Suggestions for upgrading bose speaers?
I just aquired this pair of bose speakers from the 80's/90's, and while they are identical to the one in the picture, I don't have my camera and therefore cannot get a picture of the actual pair I have. The right one had been damaged from being dropped and I had to disconnect one of the tweeters to get the other one to work (they're wired in series). I've also had to re-glue the box as the original glue snapped and all it did was vibrate and sound like crap.
Other than that, they're sounding almost like new, I wanna finish re-gluing the box, as I'm sure extra glue on the inside won't hurt it, and possibly do the other box just for sanity sake. Now heres my question. I have a pair of subwoofers out of some altec lansing computer subwoofers (I believe they came from a 2.1 set). I ironically found the same subwoofer thrown out at two different dumps in the area in a short time, one in a black enclosure, and one in a white enclosure, both altec lansing, and both identical. Anyways, these are like dual voice coil, at least 100 watts in power each, and I'm willing to bet more power than the original speaker bose put in.
I have the original speakers in these boxes, just like the one in the picture, but and they perform great, but I'm just wondering if I could get a beefier set of speakers by upgrading them with the subwoofers, I used they 8" altec lansing subs in some Psb cabinets but they would look nicer in the bose cabinets.
One more thing. These dual voice coil subs have 6 ohm coils. So if I wire them in parallel, I'll get 3 ohms per speaker (the bose speakers are originally 8 ohms). IF I wire the coils in series, like I currently have them, I'll get 12 ohms, which is safer, I know, but I won't get as much power. What do you guys think I should do there? I know 3 ohms isn't quite 4 OHMS, which still isn't good to drive on a regular house amp, but still.. Help please!!
Other than that, they're sounding almost like new, I wanna finish re-gluing the box, as I'm sure extra glue on the inside won't hurt it, and possibly do the other box just for sanity sake. Now heres my question. I have a pair of subwoofers out of some altec lansing computer subwoofers (I believe they came from a 2.1 set). I ironically found the same subwoofer thrown out at two different dumps in the area in a short time, one in a black enclosure, and one in a white enclosure, both altec lansing, and both identical. Anyways, these are like dual voice coil, at least 100 watts in power each, and I'm willing to bet more power than the original speaker bose put in.
I have the original speakers in these boxes, just like the one in the picture, but and they perform great, but I'm just wondering if I could get a beefier set of speakers by upgrading them with the subwoofers, I used they 8" altec lansing subs in some Psb cabinets but they would look nicer in the bose cabinets.
One more thing. These dual voice coil subs have 6 ohm coils. So if I wire them in parallel, I'll get 3 ohms per speaker (the bose speakers are originally 8 ohms). IF I wire the coils in series, like I currently have them, I'll get 12 ohms, which is safer, I know, but I won't get as much power. What do you guys think I should do there? I know 3 ohms isn't quite 4 OHMS, which still isn't good to drive on a regular house amp, but still.. Help please!!
