CX-5 Bose Speaker Specs
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Spent hours googling, here is what I found on the russian forum (www.cx-5.ru):
now one more question - what is Bose amplifier per channel watt distribution?
now one more question - what is Bose amplifier per channel watt distribution?
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BlackSpeed10
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- 2010 Mazdaspeed 3
Fantastic, thanks!
Theres also this one.....
http://www.bose.co.uk/GB/en/Images/Mazda_CX5_en_tcm6-67016.pdf
Which doesnt offer any additional info, but its prettier. ;p
http://www.bose.co.uk/GB/en/Images/Mazda_CX5_en_tcm6-67016.pdf
Which doesnt offer any additional info, but its prettier. ;p
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It is an amp/processor unit. The speakers aren't active speakers.
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- 2014 & 2019 CX-5 Touring(s)
Don't even bother. The speakers may be better than the base ones, but still made 'to a price'. Buy aftermarket and either add an amp (at least) or replace the head unit, or both.
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- 18 CX-5
New diagram published by Bose on 2/17/2014 for "new" Mazda models, apparently 2014.5 cx5:
http://www.bose.co.uk/GB/en/Images/Sd_Mazda_CX_5_GB_final_tcm6-67016.pdf
I am lucky to have stayed with 2013.5 (2014). See that the two side speakers in instrument panel are now only 6 cm. Used to be same as center speaker (8 cm), even in Bose's old diagram (the broken link you sent out)
Even I can get the bose speakers for free. My friend is upgrading his and I can take the speakers from him.
If you really wanted to do it, you could install the Bose speakers, but you'd need to install the Bose amplifier as well. And there'll be quite a bit of complex wiring required because the speaker cabling is different between the two models. Candidly, the benefits would not be worth the effort. I say that as the owner of a 2013 GT with the Bose system. If I didn't have it, I would buy aftermarket speakers if I wanted to upgrade the stock system.
I going to try to just installing the 2 dash speakers and see how they will work which will be weird because they are on same line and the door speakers are 4 ohms and the bose are 2 ohms. I also have a suspicion Im going to need bass blockers for them.
You will. That filtering happens in the Bose amplifier, so because you'll be sending the speakers a full-range signal, filtering is needed. I'd look at a 300Hz filter as a starting point. Know, too, that the Bose amp has equalization that's speaker and car-specific, which you'll also not have by using the speaker wired directly to the CD player.
I would be interested to hear if the speakers are actually different in the Bose verses non-Bose setups. I have a suspicion they are the same speakers...
squibcakes
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They are different: here are specs:
Non Bose: https://www.dropbox.com/s/4rxu8vcbiv2ys3n/cx5_nonbose.GIF
Bose:https://www.dropbox.com/s/potka8gpqgotw6e/cx5_bose.GIF
Non Bose: https://www.dropbox.com/s/4rxu8vcbiv2ys3n/cx5_nonbose.GIF
Bose:https://www.dropbox.com/s/potka8gpqgotw6e/cx5_bose.GIF
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Thanks. Glad I'm not a detective... ;-)
I'm surprised there is an ~8" speaker in the front door of the Bose system, and yet the bass sounds so muddy. I think I read in here that pair only gets bass...
