mpeteritas

I wanted to start a poll to see what speakers people are using in their TSX...factory, aftermarket, what brand, how much, how do they sound...

I wanna know what speakers rock this car...

Let's do a little poll... reply with:
1. what speakers you are using?
2. how much you spent on them (roughly) ?
3. how satisfied you are with the speakers you currently have ?

I'll start:
1. speakers: acura factory speakers
2. cost: n/a
3. satisfaction: they suck - brittle cutting highs, no mids

jpswanberg

dynaudio system 240 gt, actively x-ed over.
price? too much for me to tell my wife (even with seperate checkbooks)
jps

Perth_Euro

No shit... I have the same setup

TSX.Fury

I replaced my rear 6x9's with Alpine Type-R's and I love them, no more popping or crap vibration with lots of bass... all deep rich clear base for me. I forget how much I paid, lol I think it was like $120 plus wiring harness...

kaliraver69

Did you have any fitting problems with these? Also did it require any modification on the install or was it pretty straight forward?

TSX.Fury

easy as shit... they just drop in, no problem.

nivla

Polk 6-1/2" db650's in all four doors= $150 & Alpine type-S 6x9's in rear = $89

Sound= Damn good !
FIT= Easy , took 15 min a door and 30min for rears.

vasu

1. speakers: CDT Audio CL-61A (front components), CDT Audio CL-6x (rear door), waiting on new rears

2. cost: a little over $200 for both sets of CDT's from thezeb

3. satisfaction: they sound awesome, esp with 75w (JL amp) going to each one, that really made a big difference in their performance, even over the original 40w/channel alpine amp I was using.

Mokijoki

1. Infinity 9603i 6x9, Alpine type-S in front, Infinity Kappa Sub sealed box in trunk
Speakers powered by JBL 75.4 amp, sub powered by monoblock amp

2. In all about 650euro's (including cables/fuses/powercap)

3. Pretty damn good sound... Only downside was the hunt for vibrating parts from
the bass...

Brennan

i have yet to find the vibrating parts from the bass too. I have 2, 12 inch Rockford Fosgate's and sometimes the rear bumper even shakes. That doesn't vibrate but i think its the metal behind the rear seats. right where you placed your neon bar

jiggaman

see sig...

I spent too much, i am very satisfied with the sound, do plan on redoing my subs so i have more trunk space though

jlukja

speakers: stock
cost: N/A
satisfaction: Sound is just OK but I'd like a little more clarity and a cleaner bass. The tweets sound a little harsh/shrill and there isn't enough midbass from the front doors. Loooking to upgrade

1TSXer

iTrader: (3)

Infinity 6.5's two-ways in front doors, Sony 6x9's in rear deck, stock rear doors and tweeters.

iTimmy

1. Avincar TSX "kit"
2. $375+ shipping, includes 2-tweeter's, 2- mids and 2- 6X9 subs
3. Kits haven't shipped yet, but will post review when I've evaluated them.

I have a pretty good reference system, check the link in my signature the other hobby

mpeteritas

Thanks for all the replies. I am curious how the Avincar kit will sound. I am looking for something that gets the sounds close to a good flat sound. I am a mastering engineer and musician, so I tend to be pretty picky. I spend plenty of time sitting in from of either paradigms, or reference studio monitors, and that is the type of sound I have come to expect (of course I know the car is not the ideal place to do this, but the close to flat/balanced sound, then better).

-mark

Winterwaves

Ditto for me, exactly. My main complaint is the bass. Too boomy and buzzes if I turn the volume up. I hate megabass and can never understand people that install gigantic bazookas or other huge woofers in their cars. I just need enough clean, clear bass for a nice foundation to the music, a good balanced tone with the rest of what's going on, but that's it. So I ended up cranking the treble up and the bass down on the stock system. Would like to get better 6 X 9's.

tonka_146

so how hard is it to take off the doors ? could you help me out and tell me what i need to take off to get the doors off

nivla

Hey Mark I too own & listen to Paradigms, Great sounding line of speakers. Although the speakers I have listed above come in at bargin price, I think you would very suprised at the quality of this combo. It has a "natural" sound. Of course what type of music play's a huge roll in how any system sounds.

Tsx536

Check my sig for my speaker upgrades.
Let me know if you want any prices. Some of the stuff I brought over from my prior car, so I don't remember what I paid.

nivla

Hey Tonka with a door panel tool it's VERY easy . The tool can be had at

crutchfield.com

Here's a link on how to do the speaker swap :

http://www.chrishorne.com/gallery/TSXspeakers

Good luck ,take your time and have a well lit garage.

Later

Tsx536

Are you talking about this?
http://www.crutchfield.com/S-lCGfGpJ...764&I=18187650

Anyone know how well this tool works?

elduderino

I have DLS UP6 components in the F doors and the dash. The UP6 mids are in mating spacers and play down to 60 or so. The tweeter come in at 2.2kHz and bring the vocals up into the windshield. The highs are clear and detailed without being harsh, and the upper mids are very good since the tweter helps the mid out so much. The F doors have had Cascade VMAX installed, and so has the R deck.

We can switch between a DLS MW110 10" sub in a small sealed fiberglass box, or a pair of Genesis 6x9 woofers in the R deck for bass. The system is run by a DLS Classic RA41 50Wx4 amp under the passenger seat of my 04.

The sub-bass comes in at about 70 and is VERY tight with the 10 - that, with the solid midbass coming from the F doors, and many bass notes sound like they're coming from the windshield. It's a VERY good sounding car system... so good that the WRX driver that had us do his car the other day wanted the exact system that I had (except he used a Reference amp)...

Many people at the Seattle meet heard my TSX... and a few heard Pilbox's with our Avincar setup.

elduderino

There is an entire thread on pulling the F doors in the Master DIY thread in the AV section. You don't need a panel puller - once you know you've taken off the screws listed there, you can pop it off pretty easily. If you have trouble close your eyes and pretend it's someone else's car...

jlukja

Tsx536

^^

mpeteritas

Nivla, Where did you get that price on the db650s? I see them for $99 a pair everywhere...

Also, are you running these off the factory amp or do you have another amp powering the door speakers?

-mark

zzzed

Jl Audio VR650CXI in front doors
Alpine Type R Tweeters in dash
JL Audio 8W7 H.O. box running off JL Audio 250/1

elduderino

Probably why I haven't sold a set yet...

JP, I think you told me this before and I forgot... where are your tweeters?

tonka_146

go to ebay i got the 650's for 80 with shipping and the 690's for 90 with shipping

tonka_146

hey thanks for the link that helped out alot..

me_kevinly

any one using soundstream tarantula amps with xtant subs here?
would like to know how it sound
considering getting them.

elduderino

SS - noooooo.

xtant subs - nooo.

Price that and I can beat it in performance and reliability with parts you can get.

peter_bigblock

Just curious, why the Alpine type-s in the rear as opposed to Polk db690's -- am I wrong that those would "match" the db650's in the doors? I'm a neophyte to car audio but know a little about home audio/pro audio. I, too, want to tighten up the bass and smooth out the mids. The stock speakers sound pretty generic.

Also, how do you wire power amps into the stock system -- does the head unit have pre-outs? Do you need them?

peter_bigblock

how do you like the 650's with the 690's? i agree, ebay is the way to go if you know what you want and you pay attention to feedback, can save $$.

Arcticcl9

I have Alpine Type-R all around..dash, doors, rear dect got Type-S..I forgot how much I spent, it was over a year ago. Much better than stock. I also have a type-R sub with an alpine amp in the trunk

mpeteritas

I notice most of you guys have amps (at least for the sub). couples questions... did you all tap into the lowlevel outs at the factory amp? where did you all ground to? any pics? I couldn't find a good spot to ground to, so I am currently on one of the bolts attached to the seat hinges...i know I can find a better spot on the frame...any suggestions?

I put in a RF amp last weekend and am getting some noticable alternator whine through the sub amp and rear speakers on the factory amp (since those are the low level outs I tapped into). Wondering how you guys fixed the alternator whine, if you encountered it. I would prefer not to have to use the high level outs, if at all possible...

-mark

tonka_146

i just bought the speakers the other day and they havent came in yet but as soon as i put them in i will let you know

mpeteritas

how does this JL setup sound? Pretty good? How much did you spend? I do like the JL sub i have.

-mark

tonka_146

hey do you know how to change out the dash tweeters?or how much of a hassle it would be

tonka_146

jl audio sounds great i have them in my trailblazer... i'm going polk now because thats what i had in my other truck and i like the way they look , last and sound quality