Not really, the "BOSE" upgrade is a Panasonic unit. Still junk. Aftermarket is the only way to get ood sound. For the amount of money you would have spent on the BOSE crap you can get a good aftermarket setup instead.arm58 said:
Thanks for the info. Any ideas on a good upgrade, or where I could read about other's experience in this area? Thanks again.92TripleBlack said:Not really, the "BOSE" upgrade is a Panasonic unit. Still junk. Aftermarket is the only way to get ood sound. For the amount of money you would have spent on the BOSE crap you can get a good aftermarket setup instead.
Do you want to do it yourself or have someone install for you. Upgrade is probably a new deck and then sky's the limit. A good system would probably run $1500 up installed.arm58 said:
I'd read through the interior mods area. I used to install so if you want to go that way, let us know. Thanks a lot. I'll read through the mod area as you suggested. I'd like to at least add a DVD player for the kid at some point, and I looked over a well-documented install job already - doesn't look too hard. I was wondering how much help replacing the speakers might give; the sound seems to be pretty weak, and my first impression was that the speakers suck..92TripleBlack said:Do you want to do it yourself or have someone install for you. Upgrade is probably a new deck and then sky's the limit. A good system would probably run $1500 up installed.
Speakers do suck, but then the radio doesn't have the power to make speakers sound good. If you are getting noise without any signal being in the line, it is just bad components. If you are serious with the DVD, get a DVD in the dash, speakers, and a seperate amp to power. A couple extra monitors in the headrests and you will probably spend $2k, less than if you got them from the dealer but much better end results. If you feel you can do it yourself, go for it. I used to install. If you are careful and ask a lot of questions, you should be fine.arm58 said:
There is probaby about 12 watts a channel. Could drive efficient coax but never seperates. Watt rating systems are not standardized. Makers can modify how they rate to make the system numbers look better. Usually a maker adopts a system and then uses that consistently, but it doesn't match another makers specs. EX. They can rate power as nominal, peak, based on clean or with differing degrees of distortion, etc. Worst example I've seen is a pyramid eq. The box said it was rated 2000watts but it probably had 6.5wx4 or so. We later found out they rated the power spike it produced as it exploded after they plugged it into an AC outlet.arm58 said:
No problem.arm58 said:
