Upgraded BOSE sound system with JL Sub?
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Upgraded BOSE sound system with JL Sub?
If I wanted to install 2 JL Audio 12W7 subs, an amp, and a box(possibly a custom one made by West Coast Customs), could I use the stock upgraded BOSE sound system's deck hand in hand with the two subs?
EDIT: BTW, my car is a 99 E320
EDIT: BTW, my car is a 99 E320
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Does your current system have a Bose headunit and separate amp? If so, the connection between the headunit and amp is most probably a fiber optic connection. In this situation, the only way to give your sub amp a signal would be to splice into the rear speaker wires and use a line-out converter.
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Originally Posted by HafizMk
Does your current system have a Bose headunit and separate amp? If so, the connection between the headunit and amp is most probably a fiber optic connection. In this situation, the only way to give your sub amp a signal would be to splice into the rear speaker wires and use a line-out converter.
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Originally Posted by HafizMk
Does your current system have a Bose headunit and separate amp? If so, the connection between the headunit and amp is most probably a fiber optic connection. In this situation, the only way to give your sub amp a signal would be to splice into the rear speaker wires and use a line-out converter.
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Originally Posted by Teck
That's what I did. I took the signal for the amp from the rear speaker with a converter. Works without problems and sounds good.
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Originally Posted by scorchie
It would sound better if you took the signal BEFORE the amp... it would probably be compatible with the line inputs on your new amp.
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About the connections are you right, just asked a mechanic
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If you have money to blow go with the W7s, if you want just as good performance for less, look into the Resonant Engineering XXX, or the Crystal COMPx2, or the Orion H2, or the Phoenix Gold Ti Elite, or the Stereo Integrity MAgnum D2, or Eclipse Ti, or even the Image Dynamics IDMAX, all very very capable subs that can run with the W7 for much less money, just some food for thought, because I am so tired of people being blinded by the JL hype and not seeing that there are so many other companies out there that build just as good or better products for a lot less $$$
