Subwooofer issue/question (1 Viewer)

[Paulauryn]

Hi, I have had a Bose Acouatimass 10 speaker system for years. Recently my bass module has developed an intermittent low thump sound regardless if I am sending a source through it or not. My question is twofold; any ideas or suggestions as to how to stop the thumping and if not can I remove the Bose bass module and use a different non-Bose sub? Thanks for any help.

 

[Wayne A. Pflughaupt]

If your Bose system is the type where all the speakers plug into the subwoofer, then you will not be able to replace the subwoofer with a non-Bose unit.

Regards,
Wayne A. Pflughaupt

 

[Paulauryn]

Thank you. That’s what I was afraid of.

 

[Avataree]

If your Bose system is the type where all the speakers plug into the subwoofer, then you will not be able to replace the subwoofer with a non-Bose unit.

Regards,
Wayne A. Pflughaupt

Hi Wayne,
If the Bose subwoofer does not have all the speaker plugged into it, can this subwoofer be replaced ?

In particular, I have the Bose Lifestyle 650 system and the subwoofer has died and refuses to power up. I am thinking of replacing it with a non Bose subwoofer.

There is a Acoustimass 3.5mm output from the main console which I believe can be split into RCA jacks to a non Bose subwoofer.

Do you know if this would be possible?

Thank you
Marcus

 

[JohnRice]

Hi Wayne,
If the Bose subwoofer does not have all the speaker plugged into it, can this subwoofer be replaced ?

In particular, I have the Bose Lifestyle 650 system and the subwoofer has died and refuses to power up. I am thinking of replacing it with a non Bose subwoofer.

There is a Acoustimass 3.5mm output from the main console which I believe can be split into RCA jacks to a non Bose subwoofer.

Do you know if this would be possible?

Thank you
Marcus

We're going to need a pic of the back of the base unit, for starters. In general, Bose systems are closed and you're probably out of luck. Plus, that's really not a sub woofer, but a bass module. That's important because a Bose bass module might need to be capable of output up as high as 500Hz, which very few subs are capable of. They will go a lot lower though. To repeat myself, in general with Bose there are not any suitable substitute components that won't result in big holes in the frequency response.