first off when you tie-wrap something you put the heads out of sight, second people don't hate on JL because its bad there just NOT STUPID enough to pay for the same product they can purchase @ 1/2 the cost! also in general bose makes JUNK compared to after-market stuff, and 2volts on the pre-amp is MORE than enough to get max power out of any amp... i think its laughable that you purchased the bose system then went back and got after-market stuff.
also rca's are called cable(it transfers signal not power) and second i would NEVER cut RCA cables... a simple LOC would have been much better as its now about 10x easier to get noise ESP behind the CD player... so before you start bragging/ cutting people down look in the mirror