JeffP1167
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Has anyone ever done this? I'de like to install a better c/d player in my bose head unit but where do you buy them at? Or could I just buy a later model GM radio and swap the c/d player into my bose head unit?
Didn't you post that there was someone replacing the CD player in the Bose units with a better one? Mine skipped so bad, I replaced the whole deal long ago. I think I bought plate from Crutchfeild that filled the hole.
Easier would be to get a remote CD player with a FM modulator so you can tune to it via the radio in your bose.
Easier would be to get a remote CD player with a FM modulator so you can tune to it via the radio in your bose.
They suck.:bullshit:
the issue with my cd player is it will play for maybe a minute then all of a sudden it stops and ejects the c/d and then the radio comes on.
Easier would be to get a remote CD player with a FM modulator so you can tune to it via the radio in your bose.
They suck.:bullshit:
Why? My buddy has it in his 92 LT1, it works jsut fine. He retains the original radio for that stock look and has a remote control for the CD changer via FM modulation. Sounds fine, works fine. It's not like the stock Bose Gold system sounds awesome so even if there was a loss of clarity it would be hard to hear that.
the issue with my cd player is it will play for maybe a minute then all of a sudden it stops and ejects the c/d and then the radio comes on.
That's exactly why I got rid of mine. It was swapped out under warranty about 3 times and I gave up.
I think any double DIN unit will drop right in?
Easier would be to get a remote CD player with a FM modulator so you can tune to it via the radio in your bose.
They suck.:bullshit:
Why? My buddy has it in his 92 LT1, it works jsut fine. He retains the original radio for that stock look and has a remote control for the CD changer via FM modulation. Sounds fine, works fine. It's not like the stock Bose Gold system sounds awesome so even if there was a loss of clarity it would be hard to hear that.
Simple answer, everytime you step on a pre amplified signal, it degrades. CD's are compressed to begin with, and the dynamic range is quite limited. Original audio/analog signals are re engineered to sound better on a CD, and hardly resemble the original recording. Modulate it to FM and unscramble it again, and you have lost even more. And yes, the Bose units are not that great to begin with.
the issue with my cd player is it will play for maybe a minute then all of a sudden it stops and ejects the c/d and then the radio comes on.
That's exactly why I got rid of mine. It was swapped out under warranty about 3 times and I gave up.
I think any double DIN unit will drop right in?
I pondered with changing the bose for something newer however I honestly don't like the looks of an aftermarket head units in a vette & how they don't match the rest of the dash stuff. I'm picky in that sense that I like everything in a interior to match. I really don't crank my radio up so the stock bose should be fine for me. The only reason I wanted a c/d was the car originally had it for one & sometimes I like to go for drives and not hear annoying commercials.
Easier would be to get a remote CD player with a FM modulator so you can tune to it via the radio in your bose.
They suck.:bullshit:
Why? My buddy has it in his 92 LT1, it works jsut fine. He retains the original radio for that stock look and has a remote control for the CD changer via FM modulation. Sounds fine, works fine. It's not like the stock Bose Gold system sounds awesome so even if there was a loss of clarity it would be hard to hear that.
Simple answer, everytime you step on a pre amplified signal, it degrades. CD's are compressed to begin with, and the dynamic range is quite limited. Original audio/analog signals are re engineered to sound better on a CD, and hardly resemble the original recording. Modulate it to FM and unscramble it again, and you have lost even more. And yes, the Bose units are not that great to begin with.
Uhh, Bird, man, hate to say this, but you have it backwards.....about CD's vs olde tyme Analogue recording techniques.....the compression of dynamic range to fit the FM radio capabilities are the issue here, they step on a CD signal like MAD....
and they take a Dynamic range compander/expander to reprocess old analogue recordings into expanded sound to more match the capabilities of the CD's....
it's all about SNR/sig-noise-ratio and Dynamic range expressed in DB (no relation to our hero) which is typically only 55 db at BEST on a NEW vinyl stamping and only 68? DB on a 30 ips inch wide old Ampex master....especially when they overdubbed the tracks in making the original recording...
CD's recorded digitally can do about 92db SNR, and FM is so heavily compressed it's good for something really stupid like 30 DB,
NOW having said all that, in ANY CAR, the background noise is to the point that anything larger than that 30 DB SNR makes 1/2 the audio we WANT,drop out in noise....which is why I gave up on car stereo decades ago, that and the obvious theft problems....
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