They want you to buy an Acura for a branded system. Ironically some of the Acura systems are among the best ever fitted in factory cars, but Honda’s have always had mediocre systems at best. FWIW the CTR system is better than the Bose in my old Mazdaspeed 3 and the Dynaudio in my GTI. It is not as good as the Bose in my wife’s CX-5. It’s actually not as good as the 6 speaker system in my work trim Silverado either, but that system is kind of an anomaly. I think GM accidentally made it great.
I am in the same boat as you. My 2019 Si sounded so much better and fuller. I was hoping the Type-R was going to be better since it is supposed to be more watts and more speakers than my coupe was. It's definitely a let down. But yea....same thing for me too....turning the bass up and moving the balance doesn't do anything...its like the speakers aren't even there.
Not yet. Gotta bring it on my day off. I will update this when I get an answer.
I think the stock speakers, especially the sub, are capable of decent sound quality and I would be more than happy with them if Honda didn't use some asinine DSP! You can tell the sub can produce great bass if you run the speaker test through the secret "hidden menu". The sub sounded great in the test, not so much in real use though
Branded systems can suck too. I had a Mazdaspeed 3 with a Bose system that was horrible. Actually far worse than the CTR stereo. I don’t have a big problem with the sound quality, but the subwoofer is invisible. I’ve played a song with decent bass levels and taken the sub volume from zero to max and back. There is no audible difference. I think an adjustment to the sub crossover would make a huge difference to the overall audio quality.
