I realize that its popular now to get the biggest Bass and
boom sound from stereos these days so maybe I am just old
school, but its a little too much with my stereo for me.
I have a new car with a Bose system that is too boomy or
punchy with what I think is called the kick drum sound. I
can turn the bass down all the way to get it where its not
so annoying, but then other bass sounds like bass guitar is
too low. Its a ten speaker system with I believe a woofer in
each door and a subwoofer in a plastic Bose box chamber
mounted in the back and the Bose amp in the back also.

So what part would be making the boomy sound the most the
amp, woofers or subwoofers or is it part of the what the
head unit is programmed? What could I modify or change?

Thanks,
Lou

my guess would be the subwoofer. but the easy test would be to just go
put your ear by it.


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KU40

In article , "Lou" wrote:
I realize that its popular now to get the biggest Bass and
boom sound from stereos these days so maybe I am just old
school, but its a little too much with my stereo for me.
I have a new car with a Bose system that is too boomy or
punchy with what I think is called the kick drum sound. I
can turn the bass down all the way to get it where its not
so annoying, but then other bass sounds like bass guitar is
too low. Its a ten speaker system with I believe a woofer in
each door and a subwoofer in a plastic Bose box chamber
mounted in the back and the Bose amp in the back also.

So what part would be making the boomy sound the most the
amp, woofers or subwoofers or is it part of the what the
head unit is programmed? What could I modify or change?

I never heard the Bose car audio, but typically Bose has a high
upper bass content, and not really mush really low bass. I would think this
would emphasize the sounds you are hearing.

greg

The "boom" that you don't like is most likely coming from the subwoofer in
the rear. However, adjusting it may be difficult if not impossible as the
factory Bose system is not intended to be adjusted in this way.

There MAY be a chance that there is some type of gain control on the
amplifier that drives the subwoofer. You might want to try looking for such
a control, if there is you can try turning the subwoofer volume down.

If there is no way to turn the subwoofer down, you might want to see if
there is some way to disconnect the subwoofer, and see if you like the sound
without the subwoofer altogether. If there is no easy way to disconnect the
subwoofer (and you are feeling daring), you could just cut the wires that
lead to the subwoofer. If you don't like the sound that way, you can just
reconnect the subwoofer wires (what's electrical tape for anyway, right?).
Good luck.

MOSFET



"Lou" wrote in message
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I realize that its popular now to get the biggest Bass and boom sound from
stereos these days so maybe I am just old school, but its a little too much
with my stereo for me.
I have a new car with a Bose system that is too boomy or punchy with what
I think is called the kick drum sound. I can turn the bass down all the
way to get it where its not so annoying, but then other bass sounds like
bass guitar is too low. Its a ten speaker system with I believe a woofer
in each door and a subwoofer in a plastic Bose box chamber mounted in the
back and the Bose amp in the back also.

So what part would be making the boomy sound the most the amp, woofers or
subwoofers or is it part of the what the head unit is programmed? What
could I modify or change?

Thanks,
Lou

In article ,
"Lou" wrote:

I realize that its popular now to get the biggest Bass and
boom sound from stereos these days so maybe I am just old
school, but its a little too much with my stereo for me.
I have a new car with a Bose system that is too boomy or
punchy with what I think is called the kick drum sound. I
can turn the bass down all the way to get it where its not
so annoying, but then other bass sounds like bass guitar is
too low. Its a ten speaker system with I believe a woofer in
each door and a subwoofer in a plastic Bose box chamber
mounted in the back and the Bose amp in the back also.

So what part would be making the boomy sound the most the
amp, woofers or subwoofers or is it part of the what the
head unit is programmed? What could I modify or change?

Thanks,
Lou

Bose is infamous for using large amounts of mid-bass and mid-treble to
compensate for a paltry frequency range. It's designed to sound that
way. Bose stereos come as a set because EQs in the amp compensate for
low grade speaker drivers.

Try disconnecting various speakers. If it's the woofers, leave some
disconnected or add a series resistor. If it's the "subwoofer" then you
might be able to replace it with a real one. I've heard that Bose car
audio contains the amp and EQ on the back of the speakers. That's good
news because you'll have access to some power and a clean signal.

"Kevin McMurtrie" wrote in message
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So what part would be making the boomy sound the most the
amp, woofers or subwoofers or is it part of the what the
head unit is programmed? What could I modify or change?

Thanks,
Lou

Bose is infamous for using large amounts of mid-bass and
mid-treble to
compensate for a paltry frequency range. It's designed to
sound that
way. Bose stereos come as a set because EQs in the amp
compensate for
low grade speaker drivers.

Try disconnecting various speakers. If it's the woofers,
leave some
disconnected or add a series resistor. If it's the
"subwoofer" then you
might be able to replace it with a real one. I've heard
that Bose car
audio contains the amp and EQ on the back of the speakers.
That's good
news because you'll have access to some power and a clean
signal.

Thanks for the replies and suggestions.
I started to take the rear side panel off to see the
subwoofer but only got it pulled away far enough to get a
peek at the subwoofer. Its a plastic enclosure with a port
out the bottom. I tried sticking a rag in the port just to
see if it would change the bass booming I hear and it did
but sounds like there is still a lot coming from the middle
of the car.
I found that my stereo system model is called "Symphony" so
I Googled it and found a lot of info.
There is a "hidden" equalizer adjustment that can be made
with a series of codes.
http://forums.audiworld.com/a4/msgs/2304744.phtml

http://forums.audiworld.com/s4/msgs/285700.phtml

Will try this equalizer settings also.

Thanks.