Bose Speaker Questions

bud4ya · February 25, 2011

Can anyone tell me if the Denali with the Bose has different speakers than a non Bose system? I am assuming yes? Also des anyone have a part number and pic of a Bose sound system speaker and a non Bose sound system speaker if they are different?

This is n an 08 Denali. Dealer is putting in new speakers to replace aftermarket ones that are in there. I just want to make sure they are not cheaping ut and putting in regular speakers rather than the ones that wuld go with Bse sound. This again if they are different. I just want t be able to have them pop the speaker cover so I can look and make sure they are replaced with the ones that would have come with a truck that had a Bose system. Just dont knw the difference between what a stock speaker or a Bose speaker would look like.

Thanks

sierrafreak · February 26, 2011

They may not look that that much different. You may have to pull a product number off of the speaker and run it on google. Or it may be marked Bose of the rear, on the magnet. OR you could turn it up and check its quality. Theres a huge difference between the bose system and the factory system if you have an ear for sound.

bud4ya · February 26, 2011

It would be nice if I was able to see a pic of both and see if there is a visible difference. If not good idea on just checking the part number. It has to be on the speaker somewhere. Anyone know where I can get the part number for the bose speaker and a non Bose just to check it out? A pic of a Bose and non Bose speaker would be key if they look different.

Thanks

They may not look that that much different. You may have to pull a product number off of the speaker and run it on google. Or it may be marked Bose of the rear, on the magnet. OR you could turn it up and check its quality. Theres a huge difference between the bose system and the factory system if you have an ear for sound.

bud4ya · March 4, 2011

Hissing noise is gone now that stero is back to stock. The factory AMP was bad becuase the spliced of that to after market one. If they would have gone direct to new AMP factory would not have been toast. So now I am out $800 but hissing noise is gone.

Gues I will sell the after marke Memphis speakers and AMP and re cover some money

Sinkhole · March 4, 2011

Hissing noise is gone now that stero is back to stock. The factory AMP was bad becuase the spliced of that to after market one. If they would have gone direct to new AMP factory would not have been toast. So now I am out $800 but hissing noise is gone.

Gues I will sell the after marke Memphis speakers and AMP and re cover some money

Here are what the Bose speakers look like.

I personally do not like the sound of the factory Bose speakers. I want to replace them in my wife's TrailBlazed but she doesnt have a good ear for sound and thinks they sound fine. She can't see spending the money. I personally went with Infinity Kappas all the way around in my Silverado. I am very happy with them.

Doug_Scott · March 4, 2011

I personally do not like the sound of the factory Bose speakers. I want to replace them in my wife's TrailBlazed but she doesnt have a good ear for sound and thinks they sound fine. She can't see spending the money. I personally went with Infinity Kappas all the way around in my Silverado. I am very happy with them.

I have a buddy that has a 05 with the bose sound. He has always thought they sounded great, and his wife (who does not know good sound if it bit her on the ass) thought all stereos are the same. I had a bunch of work done to my stereo (amps, speakers, line out adaptors and sub) and let them listen. My buddy now wants to change his to be like mine and his wife cannot believe she thought theirs was just fine, all stereos sound the same.

cghbuilder86 · March 4, 2011

Hissing noise is gone now that stero is back to stock. The factory AMP was bad becuase the spliced of that to after market one. If they would have gone direct to new AMP factory would not have been toast. So now I am out $800 but hissing noise is gone.

Gues I will sell the after marke Memphis speakers and AMP and re cover some money

I like the bose systems pretty good. It sounds a lot better than factory standard. But I still think it could be better. I mainly wish mine had a lot more power a volume. I would have though the memphis would have been way better. Except for the hissing, how was the memphis speakers. Really loud?

jimbrown1 · March 4, 2011

Hissing noise is gone now that stero is back to stock. The factory AMP was bad becuase the spliced of that to after market one. If they would have gone direct to new AMP factory would not have been toast. So now I am out $800 but hissing noise is gone.

Gues I will sell the after marke Memphis speakers and AMP and re cover some money

Here are what the Bose speakers look like.

I personally do not like the sound of the factory Bose speakers. I want to replace them in my wife's TrailBlazed but she doesnt have a good ear for sound and thinks they sound fine. She can't see spending the money. I personally went with Infinity Kappas all the way around in my Silverado. I am very happy with them.

How do you like the Kappas? I'm thinking about replacing the stock speakers in my 2011 Silverado crew cab (doors only).

cghbuilder86 · March 4, 2011

I personally do not like the sound of the factory Bose speakers. I want to replace them in my wife's TrailBlazed but she doesnt have a good ear for sound and thinks they sound fine. She can't see spending the money. I personally went with Infinity Kappas all the way around in my Silverado. I am very happy with them.

I have a buddy that has a 05 with the bose sound. He has always thought they sounded great, and his wife (who does not know good sound if it bit her on the ass) thought all stereos are the same. I had a bunch of work done to my stereo (amps, speakers, line out adaptors and sub) and let them listen. My buddy now wants to change his to be like mine and his wife cannot believe she thought theirs was just fine, all stereos sound the same.

Completely replacing the Bose system sounds like a lot of work. I added a sub to my Bose system so I'm mostly happy with it. I would love some kind of tutorial though that went for replacing the head unit, new amp, and how to conect to all the speakers. That starts getting over my head.

Sinkhole · March 5, 2011

Hissing noise is gone now that stero is back to stock. The factory AMP was bad becuase the spliced of that to after market one. If they would have gone direct to new AMP factory would not have been toast. So now I am out $800 but hissing noise is gone.

Gues I will sell the after marke Memphis speakers and AMP and re cover some money

Here are what the Bose speakers look like.

I personally do not like the sound of the factory Bose speakers. I want to replace them in my wife's TrailBlazed but she doesnt have a good ear for sound and thinks they sound fine. She can't see spending the money. I personally went with Infinity Kappas all the way around in my Silverado. I am very happy with them.

How do you like the Kappas? I'm thinking about replacing the stock speakers in my 2011 Silverado crew cab (doors only).

I love them. I've had them since July of '08 and would have a hard time finding an equivilent sounding speaker for the price. I put the Kappa 60.9cs components in the front and the 469.2cfp 4x6 plates in the rear. I did attenuate the front tweeters they were a little bright for my liking. Thats just a simple crossover setting.

heres what they look like all mounted up.

I modified the factory tweeter bracket to hold the Infinity tweeters.

RaGeFeAr · March 5, 2011

all in all, the factory stuff is junk. I don't care what it says on it, monsoon, bose, whatever.

you really paid 800 for a new factory amp???

bud4ya · March 7, 2011

No they pulled out all the aftermarket stuff and re wired the whole truck. They put in new speakers, amp and wiring harness. If I would have known 800 going into it I would have kept the aftermarket equip. The hissing nise I had is gone which was really pissing me off.

all in all, the factory stuff is junk. I don't care what it says on it, monsoon, bose, whatever.

you really paid 800 for a new factory amp???

bud4ya · March 7, 2011

They completly gutted the inside of the truck to re wire. Can you tell me what sub yu went with and how hard was it to install? I am assuming there are only certain sub's you can you use so you don't fry the factory amp.

I personally do not like the sound of the factory Bose speakers. I want to replace them in my wife's TrailBlazed but she doesnt have a good ear for sound and thinks they sound fine. She can't see spending the money. I personally went with Infinity Kappas all the way around in my Silverado. I am very happy with them.

I have a buddy that has a 05 with the bose sound. He has always thought they sounded great, and his wife (who does not know good sound if it bit her on the ass) thought all stereos are the same. I had a bunch of work done to my stereo (amps, speakers, line out adaptors and sub) and let them listen. My buddy now wants to change his to be like mine and his wife cannot believe she thought theirs was just fine, all stereos sound the same.

Completely replacing the Bose system sounds like a lot of work. I added a sub to my Bose system so I'm mostly happy with it. I would love some kind of tutorial though that went for replacing the head unit, new amp, and how to conect to all the speakers. That starts getting over my head.

bizkit · March 31, 2011

Has anyone replaced just the bose door speakers and kept the head unit and bose amp. I have a 2009 Sierra with bose and wondered if just replacing the door speakers would improve sound over stock bose speakers. I would keep factory sub, tweeters, head unit and amp.

GMC_SD_08 · March 31, 2011

Has anyone replaced just the bose door speakers and kept the head unit and bose amp. I have a 2009 Sierra with bose and wondered if just replacing the door speakers would improve sound over stock bose speakers. I would keep factory sub, tweeters, head unit and amp.

I am curious on the speaker replacements for the Bose speakers as well. I am having a JL13tw5 and 500/1v2 slash amp installed on Saturday and really only want to changeout door speakers without the remaining amp and headunit process to go through. My understanding is the stock Bose door speakers are 3 ohms so if you put in 4 ohm speakers it would seem you may lose amp rms wattage but if you go 2 ohm do you overload the Bose amp?