Did you upgrade just speakers and amps with your Bose unit?
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Did you upgrade just speakers and amps with your Bose unit?
I want to hear from those folks that upgraded just the speakers and amps and kept their Bose head unit. I want to know if there was noticeable improvement or do you feel that the difference wasn’t worth the expense? Please let me know your thoughts or send me a link to an earlier post about your system. If you have not done this please don't post "There's lots of this out there if you do a search BS", I am tired of looking and never really hearing about it from the source. I only want replies from those people who have done this and if it improved the sound that much.
Thanking you in advance,
Stinger1
Thanking you in advance,
Stinger1
I replaced all my Bose speakers and amps and kept the head unit. It makes a big improvement, but I decided to replace the head unit b/c the sound was not up to my standards, which are high. Bottom line is it will make an improvement, but the best option to is to replace the head unit.
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I have been planning to do this and have talked to a couple of guys who have done this.
I would say the majority of the problem with the bose system is in the amps and speakers. Replacing them will make a large improvement. That seems to be enough for most people.
If you have high stereo standards (ie. if you are an audiophile) you will probably find the head unit inadequate when compaired to a premium unit.
If, however, you simply want ot get rid of the Bose major flaws (one note bass, non-imaging, crappy frequency response, etc.) you can do that with the amp and speakers.
I decided to just do the amp and speakers for now for three reasons. First, I have a roadster and the road noise would probably limit me from audiophile nirvana no matter what I install. Secondly, if I am still unhappy replacing the head unit will be easy, since all I will need to do is run it to the amps I installed previously. Third, I like the stock look of the HU and in a roadster I would be a little nervous about having a bling-bling head unit visible through the window.
If you are on the fence you can do it in phases and stop when you are satisfied. If you want "the best sound possible" then you should probably go straight to a total front to back replacement.
Just my opinion of course.
I would say the majority of the problem with the bose system is in the amps and speakers. Replacing them will make a large improvement. That seems to be enough for most people.
If you have high stereo standards (ie. if you are an audiophile) you will probably find the head unit inadequate when compaired to a premium unit.
If, however, you simply want ot get rid of the Bose major flaws (one note bass, non-imaging, crappy frequency response, etc.) you can do that with the amp and speakers.
I decided to just do the amp and speakers for now for three reasons. First, I have a roadster and the road noise would probably limit me from audiophile nirvana no matter what I install. Secondly, if I am still unhappy replacing the head unit will be easy, since all I will need to do is run it to the amps I installed previously. Third, I like the stock look of the HU and in a roadster I would be a little nervous about having a bling-bling head unit visible through the window.
If you are on the fence you can do it in phases and stop when you are satisfied. If you want "the best sound possible" then you should probably go straight to a total front to back replacement.
Just my opinion of course.
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