Well okay would it be worth it to trade out the stock Bose tape player with a 1996 stock Bose CD player? If i can find one I mean.

 

why not just go aftermarket? [&:]

 

 

lmfao!!! wow
Anyway, I think aftermarket stereos look stupid
its like
just
Like it doesnt go there
ehh
hard to explain
I just think it looks dumb.
But...... if I must.... I will.


HOWEVER

My question is.
Can I swap out my stock bose tape player with a stock bose CD player?

 

You should be able to. I understand what you mean though. I never plan on changing out my stock CD player just because it looks and works great, and anything aftermarket aside from a 7" display for mine looks like crap.

 

yes

 

This is what I know from 5 years experience in installing car audio: Bose makes proprietary systems i.e. the speakers only work with the amp and radio, thus all of these things will only work with components of the same make or brand. The speakers often run at a different resistance or impedance on the Bose systems than a standard aftermarket 4 ohm stable speaker, and there are normally more than 4 speakers which is the limit for an aftermarket radio to power, so you'd need a 4-channel amp to run4 speakers and have the radio power the other 2. When replacing a Bose with aftermarket you need a new radio, new speakers, new speaker wire run to the speaker locations , and likely at least one aftermarket amp to run your speakers. The Monsoon sound systems are just as good as the Bose, but you can use their amp with an aftermarket radio and speakers. As far as the plug for a Bose cd player and tape deck radio matching, it's possible butI don't really care for Bose. Like we say at my shop; no highs, no lows, gotta be Bose. Personally I scraped my Monsoon system and went all after market with Kicker mono and 4-channel amps,two 10"CVR's, Polk Momo speakers, and Pioneer in-dash Dvd player; if you got the cash spend it. Cost me a grand, retail for like four. Oh and doing a professional job, fast, that you can guarantee for the life of a vehicle is a little more complicated than just matching up colored wires. I have to fix at least ten cars a week because some stupid people decided it was gonna be as easy as matching colored wires. With a Bose system if you go after market I'd definately recommend that you go with professional install, because you can run into all sorts of problems with the LT1 Camaro's.
I also whole heartedly disagree with you that an aftermarket looks bad, a Panasonic or Alpine both look amazing in F-Body Camaro's. Go with a 2006 line panasonic that have rear auw inputs for i-pods, infact I'm selling one with all the parts w/ factory 1 year warranty for 75 bucks(mint condition). Now Alpine costs a little more, but well worth a couple hundred bucks.

 

Well actually I got my speaker working (the right front one was messed up, im not sure if I said that in this thread), but yeah it sounds good enough for me now. I also got one of those old tape player- iPod adapters... and it actually sounds better than any FM transmitter I've used.