fishacura

Since there is very little chatter in the audio section of the site...I thought I'd post my question here. Sorry for the off-topic post but:

Anyone know who the manufacturer(s) are for the audio system and speakers in the TL??? Thanks!

jdl75

Panasonic for the system. Don't know about the speakers.

mr_superlove

Panasonic, eh

moreace

I wanna put Polk speakers in, made a world of difference in my last car

340HP

Hands-down, best drivers on the market are Dynaudio (forget Polk). They're expensive, but well worth the price, if you're looking for quality sound. Most of Dynaudio drivers are 90+ db / 1 watt / 1 meter sensitive, so you don't need a lot of power to drive them.

moreace

My friend and I put the speaker is my last car cause I didn't care about the POS. I will ahve a installer do it this time. How much should install be for the 4 main speakers? Do we know the sizes?

fishacura

Imagine that....the Acura site had the info. But it says ELS. Anyone ever heard of this company?

moreace

It is the initials of the composer who helped design the system

340HP

Yep, Elliot L. Scheiner.

As for sizes or what speakers they used, I don't know. I'm assuming they're paper - 99.99% of car speakers are paper. Too bad.

The system is awesome as is though. Why mess with it?




Car sound enthusiasts participated in the four-day, side-by-side competition against other premium sound systems, conducted at the 2004 SAE World Congress. The competition took place inside the Panasonic booth on the show floor at Cobo Convention Center.

A total of 1,290 people participated in the event over the course of the show, comparing ELS Surround in the 2004 Acura TL against the Bose system in the Cadillac CTS; the Mark Levinson system in the Lexus LS 430; and the Harman Kardon Logic 7 system in the Mercedes E-320.

According to the four-day cumulative numbers from MORPACE, total preference of ELS Surround over the competing premium systems breaks down as follows:

ELS Surround vs. Bose (Cadillac CTS): 360 of 400 participants preferred ELS (89.8%)

ELS Surround vs. Mark Levinson (Lexus LS 430): 373 of 418 participants preferred ELS (89.2%)

ELS Surround vs. Harman Kardon (Mercedes E-320): 379 of 472 participants preferred ELS (80.3%)

Any questions?

spidey07

yeah, but drivers are nothing without a crossover designed for them. One cannot simply swap drivers willy-nilly and expect good results.

340HP

Dynaudio sells xovers with drivers as well. I assumed you would set the system up properly when installing drivers of such quality, and avoid willy-nilly.

WickedWiz

here's the website for the system...

http://www.elssurround.com/

Center Speaker Designs
Neodymium Magnetic Circuit Design focused on producing the dedicated center channel source material available from DVD-Audio recordings. The use of neodymium allows for a low profile, and lightweight device that can be easily packaged by automotive designers, and the unique cone design reproduces the demanding program material with great accuracy.

Subwoofer Speaker Designs
DVD-Audio also provides a dedicated subwoofer channel. Panasonic is applying several design advancements to the subwoofers for DVD-Audio systems. These include:

• pulped Kevlar cone materials
• micro cell foamed urethane edge materials
• high linearity dampers

Tweeter Speaker Designs
With the extended frequency range available with DVD-Audio, Panasonic has designed tweeter speakers, which focus on high frequency reproduction, low distortion while maintaining the high reliability required for automotive applications. These goals are achieved through the use of super thin injection molded diaphragms.

Full Range Speakers
Extended frequency response and improved dynamic range present challenges to the full range speakers, which make up the backbone of in-vehicle audio reproduction. To address these challenges Panasonic has developed speaker products based upon a variety of design elements including:

• super thin injection molded high modulus polypropylene cone material
• super high molecular acrylic resin cloth
• high linearity damper

fishacura

OK...It plays DVD-A.....doesn't play MP3....anyone know if it plays SACD???

TLover

no, no sacd

WickedWiz

It does play DTS-CD

ComptechType-S

I have taken apart the doors and rear deck in my TL. All of the spkrs are 6.5's and 4 ohm's. They are all made by Panasonic and sound pretty crappy to me.
Today i bought 3 LOC's (line out converters) to be able to install 2 amps (one 4 channel amp for front and rear spkrs and another amp for subs only). I plan to remove the stock sub and add one 10" sub in a 1.66ft sealed box (much deaper, crisper and louder bass). The hole left from the stock sub will be used as a way for the bass to get up into the car. System should sound a lot better.

If any of your are ever in Austin TX holla at me and i will let you listem to it.


Peace!

I prolly wont be done for a while (2 weeks). I spend too much time at work

2004TL_believer

Saw the study. This system is perfect as is.

Blue Abyss Pearl/Camel/Navigation

browndognj

We all anxiously await your report!

JetJock

I also think the TL sound system sounds awesome just the way it is. If anyone thinks that they can make it sound better than Elliott, go for it!! I think people are just never satesfied with a "stock" sound system and insist that it can be made better. I hope spending all that money is worth it and that the stuff blends properly to create a sound as good as stock. The speakers and all matched to sound good together, and unless someone understand acoustics in cars, the chances are that it's going to maybe have more bass...but will it just be more....or better?? I'd personally leave the speaker designing to the experts and be happy with the sound the way it is...it does sound pretty good for a stock system.