2002 Factory Bose - No Rear Balance?

[DiscobayJoe]

I picked up my 996 in December and yanked the factory stereo before paying much attention to the way it behaved.

I found that the factory amp would not work with the head unit I plan on installing (actually, its a computer) beause the orignal amp takes high-level inputs (vs Line Level).

I spent some time today isolating the wiring from under the Hood to the Factory speakers. The thick cables going into the primary amp feed the front dash & door speakers independently (4 sets of wires). A thinner set of blue/brown cables seems to feed both rear speakers in parallel. In a 2002 w/Bose, did the rear speakers really have no balance? I'm too far in to try and put it back to stock for a test.

I think i'm going to end up pulling new cabling to everything but the door speakers.

Edited February 5, 2007 by DiscobayJoe

[losone]

I picked up my 996 in December and yanked the factory stereo before paying much attention to the way it behaved.

I found that the factory amp would not work with the head unit I plan on installing (actually, its a computer) beause the orignal amp takes high-level inputs (vs Line Level).

I spent some time today isolating the wiring from under the Hood to the Factory speakers. The thick cables going into the primary amp feed the front dash & door speakers independently (4 sets of wires). A thinner set of blue/brown cables seems to feed both rear speakers in parallel. In a 2002 w/Bose, did the rear speakers really have no balance? I'm too far in to try and put it back to stock for a test.

I think i'm going to end up pulling new cabling to everything but the door speakers.

The rear speakers on that particular bose system are tied together for some reason. We always end up having to run new speaker wire to the rear side speakers.

Edited February 26, 2007 by losone