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Bose Amp sucks, looking for a replacement


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Hi,

My 2003 has the audio upgrade package and the amp is not working right for the longest time. Switching on and switching off the unit, it finally drained the battery.

Anyway, I sent the amp to radio city in New York, they sent it back saying it can not be fixed.

I did some research, this amp is notorious for having problems. As the matter of fact the factory actually has a new amp to supercede it (due to too many of those became faulty).

The price of the new factory Bose amp is in the neighborhood of $800. Dayum!

Does anyone know the specs of the Bose amp (eg. number of channels, power..........etc.)?

Better yet if anyone has an amp sitting around in your garage since you upgraded your system, please let me know.

I am looking for another amp to replace it. I don't care if it is not Bose, as long as it is compatible with the rest of the system and it works, I will use it instead of the sucky factory amp.

Thanks in advance!

Thomas

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If the only problem is with the amp draining the battery then sounds like the circuit that is supposed to open isn't operating properly. I had this problem with an Alpine amp and the stereo store put in a very inexpensive relay that opened the circuit until it detected that the stereo was turned on and I didn't need to buy a new amp. Maybe a work around that won't cost very much. Just a thought

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Hi I just upgraded my system with a Alpine PDX5. In order to do so you must bypass the "MOST" optical harness which means a new head unit. I have an 04' 996 Targa with the Bose upgrade. The car has less than 14K miles so the factory amp should be in good shape. I had no problems with it. It is a Bose 6 channel amp. I also have the CDR 23 head unit. If you are interested send me a PM. Regards Cris

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Hi I just upgraded my system with a Alpine PDX5. In order to do so you must bypass the "MOST" optical harness which means a new head unit. I have an 04' 996 Targa with the Bose upgrade. The car has less than 14K miles so the factory amp should be in good shape. I had no problems with it. It is a Bose 6 channel amp. I also have the CDR 23 head unit. If you are interested send me a PM. Regards Cris

Thanks Cris,

I just sent you a pm. Not sure it got through.

Anyway, I am interested to take good care of them for you. :D . Of course, I will pay for shipping. If you want some cash to go along with it, please pm your price and we will work something out.

Thomas

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