line out or preamp out to bose touring speakers?
03-08-01, 01:27 PM
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line out or preamp out to bose touring speakers?
I asked this in the FD section, but thought I'd ask here as well. I know somebody on here did a headunit swap for an alpine unit but kept the bose touring speakers...
I'm doing the same with a kenwood which has both amplified outs and a pair of preamp outs. I know the bose speakers will take preamp level (I did some rewiring and have been plugging them directly into my discman for a while) but do you think the system will sound better using the preamp outs or using the amplified outs through one of those converter boxes that crutchfield has for the touring speakers?
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I'm doing the same with a kenwood which has both amplified outs and a pair of preamp outs. I know the bose speakers will take preamp level (I did some rewiring and have been plugging them directly into my discman for a while) but do you think the system will sound better using the preamp outs or using the amplified outs through one of those converter boxes that crutchfield has for the touring speakers?
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Yeah, but I'm wondering if that or straight preamp out makes more sense quality/power wise. I guess I may have to just try it out. If nothing else, using the converter would let me drive those bass tubes in the back harder 
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03-08-01, 06:00 PM
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Yeah, but I'm wondering if that or straight preamp out makes more sense quality/power wise. I guess I may have to just try it out. If nothing else, using the converter would let me drive those bass tubes in the back harder
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Yeah, but I'm wondering if that or straight preamp out makes more sense quality/power wise. I guess I may have to just try it out. If nothing else, using the converter would let me drive those bass tubes in the back harder
matt
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Each door speaker, the rear sub, and the center speaker have their own amp which runs at 1 ohm.
The harness that connects to the stock radio has a wire that the radio uses to switch the amps on.
Do you have the wiring diagram?
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The harness that connects to the stock radio has a wire that the radio uses to switch the amps on.
Do you have the wiring diagram?
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Yeah, I have the wiring diagram and I know about the individual amps - that's why I'm asking. Right now I have RCA jacks wired onto the ends of the preamp lines that run to the stock bose amps. It works just fine (this is how I've been listening to a discman without a head unit).
I just wonder if plugging the preamp lines into the preamp out of the radio is better than wiring the preamp lines to this converter and then wiring that to the normal speaker outs on the head unit. More complicated, but perhaps better sound?
Sorry, I'm probably not explaining this very well. Thanks for the responses.
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I just wonder if plugging the preamp lines into the preamp out of the radio is better than wiring the preamp lines to this converter and then wiring that to the normal speaker outs on the head unit. More complicated, but perhaps better sound?
Sorry, I'm probably not explaining this very well. Thanks for the responses.
matt
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