1995 A6Q- Bose Speaker Problems

[Ti Kan]

Steve Meyer writes:
> Thanks for your help! I believe that the speakers have
> individual amps on each speaker. So, that leads me to
> believe that any signal brought to each speaker is
> amped, regardless if the aftermarket head unit is
> already amplifying the signal. I thought at one point
> I had heard that there was some sort of converter that
> would allow aftermarket units to work with Bose
> amplified speakers. Have you ever heard of such a
> thing? It's been a while since I've looked into this
> (off the list for 2 years), so I'm a little rusty. I
> guess I know one of my projects for this weekend!

There are adapters that drops speaker level signals to line level
signals which allows head units that do not have line level outputs
to drive external amplifiers.  However, on the Bose systems there is
the possible further complication that the head unit may have customized
frequency response to complement the speakers, and the adapter won't
solve that problem if you're switching to aftermarket amps and speakers.

This is model-specific, though, and may or may not be an issue on
your car.

-Ti
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