Re: Audi Concert Bose question (non-quattro)

[Sachelle Babbar <sbabbar@iris.nyit.edu>]

My dad has had a few of the 93 and up Northstar Cadillacs and in all of
them (STS, DeVille Concours), I saw how much better the standard (11?)
speaker (called Active Audio) sounded compared to the Bose system. Just a
richer sound. It also could have been my taste.

A friend's old Q45 (H.O.S) had the Bose that sounded absolutely horrible.
A friend of mine now has an Acura TL with Bose. Not that much to speak of.

Point being: why?

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*Disclaimer:"Any information contained herein is based purely on my own
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On Tue, 2 Mar 1999 johnc@together.net wrote:

> Jouko -
> 
> Actually, the head units are the same for Bose or non-Bose factory stereo's.  I
> confirmed this when I was searching for CD player options.  The Bose system just
> has the extra amps and speakers in the car, and a 'BOSE' display when the radio
> is turned on.  So you should be able to use the Concert with regular speakers.
> You can't use other speakers with the Bose amps or vice-versa, because that's
> what Dr. Bose's wacky deal is all about, doing weird matching of amp
> equalization to speaker.
> 
> While I'm on the topic, the Bose system almost pierced my eardrum yesterday.
> Playing an Albert King CD with his screeching guitar style, the solo would hit a
> harmonic or sympathetic vibration or other bizarre acoustic phenomena that huw
> could tell us about that would bring the note out in excessive volume.  Ouch.
> Of course it was out of the question to turn it down... The Bose system is
> tempermental this way - from time to time it seems to hit frequencies and
> waveforms that either work great and have really good presence and stereo
> imaging, or make the thing sound lousy.
> 
> JC
> 
> Jouko Haapanen wrote:
> 
> > I know many of us would rather have a sound system or head unit other than
> > factory.  Nevertheless, I'd like to know if anyone has succeeded in using a
> > Bose head unit with separate amplifiers and speakers of non-original source.
> > I promised to investigate this for a friend who has a new A3 with no radio
> > (that's how Audis come standard here), and I can aquire the concert-Bose
> > head unit he wants.  I somehow recall that this will not be easy.
> >
> > Any BTDT's??
> >
> > Jouko Haapanen
> > Pori, Finland
> 
>