i went up to tweeter the other day and talked to one of the installers about changing my bose headunit because the cd player does not work. he said that he can install a new headunit with the bose speakers by bypassing the bose amplifiers. I am pretty much set on buying the eclipse cd5423 headunit. my question is would i need to buy a new amplifier to power my speakers or would the headunit be able to give them enough power. i have no problem spending some cash on an amplifier also. in the end would this sound better than the bose setup?

 

bump...anyone?

 

The Bose speakers have their own amplifiers inside the bottom of the speakers. You won't need any new amps. If the guy's installing your headunit so it uses the stock Bose speakers, it's not really "bypassing the Bose amplifiers" per se (except maybe the subwoofer amplifier). The installer will need to use some kind of adapter for interfacing your headunit's outputs to the Bose speaker inputs.

 

yeh thats what i thought but the guy said there is no need for any extra adapters or anything, they just use the bose speakers without the amps in each speaker and use power from the internal amp in the headunit.

 

i dont think the speakers will play or even play good and loud without the amp to them so tell him you wanna have the bose amp..i just changed mine my self and it wouldnt work without the amps hooked up and with the bose amps it sounds really nice like i had my system in the car already

 

yeah, if you are changing your hu you need to hook it up through the bose amps or they won't play. i am curious as to why you can't just by the hu and wiring harness and just install it yourself....easier than breathing.

 

well i let them install it for the 45 bucks or whatever i get 1 year theft warranty, 3 years parts wrranty and lifetime labor

 

you must've gone to Best Buy....they told me the same ****...needless to say, I drove my car out w/o getting HU replaced

 

the shop is giving you a theft warranty? wtf is that? if someone steals it, they will replace it for free? if so, come by my house and let me "steal" it. you wouldn't care b/c they would give you a new one and i will be real careful. no scratching or scuffing dash. i have never in my life heard of such a thing.

 

yeah, thats kinda wierd?

 

just out of curiosity does anyone know that if you had your whole bose system taken out, could it be put into another non-bose maxima?

 

sure it could. i've seen posts here where people have replaced their stock non bose system with complete bose system. the question is.....why??? if you want to replace your stock system, why replace it with another stock system?

 

just wondering cuz if i replaced my whole system now instead of just the headunit i could have my dad buy all the bose stuff off me and have it installed in his car (97 maxima, my car is a 96).

 

You can replace the head unit. You just have to either buy the adapter that spirilis was talking about, or rewire each amp. The bose head unit is designed to run bose 1 ohm speakers. An aftermarket head unit is designed to run 4 ohm speakers. My advice...to get the best clarity...don't replace the head unit or the speakers, until you can replace them both. That is what I'm going to do. Bose used to be great, now they are just good. Plenty of after market systems can whoop *** on bose.

my .02 - Chad

 

i didnt know there was an adapter until i cut the wires and ask on here..but i did wire up the amps and all and now it plays really good.

 

The adapter still won't sound as good as rewiring. And once you have it its only a matter of time before your speakers blow. Rewire is the way to go.

Peace - CHad

 

Are there full details posted anywhere on how to do a rewire for stock BOSE speakers + aftermarket deck?

As for the aftermarket deck, I guess it does not matter if it has internal amplification or not... ?