Can you amplify stock Bose systems?

[Jared420]

I'm wondering if there's a way to add a 4 channel to power my Bose speakers better in my truck. They sound really good and clean but I'd like them to get a little louder if I can for when I add my subs. I am guessing there's a way to do it but I don't know if you have to do something special because there's already internal amplifiers for the speakers, and I'd like to be able to keep the little 6.5" driver for extra midbass.

[andrew018018]

i don't know if this will help you but a few of my friends have these bose systems in their cars, i'm sure if you stay pop testing the wires and everything, you will mange to put a 4channel in.. but IMO the speakers wouldnt take more power

[Bmike]

Ihave four BOSE 6.5s on a rockford p400-2 right now, lets just say all the audible distortion is gone now that they have rcas and an amp. And decently loud. But by no means are they comparable to many of the brands used by alot of the people on this or any other site, such as pioneer, rockford, kenwood or alpine etc .

[KillaCam]

They are probably already running off some factory crossover/amp. It would be a headache to deal with that and a 4 channel.

If I were you I would rip them all out and put something different in, but thats just me.

Well... reading > me

[Guest]

either deal with the stock bose, or rip it all out and install aftermarket speakers. absolutely no point and way too much hassle for adding a 4 channel

[Jared420]

They are probably already running off some factory crossover/amp. It would be a headache to deal with that and a 4 channel.

If I were you I would rip them all out and put something different in, but thats just me.

Right that's what I think they are doing I was just wondering if there's a way to add an amp to give them a bit more juice. I may end up replacing it all down the road, but there are too many other things ahead of that on the list of things to do. It will work for now I may want an upgrade after a while but I figured if I could put them on a 4 channel then at least I would already have an amp then I could chip away at buying better speakers for the future

[Bmike]

The bose amp in that thing is garbage!

[Eduardo Andrade]

bose is just garbage in general, anyone who knows anything about audio knows that bose is just a marketing firm, not really an audio company.

[cal]

i would imagine that are designed to sound the best with little power .your better off getting something after market

[Jared420]

I realize that it's better to rip them out and start over but like I said I would rather do it over time and if it's possible to have the first thing I buy be an amp that I could throw on the Bose to make them better for a little while I'd like to do that. And I'm not talking about pushin th crap out of them. I know they can't handle as much as a nicer set of speakers.