[deftone31]

Not that I know what the hell im looking at, but I took the amp apart and noticed this (circled in yellow)...Idk if those black spots mean fried? 😳

[deftone31]

I had a spare amp I’m my garage from my 2016, same part number and did a side by side comparison. One circled in yellow is what was recently took out of my 2017.

[ember1205]

So... If it's the same part number, does it work? Can you swap that one in and see what happens?

Not sure why you have it...

[deftone31]

If the amp is toast, Will I need to take my car to the dealership to get the amp from my 2016 programmed to my receiver in my 2017?
Same amp part number.

Long story short...I had a 2016 2SS that was a GM buyback ...Ran into a list of issues within the first month so I gave it back to the dealership for my 2017..Also discovered they sold me the car without catalytic converters....System didn’t sound good in that one either...I ended up dumping money in diagnostics and got the new amp under warranty before I gave back the car.

[Petrol Head]

Those are all factory markings. Nothing is blown.

[bobby35ny]

Originally Posted by deftone31

I’m in crestview FL. It would def be helpful to do a comparison to another Camaro with bose. Somebody mentioned on here sending the amp in for an update through Bose, I’m going to look into that as well. Awesome inputs

Ah! Thats 10 hours away, LOL
-Bobby

[ctrlz]

Originally Posted by deftone31

I appreciate everybody’s input. I bought/installed a ANC noise canx harness from Sub thump and it did pretty much nothing for my sound result. Something is certainty not right. The bass in my 6x9 speakers are faint, and it’s practically on full blast w/ EQ settings as well.

The ANC does very little to the sound in a stock system. It probably gets a bad rap here because it can wreak havoc on an aftermarket install. The system relies on timing and feedback, and aftermarket equipment adds signal delay to the chain which screws things up. That is why it must be disabled in an aftermarket install.

If you have no 6x9 output (or very little) from the doors you have found your problem. Get a voltmeter and continuity check both 6x9 speakers from the harness where you unplugged the amp. Pinout info is posted in the audio section of this forum. You should get 2-4 ohms for each 6x9. If the speakers are good, your amp is the problem. You could check the output voltage to the 6x9's right at the amp.

The 6x9's on the rear deck get very little output from the amp by design. This is a front soundstage setup.

https://www.camaro6.com/forums/showthread.php?t=488428

A good way to test system response is to download a tone generator to your phone and playback tones at different frequencies over bluetooth or aux. That will find the holes in your output.

Subjectively, I think the Bose system is good but not great. For me, it kinda fits the car, which has a loud cabin to begin with. If it were cheap to upgrade this stereo I would do it, like all my previous cars. But to do it right I think you need more soundproofing in the cabin plus expensive interfaces and new speakers. I'm used to a couple hundred bucks to upgrade, not a couple thousand.