I think I was just spoiled by my previous system. I had a 2003 Pontiac vibe where I installed Boston tweeters in the window sails, Boston tweeters in the A pillars,
JL speakers in the front and rear doors and a sub in the trunk area. My amp was a JL Audio 5 channel and I also had a stand alone Kenwood equalizer. My head unit was Kenwood Excelon with blue tooth. I could bump the highs, mids and lows exactly as I wanted. When I purchased the Mazda I didn't research enough to fully understand how inadequate, to me, the Bose system was. I contacted Bose and asked them what price point this 9 speaker Bose system was and they would not let me know. I have replaced six of the 9 speakers ( not the center channel nor the back two tweeters) and the Bose speakers I removed were really of poor quality. Since the radio has no RCA connectors for an amp I would have to install an amp with speaker level inputs and I haven't had the best of luck in the past with this method but I have had terrific luck using the RCA method. So I'm still looking for a way to add some stand alone tweeters. I may end up making some pods and putting the tweeters in them and using Velcro
to attach them to the outer ends of the dash.
