This might sound crazy but I was driving home tonight from a friend's house listening to my stereo and I wondered: Is it possible to add two more Bose 6X9's to my system? If I could get my hands on another pair and the amps for them, can it be done? I don't know much about how the system works so if anyone knows I would appreciate advice on how to do this if it can, in fact, be done.

 

I could be extremely wrong, but Im taking a guess. Even though each of the 4 bose speakers use a separate amplifier, they do all need power and signal. If you were to add 2 more 6x9's you would need to tap into both signal and power.

I know the Bose runs at 1ohm, so Im not sure if adding an extra 2 speakers (2 channels) to the system would work. The system is designed for 4 channels not 6, running 6 im sure would mess something up.

Why would you want to do that anyway? Im just curious. The 6x9s dont posess any great bass response and if you were to mount them in you rear deck, the doors, or somewhere else in the back half of the car, they would drown out your front stage which you DONT want.

Assumming it did work (and you were to mount 2 6x9s in the back), since the Bose Head unit doesnt give you much control you would struggle big time balancing out the volume between front and back, not to mention it would annoy your back seat passengers.

Interesting idea though.

Good Luck.

 

Tapping in to the signal does not change the ohm load that the amps see. But there wouldn't be much benefit from this setup. A sub is the way to go.

 

however if you did want to do this i think that you could with a few things. I think you would have to buy a new amp to run the 2 6x9s or risk destroying your stock amps. Second you would need a Line output converter to get a signal to the amp. That just splices into the speaker wires. I did this with a pair of 4x6s off an amp. (non bose system btw) i mounted them in the pass thru, actually sounded pretty good for the highs.

 

davis449 stated that he would use the Bose amps that go with the 6x9s.

 

I am also sure it can be done but see no benefit. Two aftermarket 6 x 9 's with a seperate cheap stereo amp will definitely sound better. Of course this will destroy any chance of a front sound stage.

 

My point exactlly.