any truth to this?

[stewie]

sorry if this is in the wrong section...it has to do with audio and electronics tho...

i was told that exr's come with a bose amp in them?? is this true??? and if so where is it located???

[floored]

i think 93se came with them

[Mealsy]

Its under the passenger seat I beleive? Correct me if i'm wrong.

[2.2litrebeater]

ive seen it under the rear deck in the trunk

[cp[mike]]

believe it was an SE thing as well, and yes, it would be under the rear deck in the trunk.

[mrvinyl33]

Was it the '89 SE-i's that came with the bose factory amp under the passenger seat? I keep seeing people think (as did I) that there was a factory amp there on some older version of the Accord.

[cb7dazz]

Only the SE's came with Bose, (93's for sure and 91's not sure) and the amp is in the trunk under the rear deck.

[deckeda]

That's correct: Bose in the CB7 only for the 1993 SE; NOT '91 SE.

My '91 had the standard radio/cassette but with 1/2 DIN EQ below it.

[1loudaccord]

i own a 93 exr-se and it was under the rear dash on the drivers side, although now its at the dump somewhere as well the bose speakers BOSE SUCKS

[Stealthman80]

yeah It was between the rear speakers in the drunk, it didnt work when I got the car, but the speakers where replaced somtime in there life because they looked brand new and said made 98 or somthing they sounded absolutly horrible, I replaced them with infinity I still have all the parts I think

[Masamune]

Mine had Bose EVERYTHING when I bought it. Bose 6x9's in the rear and I think 5 1/4" in the front. Not very big is what I remember.

The amp is in the trunk under the third brake light almost. It's a black box, that looks very unimposing. You probably already know this, but I'm gonna tell you anyway; the Bose radio system is very odd in it's funtionality. The HU sends out an extremely weak signal to the amp. We're talking like 5 watts, max. The amp delivers the real signal of around 22 rms and 50 peak, same for a standard radio today.

What does this mean? It means that if you get a new HU, you have to bypass the amp alltogether. This in turn means you have to grab each wire to each speaker individually and run straight current from the HU to the speakers. This, of course, isn't completely the same if you're using an amp for the speakers themselves as well. You still have to grab the wires, only you now run them from your new amp to the speakers.

To sum it up, if you replace the HU, you have to bypass the entire Bose system itself, save for the speakers themselves. Of course, I'm only speaking for the 93 SE system. Other systems have amps on each speaker, in which case you have to chuck the speakers as well.

Anyway, I should also mention that the bose speakers are made of cardboard as well. In addition, when I opened my speaker pods the second day I owned my car, I found the right speaker to be shattered. Let me reiterate that: SHATTERED. I mean there was about 1" of cardboard left on the entire speaker. The rest was in shattered bits inside the basket.

[YellowCord]

I use to own a 91 EX 4D, it has STOCK Boss CD player< STOCK BOSS AMP, and STOCK BOSS speaker. Front and back

[Ralphie]

Yea when i bought my car the sound system was fucking fried...the amp was blown...all speakers and when i turned on the radio it wouldnt do anything but i waited for like 5 mins and heard this godawfull shreiking.....scared the shit out of me....anyway i replaced everything and Masamune is correct...gotta bypass the amp and system and wire it seperately!! I got me a pioneer 6700 HU and pioneers in the fron and rear!!