Speak up, Mr. Bose

[Grant Lenahan]

If that is true, you also might take them out and look for a cap 
(typically a cylinder, standing up) oozing a bit of goo or looking 
bloated.  Remove, procure similar, replace.

Yes, BOSE are car specific. The whole point of BOSE technology is to 
pre-equalize for the ambient environment.

Grant
On Jun 29, 2007, at 1:44 PM, Christopher G. Mason wrote:

> Its the amps, I had similar noises before they failed completely on my
> old 1990 Maxima. If they are like any other early BOSE system, the amp
> is likely mounted on the speakers. I removed the speaker unit and had
> a local stereo shop that was a BOSE authorized repair center rebuild
> the amp for about $75 back in 2000. Do not buy a replacement amp off
> of ebay, they are apparently equalized according to the car and
> speaker position it is installed in and they won't sound right. Yes,
> the point of failure is indeed the caps, BOSE got a bad batch during
> the early 90s and it affected all of their OEM systems regardless of
> the make or model of car. I think they eventually corrected the
> problem by 93-94 or so.
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