I have been searching but couldn't find an answer that exactly fit my situation. I have an 07 with the bose system, and would like to upgrade the system while keeping the stock look. Is it possible to run a system like this.

Keep the bose headunit and amp, then run the output of the bose amp into a sound processor like those offered by alpine, rockford, ect. From there go into an aftermarket amp which would power the speakers. Theoretically shouldn't it upgrade the sound while keeping all the functions of the stock system(steering wheel controls, bluetooth) while upgrading the system at the same time? Thanks for any info.

 

^^ I don't think this is a good idea. I would think that running poor and cheap components through a secondary processor will only multiply the poor sound. Keeping the poor OEM speakers insures that the final output is low quality.

I might have missed the point.

--Spike

 

Good heads and a good match on the wiring harness will frequently allow you to keep all those features. Search through best buy or circuit city and match it to you car. Sort price from High to Low and go to the top

 

Well i would be replacing all the speakers. Really the only thing i cared about was the bluetooth and steering wheel controls. thanks for the replies guys.

 

are you thinking of running them through another head unit, or just straight up through an amp?

alot of people, with higher end component speakers will have an amp for their in dash and door panel units

the 200w an head unit or 4x40w or whatever it is simply is not enough.

running the signal to a bigger amp and then to the component speaker is a fairly simple and quite effective process. Just be wary that many amps n the market today are geared for sub woofers and you would melt most door panel speakers with them ( ie 150w powerhandling speaker 1600w amp)

also i re-read that you want a secondary processor (eq essentially)
you are gonna have ALOT of wire and there you loose quality, get feedback, crossovers,
to do that well you will need thick, well insulated wire.... and alot of planning never crossing signal paths or power lines through the whole project could be a pain.

 

Well as I understand the OP, he wants to take the Bose headunit feeding a signal to the Bose amp. From there he wants to run it through something like the JL Audio Clean Sweep (http://mobile.jlaudio.com/products_c...php?page_id=79). From the clean sweep to aftermarket amps then to aftermarket speakers. With a product like the clean sweep, you CAN get a pretty clean signal out to the amps. I don't see the problem with this setup, however the clean sweep and similar products are kind of pricey. Weigh out how important it is for you to keep the OEM headunit for ~$300 or get a nice aftermarket headunit for the same money or a little bit more and have all the same features you are looking to keep (Bluetooth, steering wheel controls).

 

Thanks again to all who replied. I want to keep the setup looking as clean as possible, ideally looking as if nothing had been done to the system at all. Since the headunit wouldn't be used to power anything I will probably stick with the stock one. thanks again.