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Is my Bose amp still working?

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Old 01-23-2004, 01:15 PM
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I was at AutoSound today and this one guy told me that if I switched to aftermarket HU that my stock bose amp is no longer working. I am pretty sure that it still works... but I could be wrong... :?:
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i've heard that if you have stock amps and upgrade to and aftermarket headunit you need to run a new remote wire to the amp.
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Oh yeah... I ran the wire to the remote turn on... I have a post where I explained how I did it and evertyhing. I think its on... but some guy was trying to tell me otherwise, so I figured someone here would know.

P.*. thanks for the quick response!!
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i'm sure its fine then..but you'd probably get more watts out of the stock deck. but i guess i'm not sure what the specs are on stock bose amps
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if ur speaker wires are connected to the amp, then yes its probly working if ur still getting sound
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my stock bose amp still works, even though i have a after market Head unit,
Although i still have all original speakers, all i had to do was connect the power antenna cord to the AMP 0.3A Connection on the back of my headunit.
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You get so much better sound with just an amp swap over speaker swap anyway. So I would recomend getting a better amp(*).
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Originally Posted by 1992 trofeo
You get so much better sound with just an amp swap over speaker swap anyway. So I would recomend getting a better amp(*).
I wish I could, but I am still saving up for stuff that I would like to get a lot more than a new amp for my speakers...
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it works
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