I've been closely following a number of posts in regards to making our Bose systems sound like they belong in these fine cars.
This post comes very close to fixing the issues ..
http://www.mazdas247.com/forum/showthread.php?t=123701496
Indeed I followed the advise in this post and it helped the system but it still left something to be desired.
Others have gone thru the work of replacing the speakers ..
http://www.mazdas247.com/forum/showthread.php?t=123733269
That path really didn't go well.
Many other posters came to the conclusion that they need to scrap it all because the Bose system is a 2 ohm system and nothing is really made for a 2 ohm system. That's expensive and it just might suck too .. and just begs for someone to trash your dash getting your new system out of your car.
Let's be clear here .. I'm not a sound system wonk. I just want a system that will give my F-150 a run for it's money. My F-150 has a factory JBL system in it and if gas prices weren't so high I would drive it around to hear great tunes, it's the best factory system I've ever heard, but I digress.
So like I said previously I had already done the things in the first post above which changes out the door tweeters and then adds inductors in the front door speakers to kill the excess bass. I just decided to expand on this solution and also added the same inductors to the rear speakers too.
The effect? Astounding! Now my system is clean and full. My best sound settings have the bass and the treble at zero, and I pretty much have the system at zero fade too. Sometimes I do increase the fade to the front if I want it a little brighter, or to the rear if I want to boost the mid range. It's really pretty nice, just like I was expecting when I bought the car. Plus I can now actually hear the little sub woofer working.
If you, like many others, are sorely disappointed with the Bose system I say give this a try. It's inexpensive, and I can confirm that it works well. And it's quick to do too. BTW, Here's a link to a post that nicely lays out a quick way to get to your rear door speaker wires .. http://www.mazdas247.com/forum/showthread.php?t=123737624 to put the rear inductors in place.
BTW, I also tried a product from the same source as above, called Bass Blockers. They were similar but didn't sound quite a nice so I didn't use them. I guess they they cut off a bit too much bass and actually add a little distortion at the same time.
This post comes very close to fixing the issues ..
http://www.mazdas247.com/forum/showthread.php?t=123701496
Indeed I followed the advise in this post and it helped the system but it still left something to be desired.
Others have gone thru the work of replacing the speakers ..
http://www.mazdas247.com/forum/showthread.php?t=123733269
That path really didn't go well.
Many other posters came to the conclusion that they need to scrap it all because the Bose system is a 2 ohm system and nothing is really made for a 2 ohm system. That's expensive and it just might suck too .. and just begs for someone to trash your dash getting your new system out of your car.
Let's be clear here .. I'm not a sound system wonk. I just want a system that will give my F-150 a run for it's money. My F-150 has a factory JBL system in it and if gas prices weren't so high I would drive it around to hear great tunes, it's the best factory system I've ever heard, but I digress.
So like I said previously I had already done the things in the first post above which changes out the door tweeters and then adds inductors in the front door speakers to kill the excess bass. I just decided to expand on this solution and also added the same inductors to the rear speakers too.
The effect? Astounding! Now my system is clean and full. My best sound settings have the bass and the treble at zero, and I pretty much have the system at zero fade too. Sometimes I do increase the fade to the front if I want it a little brighter, or to the rear if I want to boost the mid range. It's really pretty nice, just like I was expecting when I bought the car. Plus I can now actually hear the little sub woofer working.
If you, like many others, are sorely disappointed with the Bose system I say give this a try. It's inexpensive, and I can confirm that it works well. And it's quick to do too. BTW, Here's a link to a post that nicely lays out a quick way to get to your rear door speaker wires .. http://www.mazdas247.com/forum/showthread.php?t=123737624 to put the rear inductors in place.
BTW, I also tried a product from the same source as above, called Bass Blockers. They were similar but didn't sound quite a nice so I didn't use them. I guess they they cut off a bit too much bass and actually add a little distortion at the same time.
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