Over the weekend I purchased a new cd player for my car. When I went to get it installed the guy told me that the stock Bose system was unmatchable with just a cd player upgrade. He said I would have to rewire the entire car and would only be able to run the door speakers and rear speakers. I would loose the front center speaker and low end bass because the speakers would need to bypass their individual amps. He also said the sound quality would deminish. After re-thinking all of this, I decided to return the system I just bought, and keep the original intact. The reason I was thinking of replacing it was because the stock cd player had stopped working. Now I'm wondering if I can clean it out somehow. Or, maybe replace it with a factory cd player? Also, the right door speaker isn't working, but I think its a wire that had previously been snipped. I'll have to trace the wires later. Anyways, if anyone has any ideas/options, let me know. Thanks! https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...#>/biggrin.png

If your big on sound I'd personally just toss all the BOSE **** and upgrade all around. If not find a headunit that is compatible or get the Mazda one.

i am big on sound but the stock bose system sounds perfect to me. ill probably just end up getting a stock replacement.

bose will actually repair the parts of the system they made (amps and speakers), you needto send it to them. the deck and cd are panasonic, and you're on your own, but they can be fixed

wow did not know that thanks for the info on bose https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...#>/biggrin.png but they are all working that i know of.. pretty sure its just a snipped wire because i checked the signal with a brand new speaker and it got no signal. the cd deck doesnt read cds anymore tho so ill probably have a local sound place take a look at it and see if they can clean it out. or maybe just order a new one from god knows where. hah. anyone selling a working stock bose cd player deck? https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...1047683329.gif