Adding/Replacing Amp
 

Im lookin to do some stuff to my tsx this fall so im trying to plan it out now. I like the speakers in the car now, theyre pretty good for stock, but for future reference is there an amp in this car? If i wanted to replace/add one where is it? and where did u guys put it? i dont want it to be out in the open so im thinkin hidden somehwere in the trunk. If theres no amp in the car now, does the HU allow for an external amp? If any one has the inputs/outputs for the HU that would be great.
Thanks again

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there is a factory amp. you can replace it. or add an amp to it. I did both at various stages. first i added an amp and subwoofers. and then later i replaced the factory amp also to have more power going to my speakers.

The head unit (either navi or non-navi, doesn't matter) sends 4 channels (F and R, L and R) of normal preamp output to a six-channel amp. While the electrical signal is perfectly normal, there are no RCA connectors on the wires, so many stereo installers would not understand what to do. Many insist on using speaker-level output adapters on these wires, even though they are not required.

The six-channel amp is about the size of a Tom Clancy paperback, and is in the center console below the NOT AN ASHTRAY. It sends F mids and highs to the F doors and to the dash tweeters, R mids and highs to the R door mids, and non-fading bass (that is, bass derived from "summing" the F and R signals) to the 6x9 woofers in the rear deck. (These are often referred to as "subs", but this is technically incorrect).

The speakers aren't that bad, but are not made in such a way that I expect them to last long. The tweeters have cloth soft domes, the mids and woofs have injection-molded graphite-laced cones, and the door mids have neodymuim magnets.

The speakers don't have a lot of travel, and their motors probably won't handle much power. The tweeter crossover seems to be inside the amp. For these reasons simply swapping out the amp is probably not a good bet. Whatever shortcomings these speakers have would undoubtedly be highlighted by an amp upgrade.

Oh, and by the way, A) all this is already in these threads if you look - try the search feature, and B) WE DIDN'T BUILT THE FLIPPIN' CAR, NOR DID WE PUT THE AMP IN IT!

Ha jigga beat me cause JW's knocked on my door! : )

hahaha thanks alot, stupid black out has kept me off this site, hopefully itll be back on sometime soon, maybe today. any way yeah im thinkin of swapping out the factory when i replace the speakers, i just wanted to see what kind of outputs is on this thing so when i replace it i know what im getting my self into. How did u hook up a new amp? hmm u said there was another thread so ill look.