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Old 02-04-2011, 08:55 PM
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my budget build ? ( will this work )

with my g35 04 coupe is equipped with factory bose and navi. is this stuff compatible.
if it isn't... what kind of amp is the cheapest i could get away with using?

http://www.frys.com/product/6166669

http://www.frys.com/product/6192199
http://www.frys.com/product/6192599

OR this as an amp

http://www.frys.com/product/5537250

i'm kinda confused on what amp would be compatible with my factory bose system? please help
 

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Old 02-04-2011, 10:25 PM
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That box is too small for the sub.

Neither of those amps accept a differential-balanced signal. (What the Bose headunit puts out).

The easiest amp to get your hands on that accepts a differential-balanced signal are JL Audio amps.
 
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why does the amp have to accept a differential balanced signal? thats definatly not how i did my amp shopping. im just curious so that i can learn. thats all
 
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hmmm anyway i can get away with gettin' somethin' from FRY's? i have a hookup there... so that would be awesome to get somethin' through them. i don't believe they carry JL... and aside from that... JL is usually expensive. unless i go on ebay or CL is it a 1 channel i should be looking for or...?
 

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Old 02-05-2011, 10:53 AM
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how much is your discount?
 
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why does the amp have to accept a differential balanced signal? thats definatly not how i did my amp shopping. im just curious so that i can learn. thats all
Because the bose headunit outputs a differential-balanced signal.

http://www.bcae1.com/ballndrv.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balanced_audio

Shortest explanation that's understandable - an amp expecting a balanced signal that gets an unbalanced signal sees half of the audio signal as noise, particularly along the lower frequencies (bass) and makes the audio both quiet and degraded.
 
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Originally Posted by Krispyklene
hmmm anyway i can get away with gettin' somethin' from FRY's? i have a hookup there... so that would be awesome to get somethin' through them. i don't believe they carry JL... and aside from that... JL is usually expensive. unless i go on ebay or CL is it a 1 channel i should be looking for or...?
With the budget you seem to have, I can't recommend you installing anything at this point. Keep saving.
 
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wow... well the sub is 50 bucks... maybe i should just pick up the sub? and find a used JL amp... ?
 
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Old 02-05-2011, 11:55 AM
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Dont buy that sub

Get this
http://www.sonicelectronix.com/item_...-MM840DVC.html

50 dollars cheaper than the one @ fry's
 
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well the one that i showed is actually 50 bucks... so it's 30 bucks cheaper than the polk audio... but i don't understand how i have to run a JL amp... tons of people are running other amps on this board... is it because they don't have bose or what?
 
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you dont have to use JL. You can use which ever one you want.. I would recommend a Class D amp if your just using it for a sub. All you have to do then is find your bose harness, tap the front left and right speakers (+ and -) prior to entering the stock amp. Those will go into a LOC (line out converter/ high-low) which convert the stock signal to RCA (right and left balanced output) which go into the amp and badabing badaboom..
 
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Originally Posted by Krispyklene
well the one that i showed is actually 50 bucks... so it's 30 bucks cheaper than the polk audio... but i don't understand how i have to run a JL amp... tons of people are running other amps on this board... is it because they don't have bose or what?
Just save up money and buy a better sound system. All that stuff you plan to buy from fry's is going to be worthless. Probably won't even sound good or barely make a difference than your stock sounds now.
 
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Originally Posted by zoop425
you dont have to use JL. You can use which ever one you want.. I would recommend a Class D amp if your just using it for a sub. All you have to do then is find your bose harness, tap the front left and right speakers (+ and -) prior to entering the stock amp. Those will go into a LOC (line out converter/ high-low) which convert the stock signal to RCA (right and left balanced output) which go into the amp and badabing badaboom..
And badabing you're trying to send a differential-balanced signal to an amp that's not made for it. Good luck with sound quality on that. LOC isn't a balanced signal converter.

You don't have to use JL Audio, there's a few others that take differential-balanced signals, but all JL Audio amps do.
 
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ok thanks y'all. im gunna shop for a used jl amp
 
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