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<blockquote data-quote="HardofWhoring" data-source="post: 8845220" data-attributes="member: 674149"><p>Have to ask a stupid question, but have you played around with the head unit? Does it have an eq you have adjusted, played with the settings to see if the sound gets better? If it doesn't even have those options, and you don't have nav, then you might want to reconsider that head unit. If you're going to spend several thousand, and not have eq adjustability or a higher voltage signal, time alignment, bluetooth, etc.. You can get some fantastic single or double dins for $100-$200, if yours is going to really limit what it can do. If you just get front speakers on an amp, you can find head units that will do 50w x 4 and that would be enough to add something in the back to fill it out a little. </p><p></p><p>Sound deadening to me is an INCREDIBLY SIMPLE job to do, it is just time consuming. Peel the backing off and stick it to where the noise is. Squish it down on the metal. I guarantee any shop that does that is charging you their ridiculous hourly rate. If you do this, find out which brand they are using, and make sure it is butyl and not an asphalt product. The only hard part about this is going to be figuring out how to take the paneling off your 2023. You might find a youtube video, but they most likely won't have any experience on your vehicle either. There is more of a chance that they will break clips or tabs, (that you probably won't notice and be able to call them out for it), until long after. </p><p>My best analogy for sound deadener is go listen to your music with your windows open. Put it as low as you need to, to hear it. Listen to that for at least 15 minutes to get adjusted. Then close your windows. That's what sound deadener is going to do, again. It's going to block out ambient noise from other vehicles, and from your own. Blasting your music over everyone else is kind of a youngster mentality. Blocking out the noise you don't care to hear, so you hear less of them, and can reduce the volume of your own music to hear it clearer is what it's going to do. </p><p>I'm not sure where you get $1.5K to dampen your accord. If it came to that, I would expect that breakdown to be enough to put about 1 full layer, at about $500, and most of that is going to be actual labor used, and most of that labor they will charge you is going to be them figuring out how to take your panels apart. If I really wanted to, I think by now I could gut my interior in 10 minutes other than the dash. The first time was several hours, because I had to learn how to do it. You ARE PROBABLY going to be paying for them to learn how to work on your car, UNLESS THEY HAVE STANDARD CHARGES. </p><p></p><p></p><p>IF YOU ARE DEFINITELY NOT INSTALLING YOUR OWN EQUIPMENT: Find what equipment you want, shop around, and know what a good price is. Search the company's website, find an authorized dealer, go there and have them give you a quote. (If you have multiple company's go to all of them, and search for their reputation). You will not get a deal on install if you buy your equipment online, but you might if you buy it from them. It's not worth saving $10 on a set of speakers, and then spending $100 to have someone install them, when they would have done it for free if you would have bought it from them. </p><p></p><p>Putting speakers in the back vs front, we're going to call a front and rear stage. Do you have people in the back often and want them to hear your music as if they were in the front? If not it's an accord, and you don't NEED amplified speakers in the rear, (if you think you do, you can always add it down the road). I would suggest getting the 4ch amp, because it's going to give you a bit more options down the road, and if you want more subwoofer, you can use the 4ch for your speakers, and then get a sub amp for more sub(s).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HardofWhoring, post: 8845220, member: 674149"] Have to ask a stupid question, but have you played around with the head unit? Does it have an eq you have adjusted, played with the settings to see if the sound gets better? If it doesn't even have those options, and you don't have nav, then you might want to reconsider that head unit. If you're going to spend several thousand, and not have eq adjustability or a higher voltage signal, time alignment, bluetooth, etc.. You can get some fantastic single or double dins for $100-$200, if yours is going to really limit what it can do. If you just get front speakers on an amp, you can find head units that will do 50w x 4 and that would be enough to add something in the back to fill it out a little. Sound deadening to me is an INCREDIBLY SIMPLE job to do, it is just time consuming. Peel the backing off and stick it to where the noise is. Squish it down on the metal. I guarantee any shop that does that is charging you their ridiculous hourly rate. If you do this, find out which brand they are using, and make sure it is butyl and not an asphalt product. The only hard part about this is going to be figuring out how to take the paneling off your 2023. You might find a youtube video, but they most likely won't have any experience on your vehicle either. There is more of a chance that they will break clips or tabs, (that you probably won't notice and be able to call them out for it), until long after. My best analogy for sound deadener is go listen to your music with your windows open. Put it as low as you need to, to hear it. Listen to that for at least 15 minutes to get adjusted. Then close your windows. That's what sound deadener is going to do, again. It's going to block out ambient noise from other vehicles, and from your own. Blasting your music over everyone else is kind of a youngster mentality. Blocking out the noise you don't care to hear, so you hear less of them, and can reduce the volume of your own music to hear it clearer is what it's going to do. I'm not sure where you get $1.5K to dampen your accord. If it came to that, I would expect that breakdown to be enough to put about 1 full layer, at about $500, and most of that is going to be actual labor used, and most of that labor they will charge you is going to be them figuring out how to take your panels apart. If I really wanted to, I think by now I could gut my interior in 10 minutes other than the dash. The first time was several hours, because I had to learn how to do it. You ARE PROBABLY going to be paying for them to learn how to work on your car, UNLESS THEY HAVE STANDARD CHARGES. IF YOU ARE DEFINITELY NOT INSTALLING YOUR OWN EQUIPMENT: Find what equipment you want, shop around, and know what a good price is. Search the company's website, find an authorized dealer, go there and have them give you a quote. (If you have multiple company's go to all of them, and search for their reputation). You will not get a deal on install if you buy your equipment online, but you might if you buy it from them. It's not worth saving $10 on a set of speakers, and then spending $100 to have someone install them, when they would have done it for free if you would have bought it from them. Putting speakers in the back vs front, we're going to call a front and rear stage. Do you have people in the back often and want them to hear your music as if they were in the front? If not it's an accord, and you don't NEED amplified speakers in the rear, (if you think you do, you can always add it down the road). I would suggest getting the 4ch amp, because it's going to give you a bit more options down the road, and if you want more subwoofer, you can use the 4ch for your speakers, and then get a sub amp for more sub(s). [/QUOTE]
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