RE: stereo upgrades

[Drew Jennings <drewj@awj.com>]

David Rizzolo wrote:

>I just tried to add a Eclipse head unit to my car and found it could not be
>done because of the [Bose] factory amp. Something technical about gain and
>the
>chance of burning it out... 

For those interested in upgrading the Bose stereo, here is some info
that was posted about a month ago, which I thought was very valuable.

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>From: 	John A. Kilpatrick[SMTP:kilpatri@cs.ucdavis.edu]
>Sent: 	Tuesday, July 01, 1997 11:53 AM
>To: 	'jettaglx@igtc.com'
>Subject: 	RE: CD Changers
>
>I just checked with the stereo shop that did my car (97 GLX) which was
>Auto Radio Stereo on Arden Way in Sacramento, CA.  Great shop.  The head
>installer, Brett, *really* knows his stuff.
>
>I have a Clarion 7375.  Originally the install was going to call for a set
>of balanced differential adapaters.  But as it turns out, that isn't
>necessary.  What you do is only hook up the positive speaker terminals.
>Don't tie the negatives together, don't ground them at all!  (Or you'll
>fry the Bose amps.)  That's all you have to do.
>
>The 7375 was the biggest Clarion in-dash deck I could get that still had
>an internal amp.  I know the 9375 is a "better" deck (more importantly it
>has 4-volt outputs) but since there would be no way to interface it with
>the Bose amps I didn't go for it.  And the 4 volt outs is the only
>"performance" difference between the 7375 and the 9375.  (that and the
>screen savers, but that would clash too much with my car. :-)  I still
>have 6-channel preouts and the ability to control the DSP functions and
>the like.  (And I think it looks cool. :-)
>
>But more importantly, it SOUNDS incredible.  When I came to pick up my
>car, the guys at the stereo shop were VERY impressed.  They said that all
>I neede was a subwoofer, and I was set.  And they were right.  I don't
>have a sub yet, but don't really need one.  The sound is VERY good, and
>beats the crap out of my best friend's 328i. :-)
>
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