I have a 2002 Sierra Denali. For some reason GM put a Bose in the 2002 Yukon Denali and just a regular delco in the 2002 Sierra Denali. Does anyone know what pieces are different in the bose system and where I could come by them? I have blown one of my stock speakers and desperately need something that sounds better, but I don't want to change the deck or add a sub or anything else. If I can't find the Bose stuff, I am thinking about just installing a set of Focal Polyglass 165 V2's. Opinions?
Thanks!
-Matt
You'll end up paying a LOT of money to turn the stock system into a bose equivalent. And it will never sound anywhere near as good as aftermarket speakers, especially focals!
The bose system consists of amplifiers as well as speakers, and they are designed to work only with each other. Thus if you got the bose amps you'd need to get new bose speakers all around as well. And if you tried to replace the standard stock speakers you have with a pair of bose speakers it would probably fry the head unit (bose uses 1 ohm speakers which would end up drawing too much power from the head unit and causing it to overheat).
Definitely, absolutely, without any sort of doubt, install those focals!!! You will be very pleased with the sound quality.
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Ethan
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Donate to the12volt.comAbsolutely--upgrading your speakers will usually give you the biggest increase in overall sound quality when compared to your all stock system. Of course the next logical step would be to upgrade the head unit or get external amps for the speakers, because that's where aftermarket speakers really sound awesome. But you can get by with just using the stock head unit for now, though I don't know if I'd get focals...
don't get me wrong, Focal makes some of the best speakers out there. I just don't think they'd sound any better as long as they're still being powered by the stock head unit--at least not enough for you to be able to tell the difference. Now if you do intend to add amps later on down the road then I would say the focals might be a better choice for you as eventually you would be able to tell the difference between them and a less expensive brand like pioneer or jbl.
However, if all you're trying to do is replace a pair of blown stock speakers with aftermarket ones, I would go for something less expensive than focal. Just my two cents though.
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Ethan
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Donate to the12volt.com Does anyone have the stereo wire colors for an '02 Denali Truck? Also, does anyone know how much power the factory amp is putting out? I am going to be replacing some speakers and installing an amp and am trying to decide whether to get the JL Audio 300/2 or the 450/4 (which steps - 150X2 AND 75X2 for the front and rears, respectively). For now the plan is focal polykevlar 6.5" in the front doors and the stock speakers in the rear. Also, does anyone know where the crossovers for the factoy components are? This car does have OnStar but does NOT have the Bose system.
Thanks!
Matt
Does anyone know where I can get the speaker wire and amp turn on lead colors for this truck?