CRG517

Thanks to the forum I have disconnected my dash speaker in hopes of improving the sound of my Blose system, I was skepticle that there would be enough notable improvement..... but am pleased to say there is an definate improvement and would reccomend the quick mod to anyone, the fight is over between the speakers in my cabin...

Dans C6

I have an 05 Bose/Nav, how much different is it?, and what year do you have?

chris36053

Just wondering what it takes to remove the grill and is the speaker mounted to the grill or below the dash ? Thanks.

Chris

Tom_Slick

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show...t=dash+speaker

jdurhan

It may sound better when you just disconnect the crappy Bose speaker,
however when you replace it with a quality speaker such as Boston Acoustics like I did the sound is awesome and adds to the entire sound inside of car. I replaced all speakers except the big subs in door. One of the best sounding stereo's I've had.

cclive

I've noticed that the rear speakers in my vert are very bad...only midrange, no bass and no treble. Did you do the rears with something that has tweeters?

jdurhan

I replaced all three front speaks with BA 3 1/2 sa35 and the rear speakers with sa55 all available from crutchfield for decent prices.

Dave O

So how did you remove the center grill? I've tried two different methods, but can't get it off. I'm afraid I might break it.

kgb14

The rears in the Bose system are just filler, not stereo. I replaced my rear speakers with a very slight improvement. Take a look at the quality speakers (front and rear) that they put in our "upgraded" Blose stereo:

BaBa Booey

That's embarrassing. They look like they came out of a '80s era boom box.

Leprkon

tape up two flat blade screwdrivers to keep from scratching the dash. start close to the windshield and pry up gently from both ends. you should hear two clips pop. move around to the flats to both sides of the center bulge. two more pops. one more pry on the center bulge to pop the final clip. all together five clips. a 7mm socket to pull the speaker out.

vetsvett

I have an 05 coupe, Nav, etc... Its awso0me w/out the center spkr.

C7-Beast

"BOSE, Better Sound though Marketing"


IMHO one of the worst cases of fraud perpatrated on the American public is anything BOSE sells whether it is for your car or home. It is just my opinion but I have hated BOSE for 25 years. Every new product is just another in a long line of medicore sounding systems with over inflated prices.

BigButtLover

I couldn't agree more. When will GM stop putting this garbage in these upscale cars? I can think of many stereo makes that would run circles around Blose.

LiquidDI

I think those are the same Blose in my dads old 84. Seriously!

Dave O

Thanks!

candlemuse

I totally agree , I recently got Bose PC speakers (not cheap) , turned out to be junk , I returned them next day .

yell01

I have a Mark Levinson system in my DD (Lexus GS430) and it is the best sounding stereo I've ever had. Everyone who rides in it can't believe how great it sounds and doesn't distort one bit as you crank it.

I'm going to replace my Blose with and Alpine Nav. unit and probably some Memphis Audio speakers.

cclive

Thanks for the pics....depressing though to see that and know that we paid MORE for it!!

Leprkon

another option is the SX-55s for the back. they are a component speaker, a little better quality than the SA55's, for about $50 more. I replaced the little fronts and the rears for about $170 shipped by going through techronics.com. the GM connectors don't match up to the BA's, but it's pretty easy to squish a wire from the speaker into the GM connector and tape it up. I didn't have any luck with the Circuit City connector that everyone says to buy. they fit a truck or something, but not a vette.