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Re: C6 door speaker replacement

Subject: Re: C6 door speaker replacement
by bogus on 2022/5/21 7:28:49

ok... time is now available.

The reality is this... age of the car is now conspiring against you. The audio system is one of the first major components to take a shit.

Cars are a harsh environment. Temperature, humidity, vibration... it all adds up to a short lifespan. Speakers dry rot, CD drives atrophy, amps wear out.

And Bose, in general, is not immune... in fact, their long term durability flat out sucks, even for home audio.

Save your pennies, you have time, because, as I said, most of these units are not available.

I have much of the hardware needed to upgrade my OEM system (Delco, not Bose). But haven't gotten to it... a blown up knee has killed me.

However, good aftermarket stuff will fit in the car with minimal mods, but will sound exponentially better than the Bose.

I have to admit, I have rather expensive tastes in audio. I have been doing audio for 45 years and have learned a few things:

1. The best is normally worth it. It lasts longer and sounds better

2. The best is not automatically the most expensive

Much depends on your taste in music, but the truth is, the internal amp of a head unit is not enough.

First off, I would gut the entire Bose system. As I said, it ain't getting younger.

For the front speakers, I got Morel 3-way components. You may not want that, so a nice 2-way system could fit just as well. These are the ones I got:

https://www.crutchfield.com/p_210VIR603/Morel-Virtus-603.html

There is a little speaker in the B-pillar. If you want to use that, it can be powered by the head unit, no problem. It's just adding ambience anyway... but you will need an amp for the front stage, I like these:

https://www.crutchfield.com/p_161ACM23 ... l-ACM-2-300.html?tp=35757

If you decide to go 4 channel, 2 of those, or, 1 four channel:

https://www.crutchfield.com/p_210MPS44 ... l-MPS-4-400.html?tp=35782

But there are others that should do well without breaking the bank... just avoid the junk brands. Morel, Focal, Hertz, MB Quart, JL Audio, Alpine and Kenwood are the best brands.

For the bass, the Bose equalization was junk anyway, so a nice sub would be a huge benefit. I would look at one of the smaller sub boxes with a built in amp. Something like this would do the trick:

https://www.crutchfield.com/p_113KSCSW ... wood-KSC-PSW8.html?tp=114

I like JL Audio subs, hate their amps. They sound ok, just not very durable.

A few brands to avoid... MTX, Rockford-Fosgate (they were world class, but are now living off a past greatness), Boss, Dual, Jensen, Soundstream (again, past greatness), Sony (sounds great, not super durable), Pioneer (sounds muddy, never have liked their sound quality). Stay clear of the cheap crap... The $125 head units are not where you want to be.

All of this is a suggestion and a reference point. Not a hard fast rule.

As I said, I have been doing audio since I was a kid. I didn't understand it then, but it became obvious that I had a unique situation... I could hear things no one else could. I would walk into the department store electronics dept and hear all these high-pitched squeals... at times, it was painful, but I found out later it was either failing horizontal output transistors, or, weak power supplies.

As I got older, I learned that cheap audio gave me a headache. Cheap audio gets harsh, due to the junk components in the amps. This is why I spend money... I don't buy much, but when I do, it's the best I can afford.
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