maybe not a secret but something a lot of people don't seem to realize. I often see people buying $4 drivers and proclaiming that they must be high quality because they're the same ones that Bose use... :/
New Astro city. New power supply and jamma harness
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Sp33dFr34k
Champion
Oh God... are they in for a surprise..
Bose has never been about drivers, Bose focus 100% on the electronics. Actually they have always said that they don’t release and will never release any kind of technical information about the drivers they use.
so yes, if you take a driver out of a Bose speaker. It’s no longer Bose.. it might sound like crap or it might not, but if it sounds like crap, you can’t blame Bose about it.
so yes, if you take a driver out of a Bose speaker. It’s no longer Bose.. it might sound like crap or it might not, but if it sounds like crap, you can’t blame Bose about it.
hardyhell
Enthusiast
has anyone found good replacement speakers yet?
I just use cheap Visaton ones. They're the correct size. You'll have to cut the positive terminal though with a pair of snips, as the terminal is too wide for the connector.
I think they sound fine? If you're running jamma games, most of them have terrible sound, so it's not like super expensive speakers will make much of a difference (or even any).
I think they sound fine? If you're running jamma games, most of them have terrible sound, so it's not like super expensive speakers will make much of a difference (or even any).
PascalP
Legendary
kazuo
Champion
If those Visaton speakers are 4ohms, I'd be up for giving them a try.
hardyhell
Enthusiast
so the visaton are drop in? they sound better as the original? or noboby ever compared?
thanks
thanks
kazuo
Champion
I believe nem said/implied they drop in, with a slight modification to the terminals.
hardyhell
Enthusiast
Got them already today. First thing I noticed is that they are super silent compared to the original.
I’m having a few issues, and was pointed here.
I’m very confused.
R1 was fried on my amplifier, and since has been fixed, fuses are good.
Are you saying …
NEVER PLUG SPEAKERS IN the looped female that comes from the DC OUT Port?
Like this?
And always have them in speaker out port, for jamma and rca stereo to speaker in use?
If so, for jamma mono, is anything else needed? Such as… does anything need to be in speakers in?
lolo-san
Student
Check the attached picture :
The looped female port is left empty.
The cab's speakers are plugged to "SOUND OUT".
I do have a cable with RCA connectors (for PCBs that have Stereo sound) that is connected to "SOUND IN".
For regular Jamma mono you don't need anything as the AMP will route the Jamma sound to the speakers.
In the case I play a PCB without Stereo sound with my setup I just leave the RCA cable laying inside the PCB compartment (making sure it does not touch any metal for good measures).
The looped female port is left empty.
The cab's speakers are plugged to "SOUND OUT".
I do have a cable with RCA connectors (for PCBs that have Stereo sound) that is connected to "SOUND IN".
For regular Jamma mono you don't need anything as the AMP will route the Jamma sound to the speakers.
In the case I play a PCB without Stereo sound with my setup I just leave the RCA cable laying inside the PCB compartment (making sure it does not touch any metal for good measures).
