2017 Si Sedan Sound System Upgrade?

[woodysrounup]

Hello all,

My Si is my first brand new car purchase, and with today's technology I know everything goes through the console. I don't believe I will be seeking an upgrade to the head-unit as I don't want to lose any functionality (no matter how annoying the touchscreen can be). However, the Si comes with a 450 watt 10 speaker "premium sound" system. As a guy who left nearly $2000 in audio upgrades in his last car, I am curious as to what other's may have done to upgrade their systems. I am thinking about aftermarket speakers for all 10, possible additional amplification to those speakers, and a definite upgrade to the sub woofer. Speaking of which, would it make sense to simply put an aftermarket sub where the stock one is?

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[josby]

Your system is the same as the 10 speaker system in the regular sedans and coupes. Look through the Audio/Nav/Electronics forum to see what upgrades people have done with those.

 

[integra15]

I think the "subwoofer" in our cars is a joke. They would have been better just upgrading the mids. But those are also junk. Like you said it is going to be tough to upgrade. Personally I think I am going to remove the stock sub and add a powered subwoofer in an enclosure. There are plenty of options around 3 inches in height. If I can I am going to bolt it to the rear deck with the sub firing through the stock hole in the rear deck. Straight replacing the stock subwoofer would be a waste. I tried it in the 8th gen and it was awful.

 

[9civic10]

I think the sub is the only good speaker in there. Some music sounds good. I hope you aren't a fan of hip hop tho ....as most hip hop songs only sound good at lower volume .

I think replacing the speakers with high quality speakers would make a big difference . I'm probably gonna do that .

Does the sedan have more speakers ? I 9nly counted 8 8n my coupe

 

[integra15]

I agree upgrading the stock speakers could help But unfortunately the stock amp is very limited. In the Si it is 9x22 +45 watts (sub) rms. The 450 watt quoted by Honda is peak power. Look for very high efficiency speakers if you go for an upgrade.

 

[woodysrounup]

I think the "subwoofer" in our cars is a joke. They would have been better just upgrading the mids. But those are also junk. Like you said it is going to be tough to upgrade. Personally I think I am going to remove the stock sub and add a powered subwoofer in an enclosure. There are plenty of options around 3 inches in height. If I can I am going to bolt it to the rear deck with the sub firing through the stock hole in the rear deck. Straight replacing the stock subwoofer would be a waste. I tried it in the 8th gen and it was awful.

I am not sure how the sound system was configured on the 8th gen's, but did you replace the stock sub, while simultaneously running a second amp to it? And if so, do you think it was the difference between an open sub, and one in an enclosure? I spent a couple hours earlier today and it seems very difficult to make an aftermarket system functional while still being affordable and not killing half the features of the car. Coming from a system where I had a headunit, 6 speakers, 2 10" audiobahn's, with one amp running the speakers and the other for the subs I feel like I regressed in sound quality on the Civic.

 

[woodysrounup]

I think the sub is the only good speaker in there. Some music sounds good. I hope you aren't a fan of hip hop tho ....as most hip hop songs only sound good at lower volume .

I think replacing the speakers with high quality speakers would make a big difference . I'm probably gonna do that .

Does the sedan have more speakers ? I 9nly counted 8 8n my coupe

Both the sedan and coupe should have 10 speakers. The mid speaker on the dash directly below the rear view mirror, 2 tweeters, 2 in the front doors, 2 in the backseat doors (sedan), 2 in the back deck, and the sub should come to 10. I am not sure where they put the 2 back seat door ones on the coupe.
I think I too will simply replace all 10 speakers with aftermarket ones simply because the range should improve. 450 watts isn't bad but I wonder how much that stock amplifier affects them.

 

[integra15]

I did have an amp in my 8th Civic powering a custom subwoofer in the stock location. I was very limited to what would fit though. I did not want to cut any of the metal or plastic so just finding a sub that fit was a extreme hassle. The bolt hole circle for the stock sub did not match anything on the market.

So then I went through the process of designing a adapter plate. Ultimately was very disappointed with the sound when I finally did succeed on fitting a sub back there.

Nowadays there a so many enclosed + powered sub options I would never personally never go through that effort again.

 

[woodysrounup]

I did have an amp in my 8th Civic powering a custom subwoofer in the stock location. I was very limited to what would fit though. I did not want to cut any of the metal or plastic so just finding a sub that fit was a extreme hassle. The bolt hole circle for the stock sub did not match anything on the market.

So then I went through the process of designing a adapter plate. Ultimately was very disappointed with the sound when I finally did succeed on fitting a sub back there.

Nowadays there a so many enclosed + powered sub options I would never personally never go through that effort again.

The 2017's are just a simple 8" are they not? I haven't personally looked or even delved that deep into it. Was hoping it wouldn't be too difficult but sounds more and more like it will be

 

[styxrogan]

terrible sound system... info system is even worse...

 

[9civic10]

It is a big step over my 9th gen tho . The 9th gen had a sub that literally didn't make any noise lol

 

[9civic10]

I haven't really looked but if the last 2 tweeters aren't in the trunk idk where they are .

 

[woodysrounup]

I haven't really looked but if the last 2 tweeters aren't in the trunk idk where they are .

Have you looked at the windshield bars in the front of your car? Essentially directly inside of the mirrors?

 

[9civic10]

I mean in the back .

 

[woodysrounup]

I just had these components installed and it already sounds much better. To get the punch I want, I'm gonna need to run an aftermarket subwoofer, because the stock sub barely moves.

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