[ChrisK]

what i do know is that the bose system is heavy on the mid bass amplification.

what would do you well is to have an equalizer present in your install. you'd be able to mimic the midbass heavy Bose style of sound production. but im not sure how you would be able to move it to the back like the stock head unit does.

And that is the problem he will run into with an aftermarket system with no sub. The BOSE system is very heavy on the mid base just as B&O mentioned. What this does is trick you into believing your audio system has bass. This is called psycho accoustics. This is not a bad thing because to most people what they hear is good. That is unless they were exposed to higher quality systems. This gets me to the point. With aftermarket components, the entire system often plays much more linear than the BOSE system. That means the mid bass is closer to true vs the inflated mid bass of the BOSE. Back to back comparisons and you will think the aftermarket system has much weaker bass than the BOSE system had. This may or may not be true. More often then not, the aftermarket system has more lower end extention (The system can play lower frequencies better) than the BOSE, but has a flatter mid bass so the percieved sound is less bass. That is not the case though as it is actually more correct mid bass. Anyway, there are two easy ways to correct that problem. Either add a sub to play the low frequencies that it is designed to play, or add an EQ and boost the bass and mid bass frequencies to your liking. After all, if it sounds good to you that is all that matters.

 

[ChrisK]

you'd be able to mimic the midbass heavy Bose style of sound production. but im not sure how you would be able to move it to the back like the stock head unit does.

Just curious? Why would you want to move the bass to the back of the vehicle anyway? The whole point is to get good bass up front.

I do know what you might be thinking about though. The BOSE system doesn't actually move the bass to the rear via the fader, but it actually just cuts the high frequency of the drives you are fading away from. The bass, or mid bass as we are calling it doesn't change but rather the high frequencies are being cut. Obviously the amplitude is changing as well (Getting lower as you fade away from the speakers) but the system itself is not sending more bass to the other speakers. Either that or I just totally misunderstood what you were trying to say