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<blockquote data-quote="HardofWhoring" data-source="post: 8833983" data-attributes="member: 674149"><p>The Bose system they installed in the GM/ Chevy / GMC vehicles, those speakers aren't rated at 4 ohm. They have an odd ohm rating so they can make em really cheap and small. The speakers are wired at I want to say 2.7ohm and wired in series. If you still have the speakers you pulled out, you can check the resistance with a multimeter. If you can get to the speaker wiring, you can check between the speakers, and should be able to tell easily if they are wired in series or parallel (how we would all do it). </p><p></p><p>If it's wired in series that might explain why you are missing channels, but not sure if I'm reading that right.</p><p></p><p>Those bose units, are best to leave em alone, or rip the entire thing out. That navigation makes the difference in replacing that head unit from $100-$200, to closer to about $1K. </p><p></p><p>If those old speakers are an odd ohm rating, you can find speakers at that rating, but the wattage is really low on your setup, and won't sound much better. </p><p></p><p>I think at this point, (if that's the problem), your best option is to find a way to add an amp so that you can wire it to those speakers you bought at 4 ohm.</p><p></p><p>OR did you add an amp, use the factory wiring, and it is still wired in series, and that's your problem?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HardofWhoring, post: 8833983, member: 674149"] The Bose system they installed in the GM/ Chevy / GMC vehicles, those speakers aren't rated at 4 ohm. They have an odd ohm rating so they can make em really cheap and small. The speakers are wired at I want to say 2.7ohm and wired in series. If you still have the speakers you pulled out, you can check the resistance with a multimeter. If you can get to the speaker wiring, you can check between the speakers, and should be able to tell easily if they are wired in series or parallel (how we would all do it). If it's wired in series that might explain why you are missing channels, but not sure if I'm reading that right. Those bose units, are best to leave em alone, or rip the entire thing out. That navigation makes the difference in replacing that head unit from $100-$200, to closer to about $1K. If those old speakers are an odd ohm rating, you can find speakers at that rating, but the wattage is really low on your setup, and won't sound much better. I think at this point, (if that's the problem), your best option is to find a way to add an amp so that you can wire it to those speakers you bought at 4 ohm. OR did you add an amp, use the factory wiring, and it is still wired in series, and that's your problem? [/QUOTE]
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