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Jun 8, 2003 | 07:03 PM

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Bose system impedence

is it possible to get 4 ohm speakers to work with the bose amps by wiring them in parallel to lowere the impedence

Jun 12, 2003 | 06:05 PM

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you would have to wire like 3 4 ohm speakers just to get 1.33 ohms... better getting 2 ohm dvc's but those are nearly impossible to find

Jun 13, 2003 | 02:20 PM

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are the bose speakers 2 ohms or 1 ohm?

Jun 13, 2003 | 07:31 PM

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Jun 17, 2003 | 08:13 PM

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Really I thought they were 2 ohm. Anyway, you can add aftermarket speakers, you just need to rewire the entire car.

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Jun 18, 2003 | 07:20 AM

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Really I thought they were 2 ohm. Anyway, you can add aftermarket speakers, you just need to rewire the entire car.

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rewiring AND still using the bose headunit? i dont think that'll work

Jun 18, 2003 | 12:29 PM

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rewiring AND still using the bose headunit? i dont think that'll work

Sure will. I've done it before.

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Jun 18, 2003 | 01:53 PM

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Sure will. I've done it before.

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really? could ya give me some insight as to how u did it?

Jun 20, 2003 | 06:04 AM

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MAn I'm really stuck here...what color is the constant wire on an bose HU I ahve a 98 Max. And should teh constant read 12volts whne the car is off? Mine reads like 2volts. HUge thanks, dying without a deck.

Jun 20, 2003 | 07:10 AM

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Really I thought they were 2 ohm. Anyway, you can add aftermarket speakers, you just need to rewire the entire car.

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I don't know, can anyone else answer this? I'd like to install some aftermarket speakers, but would I have to rewire the car?

Jun 20, 2003 | 12:19 PM

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if u want them u WOULD have to rewire.

Jun 20, 2003 | 12:47 PM

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You would think with all the Bose systems out there that one of the big car stereo companies would make replacement speakers and a plug and play amp and subwoofer to make all of us happy.

Jun 20, 2003 | 04:24 PM

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That seems tedious to rewire the car... does Bose make special wires or something that regular aftermarket speakers can't pick up on or something? Seems foolish.

Jun 20, 2003 | 05:02 PM

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the power coming out of the bose is very low, because bose speakers themselves are self amplified. after market speakers will sound like crap bc there is not alot of power going to them

Jun 20, 2003 | 05:16 PM

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Well if I change the head unit, then that will beef up the power right? Then I wouldn't need to re wire the car...

Jun 20, 2003 | 08:04 PM

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the ones behind the head unit would be able to be used to the new head unit with an adaptor, i dont know how the speaker wire connections would work, but i assume that u'd have to run new wires to the speakers