Alpine 9886 + Factory Bose amp & speakers = tiny bass
#1
Alpine 9886 + Factory Bose amp & speakers = tiny bass
Hello guys, hoping someone can lay some insights my way because it isn't making sense to me.
I've had the 9886 installed for over a year but never got around to troubleshooting. On my previous car, a volvo 850, I too replaced the stock HU with an Eclipse CD5000 with the same effect.
In both cases, the cars had factory amps and the proper harness was used to convert Headunit RCA out -> harness -> factory amp wires. Both cases the bass became tiny after even with the bass on the aftermarket HU maxed out. With the stock factory system, both cars had adequate bass for my liking. It's like the depth of the bass is lost more so than how loud it is..
Thanks!
I've had the 9886 installed for over a year but never got around to troubleshooting. On my previous car, a volvo 850, I too replaced the stock HU with an Eclipse CD5000 with the same effect.
In both cases, the cars had factory amps and the proper harness was used to convert Headunit RCA out -> harness -> factory amp wires. Both cases the bass became tiny after even with the bass on the aftermarket HU maxed out. With the stock factory system, both cars had adequate bass for my liking. It's like the depth of the bass is lost more so than how loud it is..
Thanks!
#3
Would a preamp/equalizer work then since that should cover "lot of processing"? Sigh... I hate getting aftermarket HU other than their function to play mp3 cds and USB.
Last edited by CcL; 04-23-2010 at 10:12 AM.
#4
OEM head has no processing, all of the EQ is in the bose amp itself. What kind of vehicle is this to begin with? Are you sure you don't have the highpass filter turned on in the deck?
I do alot of bose equipped chevy trucks and they sound the same as before.
I do alot of bose equipped chevy trucks and they sound the same as before.
#5
<snip>...In both cases, the cars had factory amps and the proper harness was used to convert Headunit RCA out -> harness -> factory amp wires. Both cases the bass became tiny after even with the bass on the aftermarket HU maxed out. With the stock factory system, both cars had adequate bass for my liking. It's like the depth of the bass is lost more so than how loud it is..
Thanks!
Thanks!
Keeping some components of the factory system would have required some reverse engineering which I didn't feel like doing. I never found a true off-the-shelf solution.
Last edited by kevmurray; 04-28-2010 at 07:58 PM. Reason: spelling
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