Bose question

what do you installers do when someone comes in with a newer car with a factory bose system.....Ive noticed alot of Nissan and Mazda's with the Bose speakers and setup, and since they are 2 ohm, it must be difficult to hook up if not impossible to connect to a aftermarket HU.  Also, Bose makes some very good quality stuff, so how come after market speaker manufacturers dont make 2-ohm speakers? Just some questions for people to debate over

It's not that their stuff is better, it's simply because their uses less resistance.  Since Bose systems work off a 2 ohm load and  most aftermarket and non "premium sound" systems work off a 4 ohm load bose can do more with less.  Most bose systems are based on the "infinite baffle" theory in that the speaker is smaller inside an amplified enclosure.  Usually you can get an adapter that will allow the use of aftermarket amps and speakers with a bose head unit.  You "can" hook up a 4 ohm speaker to bose system but you will not get very much volume from it.

Usually, if any part of a bose system goes out (for example, one of the amps), you have to replace every component.  Some cars are more troublesome than others (I feel bad for those of you with 93 to 97 Mazda Rx-7's- that wave tube can be a real problem).  So what you really are paying for is a compact system that can put out pretty big sound (sort of).

Duane...

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