RE: More on radio replacement...

[Marc Gallagher <mgallagher@Langan.com>]

in a word, yes.  I am not a stereo nut but I am pretty sure Bose did some
f'ed up things with the setup so that replacement with standard units is
difficult.  Think of it as dropping a 944 transmission in a GLX.  The VR6 is
great, the transmission is great but something gets lost in the middle....


-----Original Message-----
From: Stefan Hudson [mailto:hudson@mbay.net]
Sent: 11 January, 2001 2:49 PM
To: jettaglx@igtc.com
Subject: Re: More on radio replacement...


Does it make sense that that I can get louder sound without distortion
with the lower powered factory head, tho?  I'd assume that I would just
get louder sound at lower volume settings, and I just couldn't go to full
scale volume without blowing something.

Could it be an impededance or level matching issue with the amplifier
inputs?  Do they make matching transformers for car sterio applications?
What is the impedance on the factory speakers?  If I bypassed the amp, could
I drive the factory speakers directly from the head unit?  I'm reasonably
happy with the factory speakers, they sound fine with the factory head.

On Wed, Jan 10, 2001 at 10:22:20PM -0500, stuart wrote:
> if you have got a new head unit which probably puts out 30-40 watts per
> channel plus you have the amp going to the speakers then that is probably
> way too much power for the factory speakers to handle; new speakers that
can
> handle more power would probably sound great
> stuart
> 96 jetta glx, sequoia green
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Stefan Hudson" <hudson@mbay.net>
> To: <jettaglx@igtc.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2001 4:10 PM
> Subject: More on radio replacement...
> 
> 
> > Well, after the drive to work today, I'm thinking that the radio
> > install may not have gone as well as I thought it did.  It turns
> > out that at higher volumes (enough to get decent sound above the
> > road noise), there is severe distortion.  This did not happen with
> > the factory head... I could have it up very loud without getting
> > significant distortion.
> >
> > Anyone know where the problem is?  Is it my head unit, or is it
> > something with the interface between the new head unit and amp?
> > Did I damage the amp by having the negative speaker wires connected
> > initially?
> >
> > Thanks, Stefan
> >
> >