PCM2 & amplifier Becker (MOST) : alternatives ???

[Mozeli]

Hello guys !

After having browsed many French and English forums dedicated to our beautiful automobiles, I would like to have feedback on your experiences and skills on a specific subject: for the 986 equipped with the MOST system (2003-2004) , what alternatives?
My Boxster 986 is from 2004... :-)
Let me explain myself and I will try to be both concise and clear!
On my 986 from 2004, I have a PCM2 with the M490 option, and a Becker 996.645.331.03 amplifier (it seems to me that the system is identical with the Bose amplifier), the whole being connected by optical fiber (MOST).
After a first try to fix my sizzling problems in my HP (not resolved by changing them), it seems that my amp is defective.
It should not be an isolated case because, reading many posts here and there, it seems that this amp is fragile and poorly designed from the outset.
Yet nowhere can I find clear solutions to this problem.
How to solve this problem and by what alternatives?

Several options seem to be available to us:

1) Have the amplifier repaired? The repair seems possible, in particular at: https: //www.amp-perf...er-BE6600-.html However, is this according to a lasting solution? Have some already done so? What do you think ?

2) Replace the amplifier with an identical used OEM model (SIC!) Or one purchased at a Porsche Center? Personally, I find this solution unlikely. On the one hand because this second-hand amp can quickly show more or less identical signs of weakness. On the other hand, the new OEM version in Porsche Center is either overpriced or ... unavailable!

3) Remove the PCM, the amplifier and redo all the wiring? The option that seems the most tempting because it allows you to do away with the Becker amplifier and have a more modern double DIN car radio system. Feedback from experience? What constraints? Electronic consequences on the car? Which material to choose?

4) Replace only the amp with a generic Alpine amp or another and redo the wiring? Personally, this is the option, which I would like to choose, even if it turned out to be complex. Why ? Because I like the vintage side of PCM 2, its necessarily perfect integration and then, quite simply because it works !!!!!! Have you already performed this operation? If so, can you give me details, in terms of equipment, constraints, maneuver and especially consequences on the electronic system of the car?

Thank you in advance for your feedback and sharing of knowledge as detailed as possible !!!

Envoyé de mon M2007J20CG en utilisant Tapatalk

[tcora]

I had Becker diagnose my amplifier. It was bad, they had a rebuilt on the shelf at a reasonable price point, so I went with it. I’m not going to kid myself that it’s state of the are, but it’s a convertible, for Pete’s sake! With the top down, over about 45 MPH, I just turn it off anyhow.

https://www.beckerautosound.com/porsche

[ASD]

i bought a bluetooth able Sony cd,amfm,usb head,relatively inexpensive from c
Crutchfield.I got it installed by a pro.. it sounds really good, as loud as I need top up or down.
Spotify and Pandora are on most times.
I have music I played on in both apps.lol