new owner owner of '91 200

[Bernie Benz]

Not true, about needing new speaker wires! Existing wires are  
sufficient to drive old or new speakers directly from the HU,  
bypassing the amps.

Bernie

On Jun 18, 2011, at 5:00 AM, Tony Hoffman wrote:

> Only the Bose will work then. The Bose system uses seperate  
> amplifiers in
> each of the speakers, none in the doors. You will have to run new  
> speaker
> wire if you choose to replace the factory system correctly.
>
> I have one of those $25 radio's in my V8, so no, it's not too good  
> to be
> true. However, they may have sold out, that was years ago when I  
> bought
> mine.
>
> BTW, I had to do the repair on my V8 Q instrument cluster (they are  
> slightly
> different, but similar nonetheless) and Mine worked great ever  
> since I got
> it right. However, it took four times for that result :( In the end I
> resoldered every major connection, and that's what fixed it.
>
> Tony
>
> On Sat, Jun 18, 2011 at 12:25 AM, o <opotamus at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi everyone, thanks for the welcome. I guess I will keep on eye on  
>> ebay and
>> other marketplaces. About the radio, I was hoping for something  
>> cheap, and
>> I
>> figured the original cassette should be reasonable. $25 refurb  
>> sounds too
>> good to be true, but I couldn't find it. Is there more info or  
>> part number
>> available for the blaupunkt that was mentioned? Is this the same  
>> as the
>> original? I'd rather not splurge on this so I can save funds for when
>> something more important decideds to fail. Question though, I have  
>> learned
>> that there are two possible original radios. The only thing I know  
>> about
>> mine is the front door speakers say Audi Bose. Will either of them  
>> work, or
>> is there only one for the Bose speakers?
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