Luxury Amp Upgrade???
03-22-2010, 09:47 PM
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Luxury Amp Upgrade???
I have a 06 gmc crew with the bose system. I heard that you could up grade to a caddy or denali amp and get better sound. I don't care to go aftermarket just want a little more.
03-24-2010, 07:58 AM
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Im going to say no on this one. Bose is really paticular on their electronics and everything is really expensive to fix or replace. I have the Bose system in my truck and its going to be fully replaced with an aftermarket unit/speakers/subs.
You said you want a little more but want to keep the factory unit. What do you want more of? Bass? Over all loudness?
For bass you want to look into adding just a small sub with a small amp. Think single 8"-10" sealed sub under the rear seat with 200-250 watt amp. This should help out with the bass fading out when you turn the factory Bose units really high. And should only cost 200-300 bucks.
For overall loudness I think you can add aftermarket mids and highs to the Bose factory amp and it will work but will cause the factory amp to run hotter and ultimatly shorten its life span.
This is why most just upgrade the entire system due to the costs of upgrading just speakers. You'll be easily half way to a fully new system with more room to upgrade vs. still having to deal with the shortfalls of the factory systems. Aftermarket units are now availible to run Ipods, USB drives, Mp3 players, satilite radio (if yours was not equipt from the factory) etc. It just food for thought.
You said you want a little more but want to keep the factory unit. What do you want more of? Bass? Over all loudness?
For bass you want to look into adding just a small sub with a small amp. Think single 8"-10" sealed sub under the rear seat with 200-250 watt amp. This should help out with the bass fading out when you turn the factory Bose units really high. And should only cost 200-300 bucks.
For overall loudness I think you can add aftermarket mids and highs to the Bose factory amp and it will work but will cause the factory amp to run hotter and ultimatly shorten its life span.
This is why most just upgrade the entire system due to the costs of upgrading just speakers. You'll be easily half way to a fully new system with more room to upgrade vs. still having to deal with the shortfalls of the factory systems. Aftermarket units are now availible to run Ipods, USB drives, Mp3 players, satilite radio (if yours was not equipt from the factory) etc. It just food for thought.
04-08-2010, 09:03 PM
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Im going to say no on this one. Bose is really paticular on their electronics and everything is really expensive to fix or replace. I have the Bose system in my truck and its going to be fully replaced with an aftermarket unit/speakers/subs.
You said you want a little more but want to keep the factory unit. What do you want more of? Bass? Over all loudness?
For bass you want to look into adding just a small sub with a small amp. Think single 8"-10" sealed sub under the rear seat with 200-250 watt amp. This should help out with the bass fading out when you turn the factory Bose units really high. And should only cost 200-300 bucks.
For overall loudness I think you can add aftermarket mids and highs to the Bose factory amp and it will work but will cause the factory amp to run hotter and ultimatly shorten its life span.
This is why most just upgrade the entire system due to the costs of upgrading just speakers. You'll be easily half way to a fully new system with more room to upgrade vs. still having to deal with the shortfalls of the factory systems. Aftermarket units are now availible to run Ipods, USB drives, Mp3 players, satilite radio (if yours was not equipt from the factory) etc. It just food for thought.
You said you want a little more but want to keep the factory unit. What do you want more of? Bass? Over all loudness?
For bass you want to look into adding just a small sub with a small amp. Think single 8"-10" sealed sub under the rear seat with 200-250 watt amp. This should help out with the bass fading out when you turn the factory Bose units really high. And should only cost 200-300 bucks.
For overall loudness I think you can add aftermarket mids and highs to the Bose factory amp and it will work but will cause the factory amp to run hotter and ultimatly shorten its life span.
This is why most just upgrade the entire system due to the costs of upgrading just speakers. You'll be easily half way to a fully new system with more room to upgrade vs. still having to deal with the shortfalls of the factory systems. Aftermarket units are now availible to run Ipods, USB drives, Mp3 players, satilite radio (if yours was not equipt from the factory) etc. It just food for thought.
Thanks, Kade
04-08-2010, 10:09 PM
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yes it can be done, and if you have a bose equip'd truck them all that needs to be done is re -pinning the wiring connector,replacing the analog amp with the digital one and re programing the exsisting head unit with a tech 2 tool.
For I have done this. And it is a perfect fit for me. totaly worth it in my opinion.
wish chevy would have ponied up on the amp in the first place.
For I have done this. And it is a perfect fit for me. totaly worth it in my opinion.
wish chevy would have ponied up on the amp in the first place.
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I have all my speakers replaced with JBLs, and I added a little 140 watt 8 inch Sirius Satellite Radio powered sub (that's the brand, I swear). It sounds great, but it won't blow your ears out. However, if you want to go the factory Bose route, I can hook you up, cause I've got one kickin around.
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