make sure the new headunit had RCA jacks on the back. I ended up getting one of those schosche low pass adapters and it works great!
Thats a good $50 twords good speakers. and wiring it your self isnt hard, maybe I'll do a write up this weekend, I need to run new wire any way.

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Old Aug 22, 2007 | 08:14 AM
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what are the bose systems like? over here we get a cheapo system as standard
Old Aug 22, 2007 | 09:47 AM
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what are the bose systems like? over here we get a cheapo system as standard

The bose systems are more of a pain in the **** then anything...go aftermarket if you want to upgrade..
Old Aug 23, 2007 | 11:22 AM
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ok...so if I go aftermarket....and get a wire harness....do i just need to bypass the amps next to the speakers and continue to use factory wiring??? or is it alittle more detailed then that?
Old Aug 23, 2007 | 11:37 AM
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the factory bose setup is an all or nothing affair basically.
the bose H/u needs the amps at the speakers to work and the amps are designed to work only with the factory 1 ohm speakers.
Old Aug 23, 2007 | 11:46 AM
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Originally Posted by internetautomar
the factory bose setup is an all or nothing affair basically.
the bose H/u needs the amps at the speakers to work and the amps are designed to work only with the factory 1 ohm speakers.

Not always the case though brian,i have used my front bose amps/speakers with my pioneer HU since 2001,with only one speaker going out in that time..Really,i cant say for sure if the aftermarket hu had anything to do with the speaker failing anyway,since i have had no other issues other then the one speaker in 6 years..

It might just be a pioneer thang
Old Aug 23, 2007 | 03:05 PM
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Originally Posted by RayRey21
ok...so if I go aftermarket....and get a wire harness....do i just need to bypass the amps next to the speakers and continue to use factory wiring??? or is it alittle more detailed then that?

This is what I used. It's wired between the HU and the factory harness. It lowers the ohms of the HU so that it won't blow the Bose amps/speakers (at least that's how I understand it). I originally hooked up my HU without this and if I barley turned up the volume it would get really loud quick. I guess that's how the bose speakers get blown. I think I'm lucky because all my bose speakers still actually work!
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