Upgrade Bose system with better speakers but keep the Bose amp?

[corvette744]

The alpine speakers i posted before are 3 yrs old sound fantastic compared to stock bose speakers and are 2 ohm speakers.The other big thing is their 115.00 bucks.Big upgrade in sound.Now if your saying they only last 5 yrs i guess we will see about that.If your right that works out to 23.00 a year for great clear sound im in.If they last 10 its 11 bucks a year we will find out.

 

[Bigkevschopshop]

Bose system stock was ok in those models, but it does wear out for sure. I never quite liked the frequency settings of those bose... The new 15 to 20 bose is a huge step up. I have numerous Sound Quality wins over the years, its not an sq system at all stock, but its ok... If I had to set up a cheap easy to run system for daily beating, Infinity Reference series mids and high and a Fosgate sub in the rear. Id get a 5 channel amp to run it all, Maybe JL or Mosconi if I wanted to get something more out of it.

 

[Joseph Garcia]

Perhaps Alpine speakers have degenerated in quality in recent years, but I don't know, since I have not purchased Alpine speakers in the past 8 years. But, I can tell you that the Alpine speakers that I purchased 8 years ago for my '97 Yukon (RIP) worked great for 5 years in that Yukon, and when it was time to send the Yukon to the junker, I transferred them to my current '07 Yukon XL Denali, and for the past 3 years, these Alpine speakers still sound great.

 

[tRidiot]

Alpine has higher end stuff and they have stuff for the masses. The cheap stuff is just that - cheap.

Pioneer has always had cheap flea market stuff, and they've had the ODR incredibly top of the line stuff, too.

Lots of "you get what you pay for" when it comes to audio. There are some incredible bargain items you can find if you spend the time to learn, but off-the-shelf big box store stuff isn't going to wow you for very long.

 

[NoClue97]

The Bose speakers impedance range between 1.2 and 2.5 Ohms, depending on the speaker types (midrange or tweeter). This is much less than industry standard aftermarket midrange/tweeter speakers, which are typically 4 Ohm. As a result, aftermarket speakers will only consume 1/2 to 2/3 of the rated power of the Bose amp, because the aftermarket speakers higher impedance will limit power consumption through the speakers.

This is what I have heard also, Bose being much lower ohm speakers.
Either spend more money for lower ohm speakers and still be limited by Bose amp or spend more money for an amp to properly drive the most likely 4 ohm speakers.

 

[Mhale8999]

Make sure that you match the ohm load and you'll be fine. If you use higher than 2 ohms the volume will be very low.

I replaced mine with 1 ohm speakers, prior to ditching the bose amp and adding in my own amps/speakers.

What amp did you use to replace the Bose stock amp? Any issues getting everything lined out again?

 

[mountie]

5 months ago, I replaced all my door speakers with the same-size 5 1/2". Infinity dual-cone from Crutchfield, along with their adapter speaker plug. I un-plugged my stock tweeters ( front & rear). The Infinity has tweeters, and I didn't want 8 tweeters!
It took about 2 months for the new speakers to "break in", and then they sounded nice...
Except for a high-pitch 'twang' sound, the system seems to have, even before I changed speakers.... I wanted to get some sort of EQ, but that looks like a project. The low & mid sounds are nice enough.