I'm actually looking for spreaker replacements for a Tech. I want something alot better than stock and fits perfectly without any fab work. Stock amp and sub will be used and I'd like to use 1 brand for all the speakers if possible but not a huge deal if they are different brands.

For right now I just want to replace the front door and the back door speakers.

 

It'll probably be helpful if you had a price range you're looking to spend.

 

First off wrong section.
Second, you have a tech... so it's ALOT more work. You need a harness someone on the forums here makes... I'm not even sure if you can use the stock amp.

 

Price range for four speakers would be around 200$

Also iCrap your saying that even if replace just my door speakers I would have to change the amp?

 

Read this:
https://acurazine.com/forums/2g-tsx-audio-bluetooth-electronics-navigation-304/my-els-audio-upgrade-els-preamp-819501/

The speaker / amp combo for the tech is proprietary. It's way harder to upgrade it than on a non-tech.

 

wow that seems alot more complicated then i thought, where can i find the speakers and amp specs. so i know which one to get.

 

Dunno. your gonna have to search.

 

Considering that the Acura upgraded systems are considered to be some of the best from a car manufacturer (and undoubtedly the best by far in this price range), it is fair to say the you will get nothing that sounds "better" in the $200 price range.

Perhaps there is something wrong with your system. What are your major complaints about the sound?

Back when I was selling audio, management loved the guys who would come in saying "I want new speakers and I have $xyz to spend" because they walked out of the store with their wallet that much lighter (and often spend far more than they wanted to).

I loved the guys that came in saying "you know, there's something about my system that doesn't just sound right" and oftentimes they walked out happy after having been shown how to set the EQ or how to modify their speaker placement - without having spent a dime.

 

imo the ELS system doesn't really sound that great.

Ceb is right though $200 will get you nowhere. Your gonna spend just that on an decent amp.

 

thanks for your input guys, my front speaker rattles sometimes also, i feel like 40 isn't loud enough in some circumstances.

how would i set the EQ besides the way I usually do it, which is the audio setting button and scroll through those settings.

 

Those ELS systems have a habit of blowing out speakers randomly... maybe your front has blown. Especially if you put it all the way up to 40.

 

when i do put it up to 40, i put the sub to -3 and the bass to -2 not sure if that would help... but I noticed it sounding raspy before i put it to 40..

 

With what source............

Your ipod is compressed vs. A cd. Radio is as well.

Garbage in/ garbage out

 

Well an iPod with good quality FLACs will sound better than a CD or Radio for sure.
My guess is he has his phone / iPod full of crap quality mp3.

 

40? I've never even reached 20. I sit around 10-12 with an iPod plugged in. Sounds like your speaker is blown, especially if it's rattles.

 

^^ Yeah I never really pass 15.

I think his car is a rebuilt wreck so there might be lose stuff in his door also which could be rattling.

 

40 would wake the dead if you have a proper input. A "rattling" speaker is usually indicative of a damaged speaker or a poorly installed speaker/trimpiece/panel.

Go to the Acura dealer and borrow one of the DVDs they use to show off the ELS system. If the speaker rattles, heaves or otherwise sounds bad then there is something wrong with the system.

 

Ill check out the ELS cd from the dealer...

also from what you guys mentioned, does ipod's sound vs sound from "bluetooth" have a significant difference?

 

USB > Bluetooth streaming

I seemed to lose a little of the very high and very low ends streaming.
There seems to be a noticeable volume drop also.

 

USB sounds best.

 

Depends on the source. Nothing is "recorded on USB" so anything on your USB drive was originally recorded on another medium and transferred multiple times before it ended up on the USB.

With USB drives especially, people tend to compress music in order to squeeze more on.

The only thing that one can say for sure is that a hard connection has the capability of providing higher quality than a BT connection.

 

i would suspect an SACD played through the hard drive would have the best return/

 

is there another eq that can be adjusted? or is the audio setting the only one?

 

Some people really expect a million dollar car out of that 33k they paid for a tech... Go sit in a crappy car, listen to the radio, see how good the bass gets, and then afterwards sit in your car and turn it up.

 

I get what your saying M>B.

From others experience what are good front and rear door replacement speakers.... because for starters i will replace all four 6 1/2 inch door speakers

 

You aren't listening... you have a tech so it's Much MUCH more complicated than that. The speakers and amp are paired. you need to basically replace it all.

You CAN do that, but start saving up... It's not gonna be cheap.

For speakers, I replaced fronts with Alpine Type R / rears with Polk DB651 in my car, also dynamat in the doors helped a ton.

 

Yeah true, I meant in terms of connectivity to the car, USB is the best option....

For music.. I put all my FLAC on my USB and play through the car.

 

what amp do u use now since you swapped our your speakers..

also how do u get your songs to be FLAC

 

I still have my stock amp since I have a non-tech.

You need to get the original music in FLAC... can rip it from your CDs or buy online.

 

I just read this thread from the top...

Volume set to 40?! I'm already partially deaf (as many people have told me from my repeated "huh?"s and "what?"s), but WTF 40 I think is WAY too loud.

 

with my windows down I can put it up to 40 and still isnt loud enough...

 

What I imagine 40 would be like in my TSX. Free A/C!

 

=o

 

Dude, something isn't right. Go to an Acura dealership or sit in any other TSX, you'll find out soon enough that anything over 20 is probably insane.

 

More like free female orgasm LOL

 

Pull your pants back up mister!

 

I thought one could replace the speakers in the tech but they may not sound much better given that the ELS amp screws with the signal going to the individual speakers.

 

I had read something different I think. I think the amp outputs a fixed level output... something like that.... It's much more complex and for no real reason.

 

The headunit outputs a constant signal. This means one can't just swap out the ELS amp, add new speakers, and call it a day. You will lose the ability to control the volume, auto mute so the nav can talk, etc.

 

OK for those of us WITHOUT the tech package, what replacement speakers would your recommend for better sound?