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Old 12-29-2003, 05:50 AM
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Default adding an amp and sub...wheres the best place to splice for speaker?and power?............

hey,.to better define what im after,... i want to add a sub and amp. i have to find the best place to get the feeds to the amp. I have ben told, that the "bose" system has pre outs inside the housing of the radio, is this true? there isnt any on the back of the radio thats for sure.
im particular abot where im getting the feed to the amp because i dont want to splice power from a speaker in the car cause it causes db drop on that speaker. any ideas appreciated. thanx.
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Default No offense, but given your question, you should really have a pro install the equipment.

The amp needs it's own dedicated fused power line from the battery and there are pre-outs on the radio running to the mini amp on the driver's side rear speaker, they're just not terminated in RCA jacks.

Like I said, let a pro handle it.
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Default u dont know enough about audio installs to do this 1 urself....

take it to some 1 and watch...then do it urself...u gotta feed the amp's power right off the battery if u splice into any power wire u supply is going to be little or nothing and just fry lots of fuses...and yes there is a preamp output on the bose...u need a line out converter to run the RCAs
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