TommyJ25

Hey,

I have a set of MB Quart QSD213 5 1/4" component speakers, which includes a 1" tweeter. I was thinking of installing this mself, but have never looked under the door trim on an Acura. How hard would this be? Plus, it looks tough to get to that tweeter way up on the dash.

Second, I have a 5 channel amp which I will connect to the factory head unit via a Navone LOC (Line-out-Converter). The front speakers will be bi-amped by the first four channels of the amp, giving each side 220 watts RMS (Amp birth sheet is rated at 110x4 at 4 ohms RMS, and the 5th channel is rated at 389x1 at 4 ohms) It's a monster of an amp! The front speakers can handle this amount no problem, and I am not sure what I am going to do with the rear speakers. Might replace them, or forget about them, since rear fill actually decreases sound quality. Plus, I would be adding a 10W7 or a 12W6v2 for a sub in the trunk.

Thanks for any help or any suggestions by other fellow TSX owners that have installed a similar system.

Oh, will the alternator be able to handle the amp? It has an 80 amp fuse on it, and is pretty power hungry, even though it has the Tripath chip.

elduderino

Alternator is fine.

DO NOT USE THE LOC. Please see the sticky re the TSX audio system. The OE HU has 4 full-range preamp outputs.

Re door speakers, there is a thread on doing the F doors, and also another on making front spacer rings and installing speakers, and it uses 5.25's. Sorry it's hard to navigate now, but search will find it, and there was a DIY index done in TSX FAQ a few weeks ago...

There is tons of debate about this F R speaker thing. I hate them.

Tweeter is cake. Grille pops out and up. mouting can be problematic. Put the MBQ Xover OP on its lowest tweeter setting.