My current set-up: Kenwood HU & stock Bose speakers (no adapter)

Saturday I put in some new speakers in the rear; tested them out, and I could barely hear anything. Had to turn the volume up past 20 to get some sound.

My questions:
- If I wired them incorrectly, would I be hearing anything at all?
- If I wired them correctly and they sound like sh*t, does that mean I have to get an amp to hear them?
- Since I still got the Bose speakers in the front, is the HU sending all the juice to those and next to nothing to the back speakers?

Help is greatly appreciated...

 

Ok, if you wired them incorrectly , you wouldnt hear much. Most likely, one speaker is wired correctly, and the wires on the other are switched. THis means when one speaker goes in, the other goes out. (the phases are reversed). THe wave from one will cancel out the wave from the other. THe other posibility is that the Phases are reversed on BOTH of the rear speakers, and the front is cancelling out the back. This is the most logical explination, BUT I dont know anything about the bose amplifier. Try switching the wires, and see if it fixes the problem.

 

that kenwood hu should be able to push those new speakers. did you check the front/rear balance on the HU? i know that sounds silly, but doesn't hurt to check

 

I'm guessing that you have ran new speaker wire from your head unit to the bose speakers to bypass the bose amps, correct?? Well, like the post above definitely check your connections and make sure yours speakers are wire correctly.

 

thanks for the input er'ybody...i'm gonna investigate things this weekend.

 

that would fry the Kenwood HU because the bose speakers run at 1 ohm, and the HU is only meant to run at minimum 4 ohm speakers