Upgrading the Bose System

aaron1987
05-30-2005, 12:34 PM
My Bose system is shot through and through as far as I'm concerned, I have a blown driver's side speaker and the HU no longer plays CD's, so it's definitely time to upgrade. I haven't had any real experience with car audio up until this point so I've been reading up on it and believe I've found a system that should sound pretty good without breaking the bank.

A Pioneer DEH-P3700MP (http://www.crutchfield.com/S-G1vS0xKCnt1/cgi-bin/ProdView.asp?g=62700&I=130DEHP370) head unit

Two Alpine SPS-170A's (http://www.onlinecarstereo.com/CarAudio/ProductDetail.aspx?ProductID=13208) for the driver and passenger side doors

An Alpine MRP-F240 (http://www.onlinecarstereo.com/CarAudio/ProductDetail.aspx?ProductID=13202) 4x40w amp (1 to each speaker, 2 to the sub)

And either an Alpine SWR-1021D (http://www.onlinecarstereo.com/CarAudio/ProductDetail.aspx?ProductID=12081) or a Kicker 0210L5 (http://www.onlinecarstereo.com/CarAudio/ProductDetail.aspx?ProductID=11930) in a stealth box from subthump.com

Is there anything I'm forgetting such as adapters etc? Any other thoughts, advice, or recomendations for this setup would be greatly appreciated. Thanks a bunch in advance!

FLOW-MAS-TER
05-30-2005, 10:07 PM
make sure you know how to bypass the bose amp that's in the car.
if you don't do it right, your deck wont work.

Rashiki
05-30-2005, 10:34 PM
That's what RCA pre-outs are for.

And just run new speaker wire and screw the stock puny razor thin garbage. It's easy as hell and works much better.

PentaVolvo
05-31-2005, 01:54 AM
honestly i would reccommend a bigger amp or a seperate sub amp, 100watts rms to a sub isnt much

94'_Z28
05-31-2005, 02:15 AM
honestly i would reccommend a bigger amp or a seperate sub amp, 100watts rms to a sub isnt much

This I will agree with. Both the Type R and L5 are pretty power hungry subs, and neither of them are really that efficient (will take more power to get loud). I would really suggest getting some components up front, and a 2 channel amp for them. Then getting a mono amp that will push at least 400 watts RMS at whatever ohm you need for your sub (dual 4 ohm sub will equal out to be 2 or 8 ohms, and dual 2 ohm sub will be 1 or 4 ohms).