Pt. 1 BOSE PS Subwoofer Teardown DISMANTLING Lifestyle LSPS PS18 PS28 PS38 PS48 Amplifier Repair

The processes of removing the speakers and amplifier from the Bose PS series powered subwoofer enclosure with dual 6" drivers.
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[@EightiesNut]

Hey I got the link for this amp repair that every one wants!! kzbin.info/www/bejne/bJvan4F5l66paLs

[@timschutte8310]

, it's amazing how much sound comes out of those small speakers. all because of the cabinets. wave guide & transmission line cabnets rock.

[@Aikidoman06]

I know a lot of people beat up Bose, but I have an acoustamas 5 system with 301s in the rear and it sounds great. It's clear as a bell and fills the room with music or a movie. It's in a 16 by 24 den with hardwood floors and 12 foot ceiling. I've hard to for about 25 years since I was in college. I have no complaints with it.

[@jo31b]

You could list like this:Need:1. #2 Phillips screwdriver2. Klein crimpete3. Redbull (kind of warm)Best to have:1. Electric screw driver (and then use it to speed up the video)

[@thomasschafer7268]

Philips or pozzi. Doesn't matter as such high quality Sub. Hahaha

[@luiggimondoli]

Somebody gave me a pair of those drivers and I built a speaker with them and some tweeters and it really sounds awesome, I couldn't believe the bass they deliver.

[@abovelunar3488]

yo I recently scored this unit for $30 from a thrift store but its just the bass unit (ps28) with no cables or anything else and I want to do that exact thing. I'd greatly appreciate it if you were willing to share some info on how you built it and where can I find documentation for the drivers

[@joeygonzo]

I sold stereos for 15 years. We used to get Bose products for free after accumulating enough points. I kept a pair of 301's. I got a few AM5's and sold them all . ALL OF THEM. I used to money to buy guns and some other toys. I liked JBL and DCM speakers a lot more . Harman Kardon for receivers and amps.

[@dylanverkler4552]

I love Bose

[@gaville901]

How about also showing the box construction inside for speaker builders and enthusiast

[@EightiesNut]

+gaville d'souza Sorry was not thinking that's a great idea next time around I will do that..

[@johnsweda2999]

gaville d'souza looking at it it looks like a transmission line construction just look for transmission line and get yourself (the loud speaker design cookbook) series.

[@gab3617]

Hi, I have done the same think with my companion 5 sub,not because the driver gone bad just because I am a curios guy and just want to see the size of the speaker. Instead of pulling those grills off I used a very small and thin saw and if I want I can glue them back without see the gap if you are meticulous :) Good job any way

[@domzcollesso9070]

my question is if the wires are so short how do they mount the drivers while attaching the wire, my guess is the drivers are mounted with the side of the box not put on as yet.

[@scottterami5411]

Eighties Nut - thank you so much for posting this video; it is the only one of its kind. I am trying to *replace* the speakers in my PS28, and was immediately puzzled by the plastic bracket that stands in front of the speakers. Close inspection indicated incredibly glued together housing that would not release that plastic grill - I see that you are recommending that it just be cut out. I hate to bother you with a question since you have already put so much time into this video, but I wonder if you would be willing to help. Before I go through the trouble and expense of ordering 2 new/used subwoofer speakers for this unit from eBay, I am still puzzling over whether or not the speakers are at fault. When we are watching a movie at a medium to high volume and a 'seismic' scene comes on (like a thunderstorm for example or a stampede) the subwoofer lets out an incredibly disturbing sound sort of like a "buzzer on steroids" (It is so hard to describe, the closest I can think of is that "Eighties" game Operation when your tweezers hit the metal and it buzzes at you"). I can only imagine that it is the speakers because it is more than just vibration - the sound is being amplified. However, upon taking off the grill and just *looking* at the speakers, they look just fine. Is it possible for these type of subwoofer speakers to look fine but be defective? Or do I have some type of problem with the cabinet or amplifier? Also, if you plan to reassemble and use the unit as I do, will cutting out the plastic anti-crush thing affect the vibration of the grill or anything negative like that? Any advice you can offer would be much appreciated. Again, thank you ever so much.

[@victorjohnson7512]

those cheap $5 woofers are the secret to the Bose sound!

[@EightiesNut]

Yes, I agree they are truly magical...

[@eduardodrd01]

No, the equalizer is the secret..

[@AM-in5cf]

Victor Johnson these are actually some pretty solid richbass woofers. Not pretty good for the low’s like 20/30 hz but still a nice punchy bass.

[@eduardodrd01]

@David Mander unfortunately you are wrong, bose 901 with active equalizer has an incredible sound, without the equalizer the sound is horrible

[@EightiesNut]

Thanks for all the Thumbs-up!!! I hope I helped...

[@abundantones3838]

Thank you dude! Helped me just now. And it's looking like the best case scenario of a busted fuse!

[@mindaugasstrapela4528]

EIGHTIES NUT

[@harpalchauhan428]

EIGHTIES NUT ok u 80s nut but why paper speakers come on now.

[@kanebowlin5123]

I've had a few stereos in my time . two Bose . An I love the bose for sure . I would like two cubes an a sub again. Rather than anything else small hidden an awesome sounding

[@mikematthews8573]

If you ever find 10.2 series 1or2 for sale buy them. Mine are from 1988 and still satisfy with quality recordings.😀

[@EightiesNut]

I agree, the older Bose was quality.

[@realRickSanchez]

wow those stamped steel basket drivers look really cheap.

[@EightiesNut]

+elpidiovaldez4ever They do and they are, but they sound ok for the application that they are being used for, as for me I will stick with cast aluminum baskets. Hope you enjoyed the VID. The Eighties Nut...

[@FSXgta]

bose is so overpriced. For no apparent reasob

[@djlobb]

People are very forgiving and apologetic for Bose, I'm not sure why. They create speakers cheaply and sell them for a much higher price. There is nothing special about Bose speakers at all. Anything that potentially tricks you into thinking they sound good is all down to a certain EQ and some DSP. The speakers themselves are made to barely cover the task. The only thing they are good at is making their dual 5" drivers create somewhat reasonable, if not slightly bloated bass and that's because of their wave-guide bass reflex port. The enclosures and speakers themselves on Bose's satellite speakers are pretty average. They don't even use Neodymium magnets. They also never have any kind of tweeter, let alone a high quality dome tweeter.

[@FSXgta]

djlobb My cerwin vega xls6 i bough for new at around 245 USD, they have a 6.5 inch woofer and 1'' dome tweeter with a horn and the bass in those are amazing and i belive they hit much harder than bose crap. They also sound nice and clear with the tweeter

[@unlisted9494]

The thing is, BOSE engineers design amazing drivers and enclosures. After that, the BOSE penny pinchers decide how to produce them as cheap as possible. The prototypes for these sorts of things are very good.

[@eamh2002]

I think theres no other way for good quality than having different drivers for different frequencies. Ofcourse if you never heard a 15-25hz tone you wont need it but once you get to hear some 20hz making your hair move you know whats missing if you hear the same song on some small 2.1's. It totally needs a 12 or 15inch subwoofer for the lows and even better if you get a 15 for infrasonic upto subsonic 10-35hz, 10 for subsonic 35-60hz sounds, 6,5 for low and low mids, 4inch for higher mids, 2inch for 5000-10 000hz and 1more tweeter pair for 8000-20 000hz Oh the joys of full range :)

[@copelandart]

I hear that!!! I have a JL 13.5 in my car, with about 500W pushing the hairs around on my skull

[@MrGerardoMarquez]

I have a bose V25 and the sound for watching Movies are awesome but to hear music doesn't hear good enough with bass. Some people want more bass on there music. I don't care I watch movies and play PS4 which is sounds awesome. This speakers where made for sound clarity and size. Just buy what u like.

[@anilbhosle3905]

nice

[@grillabures]

do you have some of those empty boxes, i would like to buy one? i have water damage on mine the rest works fine

[@cesarreyes151]

Wow he didn't get arrested by the bose police (they come everytime u take a grill off or damage a speaker)

[@markboed]

this is killing it. 😂😂😂

[@rockusrock]

Bro do you mind telling me what type of fuse is on a lifestyle 28 sub? I took it apart and lost the fuse.

[@bulunayak8449]

the speakers are looks cheap but the box assembly is very good to produce good sound

[@koprcord5338]

While I admit bose isn't the greatest, my passive sub with 3 of these woofers when connected to an older amplifier that wasn't designed for a powered sub, will produce bass that is supprising for its size.

[@MrLbthapa]

All of the best technician we seen how to destroy good thing easily and quickly hahahaaa

[@jezzernunez3692]

Yo ensamble bastantes en bose san luis río colorado urethane boy 12 años trabajando en bose

[@BROWSKIMUSIC]

This is why i don't buy bose.. its cheap made and overpriced as hell.

[@radon222u]

Was expecting die cast baskets and large dia dust caps to hide large voice coils. Lot of good looking plastic tho..

[@EightiesNut]

Instead we got state of the art stamped steel baskets... Hehe

[@radon222u]

@@EightiesNut haha.. and how can we forget particle board? MDF people are dumb..lol.

[@hughjorgen9424]

can the fm tuner be used manually to change radio stations? If so How? my remote stopped working on my lifestyle 18

[@form109]

Nevermind the fact the Drivers have a Plain look to them....looks arent everything especially when you wont be seeing the driver....Rubber surrounds & Paper Cone's are perfectly fine....Stamped Steel baskets are OK but Cast Aluminum is better. Particle board enclosures with Plastic Faces seem relatively common in the Consumer audio market.....i really dontt like them...the particle board itself is usually pretty thin and undampened...coloring the sound not to mention there's usually no additional sound absorbing materials...add this to the fact the Woofer Box is usually Tuned pretty high with a port tube thats usually too big or too short.. There's barely an excuse to use it when MDF is not just insanely expensive....but its especially inexcusable in this price range. the Point im making basically is......Most bose systems i have heard sound anywhere from Just OK to Pretty good. Do i think they're Overpriced for what you get?? Absolutely. Do i hate Bose? Not At All...it's just when i buy Audio Equipment i feel like i can get something of Equal or better quality for a Better price as far as consumer grade audio goes.....and let me not even mention the possibilities that Open up in the DIY Audio world.

[@BrodeyDoverosx]

Good excursion, low resonant frequency, the spider of the frame allows great rearward airflow for cooling and minimized energy loss and a huge magnet allows for good cone control. Yes, this is built to a price but superior among "same class" products.

[@infiniteblaz3416]

@@BrodeyDoverosx Superior to what? For the price of this thing, you can go with SVS which would destroy these things at a cheaper price. Lol.

[@djpickle68]

I want these drivers if you are still sitting on them. If you did do the project I gotta see it. Reach out let's connect!

[@189Gonza]

is there a way to reuse the amp for using it with other speakers?? how so?

[@rockstoper]

00:01 ohhh this is must be love :) but i dont have yet :(

[@khanrussell9572]

I want to know how many watts exist in every subwoofer speaker? As I have same model's subwoofer but circuit is damaged. I intended to make another subwoofer using another circuit.

[@aspjake123]

always wondered what was inside

[@joeygambino3395]

its not so much as the speaker its really just the box it has a bunch of chambers that the air moves threw and it sounds really good

[@luiggimondoli]

Does anybody know the power rating of those drivers? I have the same ones and built a box but I need to know how much power I can put on them. I tried with a 2*100 Watts amplifier (TDA7498), it was moving them OK, no clipping but the amp fried. I think the amp can't handle 4 ohms, the ebay seller published 4-8ohns but STMicro (TDA manufacturer) says 6-8 ohms. I'd like to try the TDA7498E, rated at 2*160W at 4 ohms

[@RennieAsh]

Keep the stuffing too XD

[@mijaresk2007]

Could you show me how is structure of the box ?

[@khzhzaddict]

they have a loud bass dude except the cerwin vega cls 215 6 15 12 15s 12s and 10 has deep bass

[@richkutney]

Does anyone know the driver size of the Bose bass module 500 subwoofer? How many watts?

[@MrFiveStarzz]

hi wish you could have shown a better internal view of the box

[@thebrain9384]

Those cheap looking speakers are tuned to that enclosure, what are you doing with them exactly?

[@joeygonzo]

Tuned ? lol

[@thebrain9384]

@@joeygonzo I think I'm asking the same thing.

[@matrempit2885]

Still Acoustic Research (AR)....

[@sorinell9053]

pls...bose 321 acustimass module....how to change the driver???

[@loccioillupo1013]

hey have you tried taking apart the PS28 iii ? I have one with the speaker system and i can't seem to get it working, so i'd rather use the speakers and amp for a project i'm doing.

[@RennieAsh]

Or you can be smart and buy second hand, or get a free one that doesn't work and hook it up to the cheap second hand amp that you picked up for 10% of the price of an equivalent new one.

[@captainjimbob123123]

what is the sub, what are the specs and werecan i find one. and a box for one????

[@ArunChhikara]

Hi, I have one of these unfortunately I lost my power cable. I plan to use the speakers in my car, can these subs be used with a car.amplifier? Thanks

[@ihacker71]

I would just try and buy a new power cable or wire your own up. These speakers are cheap and are tuned and EQ'ed for the bose sub box. A car amp would most likely blow them or you would damage the amp, as bose does not use the typical amount of ohms other speakers do. And the bose subs most likely cant handle the power a car amp outputs anyway. You would be better off just buying a cheap sub for your car as it would most likely sound better.

[@MohamedShaheed]

is it possible to buy those speakers online?

[@seaofredkc]

I have a Acoustimass 30 series II sub and I am trying to use the amp to power other speakers i have. But i cant figure out how to get a singal to it thanks to bose and their 13 pin connector. So how do i get around that?? PLZ help

[@EightiesNut]

+Brian Brokaw Hi, without the schematic it would be hit and miss for the most part, however I am sure if you opened it up you may be able to follow the traces to decipher your dilemma. Let me know how it goes. The Eighties Nut

[@grantrichards4950]

+Brian Brokaw Bose doesn't play well with others. Yet another reason not to buy them. In answer to your question, I wouldn't bother without a schematic and the ability to read it but I found some stuff by doing an image search for "Bose 13 pin connector". Good luck.

[@DoubleGauss]

The 150 year old Helmholtz Resonator is "Patented Bose Technology". What a crock.

[@kharnakcrux2650]

so you CANT take it apart. period. These things are over engineered like an Apple imac. i remember the ridiculous amount of bolts, bars, screws and weird shaped panels to remove...

[@eduardodrd01]

BOSE... the best!!

[@5argetech56]

all this acoustic fuckery at a premium price.

[@kaladar5377]

Nice black speakers.

[@Leakywaders54]

how can I use this sub without the amp which is blown

[@ilpatongi]

It's a T-line box or it's a simple ported one?

[@All2Skitzd]

+Jeremy Clarkson yeah i was kinda wondering how the box was layed out

[@chrisjones6165]

looks to be just ported, built quite a few boxes and I dont see space for a t line in there

[@ilpatongi]

All2skitzd Yeah but as you can see from the speaker hole, it looks like a conduit

[@epiphonesg007]

Waveguide.

[@newENIO11]

Are the woofers wired in parallel or series?

[@kofikwakyeagyekum6487]

Parallel sir

[@freedomofspeechtv9927]

Hi,please how many watts is this Bose speaker,thank you.

[@bjbjarocha]

Im wondering to. Please responde if you fine the anwsewr

[@EdvartValens]

I would like to know the wattage and the impedance per driver, if anyone has the answer (; thanks

[@jangounchained5279]

Its abot 100w sin that small subwoofer.... That is 200w of "musical" watts... which is enough to be loud with GARBAGE quality of sound ! It has 13cm bass drivers (2pcs) and 5cm wide range for satelites (4pcs)... Overall these satellites are too small to reach 100hz where subwoofer should kick in, so YOU HAVE HUGE GAP in frequency response from BOSE - THEY ARE GARBAGE, but impressive one and expensive !!!

[@EdvartValens]

@@jangounchained5279 Yes, indeed I have learnt the bad way. Have a PS28 that had its central stop working and now I'm after an amplifier for the sub (already found for the satellites). THanks for the info and insight on the frequency gap! No highs, no lows, must be bose haha

[@jangounchained5279]

@@EdvartValens much better solution would be 2 bookshelf speakers with 13-16cm bass driver and 2,5 cm silk dome tweeter...

[@lexusgor3823]

PS28ii compatible to PS28iii?

[@arvinsuyu3966]

Yaaaa I heard the gas came out when he opened it.and the smell tooo......farrrrt

[@EightiesNut]

I should have captured it to use for a build...

[@gavincurtis]

I don't know... My Cerwin vega TS-42 sub and its crown 6002 xti amp could crush that and probably cost less.

[@Synthematix]

yes and theyre 3 times the size, idiot

[@lancewilcox3944]

What ohms are those subs

[@cameronproaudio]

What manufacturer in their right mind would design a speaker system where you can't remove the drivers without cutting away part of the box? Really poor design choice. But I'm not surprised because it's Bose.

[@leonardomedinaleguizamo]

¿Qué fabricante en su sano juicio podría diseñar un sistema de altavoces donde no se pueden quitar los controladores sin cortar parte de la caja? Muy mala elección de diseño. Pero no me sorprende porque es Bose. lo q' pasa es q' no saben desbaratar ese stereo la tapa protectora se quita des d' la parte trasera q' es donde estan los tornillos esto no es para cualquiera bose tiene su ciencia el no sabe d' esto rompio la protencion d' los parlantes

[@32djice]

am watching this and i will say i don't think much of it as it is something to watch to help sleep sorry to be rude but be ok for some who do not know how to take a speeker out of a box

[@calderarecords]

We had a Sony SW101 Subwoofer that was a mere £120 in the store at the time of this things release.. and it wiped the FLOOR with the Bose's Sub box. If only I could get my hands on one of those brand new! I also HATED how the Bose box didn't do 30-45Hz very well. Where as the SW-101 kept it tight at all times. It kept the ceiling loose tho so we had to sell it! lol!

[@zahiralibhai8444]

what is the power handling of those subs?

[@ilpatongi]

Probably 50watt each wired in series for 8 ohm or 4 ohm operation. Bose doesn't list anything but people have tested and 100 watt seems their standard for subwoofer amps

[@DANIELTHIBAULTchannel]

same speaker on nissan maxima 90;s

[@viveksarpole4447]

what r there diaphragm made of paper or plastic or aluminium

[@RennieAsh]

Probably paper. It's lighter, possibly stiffer than plastics and obviously cheaper.

[@osomayor7083]

I tried to conec on my car not support my implifier..

[@QuanNguyen-nv1tq]

Wow 6" sub? what kind a bass do you get out of this, the woofer on my bookshelve speaker is bigger than this.

[@jaydenthompson1747]

Surprisingly a LOTTTT of bass

[@RennieAsh]

It's not just size; the excursion, distortion, box design, room placement and room treatment all make a difference.

[@salvatorecasto1184]

It's actually quite a bit. I have the acoustimas 6 with only one of these drivers and still rattles the walls in my condo.

[@jettechristensen4014]

Bose 40% marketing 10% sound quality and 50% overpriced

[@wahabcheriyath9316]

exactly

Yes exactly same as JBL

[@Kaspurr84]

JBL's professional line is quite good, the rest of their stuff is meh for sure.

[@billisaacs3975]

RevToTheRedline in go-9_

[@woodlandvoodoo5041]

The sound quality isnt really subjective... they lack frequency range. But for people who don't want huge loudspeakers, they work.. and that's all those people really want.

[@djjeremyphatfingers]

why would you need to take it apart

[@leo197777]

What do you do with that now?,You are obliged to cut the wire to get the hp at the end?Of the butchery you do. Or I did not quite understand the usefulness.

[@EightiesNut]

Butchery? I did it with a sensitive and caring hand to meticulously remove the very very valuable fragile components with the rudimentary devices I had at the time. I just hope that many many people enjoyed and befitted form the fruits of this usefulness video. Thanks for watching...

[@leo197777]

13:12 You are obliged to cut the wires? You can not disconnect them from the back? Is it roasted so that you disassemble it like that, or can not disassemble it otherwise? Sorry, I do not have to test, but I find it just odd that of this great brand, we can not disassemble otherwise ... It's just that I hate the waste of money and raw materials in all its forms,don't quiet.

[@ronald0alcantara22]

Can i use amplifier to other speaker?

[@EightiesNut]

Yes, as long as you still have the cable to the receiver and the receiver, without them its just not worth the hassle.

[@ronald0alcantara22]

What about the audio in cable i dont have kind of cable, can i convert to rca jack? Thanks

[@guchalu3027]

Is it possible to install in a car and still get the sound

[@EightiesNut]

Hi, yes it is possible, but I would think it's just not worth the amount of work it would take.

[@guchalu3027]

@EIGHTIES NUT what would the inside of the box have to look like,the air passage thru tubes ? To reflect the sound of the bass expected... I have time / retired veteran

[@EightiesNut]

Sorry I thought you were implying about the amplifier. These subs would run most car amps pretty hot.

[@Killerspieler0815]

_Normally_ "BOSE" is supposed to be super quality to bad, that these speakers are NOT magnetically shilded ( even 80 € 2.1 Computer Speakers from Creative [ like SBS-390 back in 2005 ] are magnetically shielded) What about an electronics tear-down ? ( my Creative SBS-390 lasted from mid 2005 until a mouth ago [ 10.5 years ] - one speaker [ 4 Ohm 5 Watt] membrane now defective, defective speaker replaced with Elta 3500 diffusion-radio [ 4 Ohm 10 Watt] with defective electronics )

[@RennieAsh]

There is no point to magnetically shield drivers these days let alone subwoofer drivers which sit on the floor.

[@StrangeDuck]

no highs, no lows, must be bose. or Bose, better sound through marketing.

[@michrech]

Bring Other Sound Equipment.

[@feel.s1304]

Umm nigga. This is a subwoofer.

[@jashidjabbar1871]

Sir I want PS 28 in put cable and remote

[@MarcoGiugiaro83]

Dopo questi video dimostrativi il mio Lifestile 8 varrà 50€ (euro)

[@EightiesNut]

I am not sure?

[@dylansmiley3999]

damn i had mt dew. its not goin to work :(

[@jamescollins6085]

The magnets are not even shielded!

[@josesousa272]

So many better alternatives to that junk: Monitor Audio, B&W, JM Lab, KEF, Tannoy, Cabasse, ...

[@HUUTAJA2]

And Genelec

[@mida8261]

I personally love Paradigm. They've been my most favorite brand of speaker for quite some time. The downfall is the setup I want will cost me around the $6,000 price range. In the meantime, I'm happy with my Klipsch Reference series as my home theater setup and my 2.1 Paradigm setup for my music room.

[@jangounchained5279]

KEF Q1 is all we need !!! And 30cm sub ...

[@gbraal]

Klipsch RF7 for the win :-)

[@podboris16]

dude why you do this? are you crazy? ahaha pls stop lol

[@EightiesNut]

Actually that's what my parents used to always tell me. "STOP ARE YOU CRAZY" hehe...

[@dom3827]

The speaker cables are very small. Sure, they are not long. But depending on Power ect i think it is not far away that the cables will affect the sound quality in a bad way. But just guessing. I mean Bose is not that quality anymore. You more pay for the name Bose. back in the day it maybe was a good and high quality brand. But that was the past....

[@dom3827]

+vortex222 They actually can. If this cable would really he too thin. like headphone cables the resistance of the cable is too high to deliver any power to the speaker. the bass cant be played and will be distorted.

[@vishal2144]

Hey where is pt 2?

[@EightiesNut]

Hi, part two is kzbin.info/www/bejne/bJvan4F5l66paLs

[@vishal2144]

@EIGHTIES NUT hey thanks alot for pt2 in the first video you mention about heating up the front to remove the grill ?

[@EightiesNut]

@@vishal2144 Are you trying to replace the speakers?

[@vishal2144]

@EIGHTIES NUT yes one of them is blown I figure replace them both

[@EightiesNut]

@@vishal2144 I used a heat gun on low for half hour and it did nothing, so I set it on high going around the entire perimeter of the grill housing it almost deformed the plastic, but I was able to pry it off. It also pulled some of the particle board with it, but it did come off. It just was not worth the hour and twenty minutes it took.

[@iscream4253]

many say that bose is good ... so the finish. But for me it's just cheaper shit for a lot of money.

[@mr.mandudeguy5389]

agree

[@mr.mandudeguy5389]

Dominik Lux​ yeah i know

[@allankvist6741]

Why would Bose sell their products cheaper than they can?

[@trailerpark187]

these arnet as bad as some white van speaker. i love the cubes cause of there size. but there acoustimass [ not a subwoofer] doesnt sound that great. so i have 5 double cubes 1 powered acoustimass and a 15 powered sub. sounds really good. everyone compares other speaker that are much larger. yes bose is pricey. i just wait and get them off craigslist for next to nothing.

[@swinde]

I was regularly accosted by the "White Van" speaker sellers in the 80s In Memphis, TN. I never stopped to see what they were. I assumed "stolen". I was using AR-3a speakers from Acoustic Research at the time.

[@SatishKumar-jc8cl]

Video is good but too long

[@EightiesNut]

Thanks. I will try to get straight to the point next time as I tend to always want to explain too much.

[@BlueRice]

bose is not crap. its over price.

[@carlosoliveira-rc2xt]

Same thing. You have to judge everything by price or value. A Honda Accord might be a good car for $30.000 but if it cost $300,000 it would be considered crap compared to others of comparable price. Bose sounds a little better than computer speakers but they are not priced as such.

[@BlueRice]

you got a slightly good point but when you make a statement about a product, you cant exaggerate the word crap. if it sound above the average even if the material is cheap then it serve its function as advertised. just because they used cheap material doesn't make it cheap. quality come in all size, shape and material. corvette used fiberglass its cheaper than carbon fiber and more expensive than plastic but people still complain about its cheap material. the only valid statement is the interior. its a sport car not a luxury. being fiber glass because its still lighter than aluminium. a good question is, whats the difference between cheap material and more expensive one? i seen paper speaker on a car last more than the car itself and thats debatable. its the result that matter. if you engineered it correctly thats quality right there.

[@warmfreeze]

30k for an accord is still overpriced :P

[@rogerwillams2814]

6 1/2 imch driver ??? i dont think so ? probly 5 1/4 i used to like bose but like a lot of companies they cut corners charging all lot of money for less quality .

[@Synthematix]

A 5.25" long throw driver is the equivalent of a standard 8" and there are two of them so.

[@ilpatongi]

Your math is simply blowing my mind.

[@Synthematix]

Shut up Jeremy, you know nothing about cars lol

[@ilpatongi]

You do realize that what you've wrote is complete bullshit right? How does a long throw 5.25" woofer (not the ones that Bose used for this "sub" btw) equal to the cone area of an 8" sub? Movement alone doesn't compensate

[@ronedwards8239]

Don’t get why you are hacking up this subwoofer?

[@EightiesNut]

Why ask why It is not ours to reason why. No, it's because we used to be a direct repair facility. In most cases if the amp was not worth repairing or was replaced we got stuck with the box and speakers and many many cases a bad amp so we would tear-down the box for the speakers as we tried in the beginning to sell the box with the speakers with no luck and we also started running out of room. At some point we started giving them to local second hand stores until they told us no more we cant sell them or get rid of them fast enough. Around 2008 we started filling-up garbage bin loads weekly.

[@RennieAsh]

The power supply commonly dies - some power drive transistors, surface mount resistors, a chip, few caps need replacing. Annoying to fix and of course Bose probably wouldn't sell you a PSU module, or it'd be silly expensive.

[@ArthurA13]

how many watts are they?

[@ilpatongi]

50 watt each

[@ArthurA13]

Jeremy Clarkson thanks Jeremy Clarkson! ;)

[@awaahaab]

Bose is good but you cannot beat Bang and Olufsen. :)

[@cuber7510]

Jeremy Clarkson

[@RoomyTvSK]

harman kardon ?

[@justinfoxbody]

Klipsch Bowers and Wilkins

[@fbdsecurity]

WILSON AUDIO

[@raffiequler7510]

PSB speakers.

[@jashidjabbar1871]

Hello sir can you help me please

[@EightiesNut]

Sure?

[@godhasleftthebuilding3224]

what was the point of this?

[@petartorbarina2398]

Nije mi jasno zašto neko mora da razvali ovako nešto?

[@swinde]

Six inch Sub is an oxymoron