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Originally Posted by Bob Kontak
Thank you for this information.
Crutchfield says that if it is a Bose system (which this one is from factory) you need to change out the entire system so I am starting from scratch as of learning this today.
Just texted your info to her and she's got a "stiffy" per her response. She works for Apple and her primary music source is her newer IPhone. Spoiled she is but she paid for it.
Right now she is connected via one of those cassette thingies cabled into her IPhone.
With Bluetooth she would be in heaven.
I have to think a refresh of 14 year old speakers with decent ones would demonstrate improvement. Surprising how affordable they are these days. $200 will go a long way for a gaggle of speakers.
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No prob. Sounds like you can narrow it down to something with Apple Carplay and Bluetooth for starters. That should still give you a bunch of brands/models/options to consider.
And you are correct about the Bose system. It looks like the one in that car is the later version that uses fiber-optic connections for everything.
So using the existing Bose amp/changer with an aftermarket head-unit is a no-go (at least not without being cost-prohibitive).
At minimum it would be a new head-unit and a decent (2Ω-stable) 5-ch. amplifier if you want to use the stock speakers/sub (or 4-ch. amp w/ a separate sub amp).
Or you can just replace everything "while you're in there" and go with a new head-unit, amp(s), and new speakers/sub all around.
Or, you can replace the speakers with 4Ω units and run them off the internal amp in the new head-unit and just get a separate amp for the existing sub. Or...
Decisions, decisions!
