OK, the Bose system in the new GM's......where do I start? First off, before you remove the factory head unit, make sure that you have set all your tone, fader and balance controls to center. The amplifier does all the sound processing, so, even if you pull the head unit, the settings are saved, meaning, if you set the bass full upbefore pull the radio, your new system will be bass-heavy, no matter what.. The amp also fades by filtering out the mid/high frequencies out of the audio signal to simulate a front/rear balance. Unfortunately, the aftermarket interfaces do not do this, so the rear output from the rear of the factory amp gets kinda ---- stuck. I have tried numerous different methods to get around this, and short of bypassing the factory Bose amp (which kills the OnStar, by the way), nothing really worked. Thank you GM, thank you. So, if anyone else has figured this out, I, for one, would love to know.