Think the speakers are 4ohm. I seem to remember them being half normal ones, which I think is 8ohm. Either than or normally its 4ohm and they are 2ohm
found this on another forum...
Well buddy, you've fallen into Bose hell like so many others!
The amps are always blowing out. the speakers are 1 ohm or so and wont work with anything but the Bose amp. and the Bose amp wont work well with anything but the original unit.
Best way to deal with this is change out all the speakers (they stink anyway) run your own wires from the new speakers directly to the cd player location (bypassing the old Blose amp) and get a new NON FACTORY cd player like Alpine or a brand you prefer.
There are "kits" that say they can adapt for blows (I mean Bose) but in actuality you will end up replacing part after part even if you can get it to work. Especially if the harness in the car is different than what's available, you are going to end up cutting the harness off and testing each wire anyway. Best method is described above, this way you only have to find power and ground and abandon the remaining wires. Heck for power and ground you can just run your own and abandon the entire factory harness all together!
Sorry if it's not what you wanted to hear but it seems to be the trend with these.
Has anyone else taken out the speakers and had a look on the back of them? Think I need to figure out for sure before shelling out on speakers... might need to budget for an amp too and a headunit and cabling