From
http://www.mediaweek.co.uk/articles/...rtssponsorship

I know that Acura did brag about how they even engineered the doors of the TSX to have that Euro-spec "thunk" sound when they close, but I thought that was mechanical engineering, not electrical engineering!

I get the sense that the author of this piece is taking Acura's PR a bit too far, but maybe not? Can someone confirm one way or another if our doors have an artifically generated sound? Electrical impulses generate vibrations? Wha??

Jon

 

news to me. They said the sound was "engineered" but electrical impulses?

 

No way...I find that impossibly hard to believe...

 

The RL or TL has sound enginerring of some sort.

 

I don't want to get electricuted when I close my door!!!

Edit: more likely to be acoustically engineered...

 

The RL has a noise cancelling system (not sure if the TL does or not) but that is to dampen the noise in the cabin, not to make the doors closing sound better. I wonder where mediaweek got their info from.

 

I just took apart the door to do dynamat yesterday and it looked like an ordinary piece of sheet metal to me

 

ah, that would explain the tingling sensation i get when i clean the door frame. i just thought i found a good spot on the car to keep cleaning every day....

 

I'm almost afraid to ask.... where does it tingle?

 

btw, one thing to note, They did pay special attention to the door seals to create that solid sound, HOWEVER, you would almost always get a hollow sound if you use a lil too much force (i.e. ppl that dunno your car) due to the outer door skin's resonance...... just knock on the door from the outside and you'll hear it immeidately.... but dynatmat or any other dampening stuff will solve the problem

so far I only did one door with fatmat, and the difference is like night and day... altho I broke the door handle cover on the passenger side...

 

:gheylaugh: oh, i'll never tell.