Acura ELS Surround Sound Demonstration with Bonus Hidden Features

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  • čas přidán 20. 12. 2016
  • Here's a look (or should I say listen) at Acura and Panasonic's state-of-the-art ELS 5.1 Channel Surround Sound System tuned in collaboration with Grammy Award-winning Producer/Engineer Elliot Scheiner. I adjusted the Dolby ProLogic II surround sound on and off in order to demonstrate the differences in sound quality between the two audio modes. Overall, this system is known as one of the best on the market amongst entry-level luxury vehicles, and even amongst vehicles costing thousands of dollars more. Hear why this is one of the best in-car audio systems you can experience by checking out this video. Please place any comments or questions related to the video in the section below. I hope you enjoy the video!
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Komentáře • 66

  • @denvernn
    @denvernn Před 7 lety +13

    Love the TL videos. Keep em coming!

  • @SoJesusChristMusic
    @SoJesusChristMusic Před 4 lety +1

    Love that car. For the year that it is it seems very similar to the 2009-2011 models... even though they are different in many ways they still have the same sound with music and when they start up. Sounds so good! the start and the music!!!

  • @michael_n5479
    @michael_n5479 Před 6 lety +4

    As long as they don't pop , I'll push it to 40. Alone drives blasting music are the best my g

    • @nate_23
      @nate_23 Před 3 lety

      The new TLX I don't think they'll be able to do 40 normally I can't go over 26 but sometimes closer to 30

    • @hollaz2
      @hollaz2 Před 2 lety

      How can you tell if they've popped?

    • @miguelcolon4892
      @miguelcolon4892 Před rokem

      I put mine on 40 everyday you’re chilling their systems aren’t cheap so they can def hold it

  • @JayCeeLloyd
    @JayCeeLloyd Před 6 lety

    Thanks for the videos I just brought a 2004 tl with navigation

  • @QuangNguyen-ng5zh
    @QuangNguyen-ng5zh Před 5 lety +7

    dont you need DVD Audio dics in order to take advantage of the actual 5.1 surround. By playing on aux its just simulated 5.1.

  • @PiterStreak
    @PiterStreak Před 7 lety +2

    Changed the els to an aftermarket. Instant regret. Els is great on these vehicles! All you do to these cars is add a sub and you're golden. Well if you don't mind cutting your trunk space in half lol

  • @codycrawford2385
    @codycrawford2385 Před 3 lety

    My ILX had this SAME system

  • @metal571
    @metal571 Před 7 lety +3

    Funny that you post this as I am actually a headphone reviewer and you could say I've heard and owned....a few...headphones over time lol. I felt the system is not bad, but was missing some of the very high treble and the mids can get pretty harsh on some rock songs. For anything electronic or modern though, it sounds excellent. I also keep Dolby off all the time as it sounds like a gimmick for the most part to me. Supposedly the ELS is much improved in the 4G and the TLX w/tech package as well, but I've never heard those.

    • @BornToDriveOfficial
      @BornToDriveOfficial  Před 7 lety +1

      metal571 I'll have to give the ELS in the 4th generation TL and the TLX a try!

    • @yummy1234098
      @yummy1234098 Před 7 lety +1

      I had to take my 08 TL in for a recall and they gave me a TLX to drive during the time. The sound system was awful. With ELS off it sounded bad and with ELS on it sounded bad. It sounded like someone took a pillow and put it in front of a speaker while in the bathroom. Muffled and slightly echo-y. I couldn't wait to get my Clarisse (my TL's name) back.

  • @TheDayisMineTrebeck
    @TheDayisMineTrebeck Před 7 lety

    I have an 05 TL and though the ELS head unit is great, the amp was underpowered and the speakers lacked a lot of detail and depth. Replaced all the mids with CDT CL-BEs, the front tweeters and Center with Pioneer t28s, and the 8" sub with a Pioneer shallow mount lined out to a JL 500x pushing 300 rms to it and 50 sqft of fat mat throughout the car. For about $500, (i did the 10 hrs of labor), it sounds amazing.

  • @chillxclinton
    @chillxclinton Před 2 lety +1

    Yo how do you activate the els surround on a standard 04 TL? If anyone knows how i would greatly appreciate the feedback

    • @6mtcruiser
      @6mtcruiser Před rokem

      while in ignition on position press and hold radio buttons 1 & 6 then press the power button. els light should turn green indicating it’s active. i’m pretty sure that’s it but i may be mistaken tho

  • @picvic7
    @picvic7 Před 4 lety

    I purchased a 2020 IXL . The website says rear seats surround sound. I checked mine just now after purchasing and I don’t think there are any speakers there. Any idea why? Just got my car off the lot from the dealer

  • @ceaseceaser9253
    @ceaseceaser9253 Před 7 lety +3

    That's a awesome sound system!! I want a 07-08 Acura TL so badly!

  • @Dribbles88
    @Dribbles88 Před 6 lety +1

    How did you get the aux cable on this car?

    • @GameflowOffcial
      @GameflowOffcial Před 5 lety

      The 07 and 08 comes with the aux port inside the center storage

  • @canyoubelievethis220
    @canyoubelievethis220 Před 4 lety

    Awesome video, man. Can you tell me something? I have a 2016 Acura ILX with the ELS System with 10 speakers. I recently found that the system is able to play WAV and WMA files. I had many of them, so downloaded them onto a USB stick and started playing. The sound is awesome … much better than the MP3 files, but when I brought the USB stick in and downloaded many more, they would show downloaded in the file directory, but the car would not play those. I have tried everything from deleting all of them and then downloading them again, but to no avail. It's happening with the WMA files, also. I am not able to listen (or even see those files) on the USB stick. Am I doing something wrong?

  • @Unsuccesses
    @Unsuccesses Před 7 lety

    How did you get the gauges to show the MPG and etc? Can you do a very quick video of that please

  • @streetfury
    @streetfury Před 6 lety

    Hello, thank you for all your informative videos. I'm looking into getting an 04 TL non navi but would like to have at least an AUX hookup, which one are you using and was it hard to install? Thank you

    • @BornToDriveOfficial
      @BornToDriveOfficial  Před 6 lety +1

      Hey! The 2004 TL is a great car. The 2007 and 2008 has standard aux ports in the center console, so I just used that on my ‘08. The ‘04 to ‘06 didn’t have an aux port or USB port, so you’d have to buy a retrofit kit, but idk which one is best. I’d try to hold out for an ‘07 if you can

  • @tuolumne9
    @tuolumne9 Před 7 lety +2

    The Fender systems in the VW range are a spiritual successor to these. 400 watts, 8 speakers, Panasonic sound processor, and a muddy ass subwoofer. The best sound system I've had was the 600 watt Dynaudio in my CC. It was perfectly balanced

  • @cstcitychamps
    @cstcitychamps Před 7 lety +23

    Lol not past 20😂 usually run mine on 40

    • @SoJesusChristMusic
      @SoJesusChristMusic Před 4 lety +1

      🤣 me too...I have mine on like 30-40 most of the time... and most days like 37-39 🤣 But it does sound better on like 12-13 if you have the bass snd treble all the way up.

  • @izzyvilla1100
    @izzyvilla1100 Před 5 lety

    what speakers come stock on this?

  • @kishorkundaram009
    @kishorkundaram009 Před 7 lety

    can you do surround sound demonstrations in jaguars and mercs??

    • @BornToDriveOfficial
      @BornToDriveOfficial  Před 7 lety

      kishor k Yeah, definitely! I'll try to find some Mercedes and Jaguars for sound system demonstrations.

    • @kishorkundaram009
      @kishorkundaram009 Před 7 lety +1

      Thanks a lot ! Look forward to your videos they are great. I am planning to buy one of the car and curious to know if I should really upgrade the stock entertainment. It would be great to see more tricks videos like how you did on BMW F30! Keep up the good work.

  • @MR.F30
    @MR.F30 Před 7 lety

    I guess the 2004 TL doesn't have the Dolby Prologic feature..

    • @andrewgarcia8302
      @andrewgarcia8302 Před 7 lety

      Charlz85 it does it's just always on the here's no option to turn it off or on

    • @MR.F30
      @MR.F30 Před 7 lety

      Oh well damn, it sounds good either way. I just recently bought a new amp on ebay.

  • @ryanbooker3644
    @ryanbooker3644 Před 6 lety

    is it only the 08 models that come with this sound system?

    • @zackkirk6514
      @zackkirk6514 Před 6 lety

      Ryan Booker all 3rd gen TL's come with the ELS system

  • @MisDirected2014
    @MisDirected2014 Před 7 lety

    So in guessing you need to use cds to get to the Dolby? Just bought my 2005 tl and scrolling through the stereo functions i don't get that feature.

    • @BornToDriveOfficial
      @BornToDriveOfficial  Před 7 lety

      MisDirected Yes, you need a CD for the Dolby function for a 2005 model.

  • @oclaothug69
    @oclaothug69 Před 4 lety

    Where is your stock amp location?

  • @johnnydang420
    @johnnydang420 Před 4 lety

    How to turn on els on a 06? 1+6 + power doesn’t work

    • @zackkirk6514
      @zackkirk6514 Před 3 lety

      That trick I believe actually enables or disables a noise cancelling microphone. I think they put that in as part of the facelift in 07 & 08 models

  • @mahersubh3798
    @mahersubh3798 Před 7 lety

    How do I connect to aux cord

    • @MisterCow918
      @MisterCow918 Před 6 lety

      Gang Lol if you haven't found out yet. Check in the center console

    • @zackkirk6514
      @zackkirk6514 Před 6 lety

      You can use a cassette to aux adapter

  • @Cramos056
    @Cramos056 Před 6 lety +1

    Is there anything you do to get 26mpg

  • @MC_CEHA
    @MC_CEHA Před 7 lety

    Song at 3:40?

  • @allanjohnson5528
    @allanjohnson5528 Před 7 lety +19

    Hard to evaluate the sound system given the crap "music" you selected. 😳

    • @XCLent0
      @XCLent0 Před 6 lety

      lol...harsh

    • @XCLent0
      @XCLent0 Před 6 lety

      just watched it......you were soooooooo right...

    • @iamrichrocker
      @iamrichrocker Před 5 lety

      well Al..next time have him play Bieber for you...and everybody has crap music they like..

  • @MegaGuitarpicker
    @MegaGuitarpicker Před 6 lety

    Garbage music! All computer generated! I will look for a better review elsewhere.

    • @isaac3055
      @isaac3055 Před 6 lety +2

      MegaGuitarpicker it's non copyright music you know so he doesn't get demonetized /:

    • @RedVoodoo69er
      @RedVoodoo69er Před 6 lety +2

      I'm a metalhead. It sounds great. There's your review. 🤘