In bed exciters (speakers) good or bad idea? Poll

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lbjgh

Discussion Starter · Mar 28, 2016 (Edited)

I think it was a waste of time and engineering resources personally.

I'm going to try and add a third option for the people who can't commit to a real opinion... i.e. the mushy middle with no convictions. :grin:

Edit: sorry I couldn't edit the poll to add a third option for the people who can't get off the fence.

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northernlights

· #81 · Apr 15, 2016

lbjgh said:
It occurred to me I might have a use for the IBS.

A local drive-in movie theater is on the verge of closing and it would be neat to watch a movie from the bed... set up a couple of lawn chairs in the back and watch the movie. ... the drive-in is on the edge of some land development so lets hope Honda releases the RL before the drive-in goes tits up.

So why not get that full effect of the old time drive in movie with the old time hang on the window speaker. Wouldnt the IBS system bother others that are their for old time. or other things that happen at out door movies.

jonesbb630

· #82 · Apr 15, 2016

So Honda puts in bed speakers and takes away the centre armrest console. Wow. No need to say more.

JJ13

· #83 · Apr 15, 2016

And now Honda's latest innovation: >

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https://www.facebook.com/HondaCanad...833635329673/1171982566148103/?type=3&theater

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Dnick

· #84 · Apr 15, 2016

JJ13 said:
And now Honda's latest innovation: >>

https://www.facebook.com/HondaCanad...833635329673/1171982566148103/?type=3&theater

They need that option in Canada.... cozy place to hang out while ice fishing! (or tailgating an NHL event?) :laugh:

Shineaholic

· #85 · Apr 15, 2016

JJ13 said:
And now Honda's latest innovation: >>

https://www.facebook.com/HondaCanad...833635329673/1171982566148103/?type=3&theater

thats great! thought it was someones idea but it is the real honda canada site! on 4/1 of course!

manual_overide

· #86 · Apr 15, 2016

Sadly, you really couldn't do that on an RL even if you wanted to:

1,600 LB payload capacity

5'x5'4"x1'6" (I'm guessing on the bed depth, but it doesn't really matter) = 39.75 cubic feet bed volume = 2,379 US pints.

1 pint of water = about 1 pound.

Too bad really. I've always wanted a hillbilly hot tub for tailgating

DogOnBoard

· #87 · Apr 15, 2016

I'd love one of those but, alas, the total weight with water and people would far exceed the payload of the truck. On a positive note, I thought the G2 looked pretty good from that angle. Too bad I'd only get to see it that way if I were standing on a cliff above it...or maybe while cleaning out my gutters!

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AG87BlkLX

· #88 · Apr 15, 2016

JJ13 said:
And now Honda's latest innovation: >>

https://www.facebook.com/HondaCanad...833635329673/1171982566148103/?type=3&theater

Then you lose one of the good features Gen2 still has...Trunk.

lbjgh

Discussion Starter · #89 · Apr 15, 2016

tailgating isn't legal in canada... no fun for you!

Dnick said:
They need that option in Canada.... cozy place to hang out while ice fishing! (or tailgating an NHL event?) :laugh:

Carsmak

· #90 · Apr 15, 2016

lbjgh said:
tailgating isn't legal in canada... no fun for you!

No wonder the stands look empty at a CFL Game...
:frown:

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Heli ATP

· #91 · May 18, 2016

I didn't vote. I think its an OK idea but wouldn't pay much more than a couple of hundred bucks for it. I do wonder if it would be possible to put some of the exiciters (speakers) in the bed of the G1 ridgeline. They wouldn't have to be hooked up to the HU but might be a nice addition.
So exciters in the G1 bed with a 3.5 jack for plugging in a phone running Pandora or some other tunes. What would it take?

zroger73

· #92 · May 18, 2016

Heli ATP said:
I do wonder if it would be possible to put some of the exiciters (speakers) in the bed of the G1 ridgeline.

Google search results #1

Google search results #2

Carsmak

· #93 · May 18, 2016 (Edited)

Funny, I came across these Dayton Audio BCT-2 Bone Conducting Transducer Exciter 45mm Dia. x 25mm H and I'd probably use an amp similar to this NVX MVPA4_XUBT4 400W RMS 4-Channel Bridgeable Micro Class D. Who knows what our bed panels would produce sound wise and we wouldn't have the "intelligent" system monitoring which would shut the system down before killing our battery. I think If i did something similar, I'd use a "small 12v battery" for the system and a "directional" Voltage Sensing Relay, charging circuit, which would charge the battery while driving, but only allow the amp to run that battery down when the vehicle is shut off.

fraugher

· #94 · May 18, 2016

When you think of grey, do you think (vote for 1) A) white or B) black

zroger73

· #95 · May 18, 2016

Black.

+stuff to meet the minimum character count.

Q Tech

· #96 · May 18, 2016

I haven't personally heard them so I'll hold my vote.

chimay

· #97 · May 18, 2016

I think the concept is neat. I work out doors a good bit and it would be cool instead of lugging a boom box or rolling down windows and cranking the volume to be able to play music while doing so. What's the actual cost of putting that into the vehicle? I have no idea. Is it something that I think someone would specifically buy a RL for? No. I'd rather have cooled/ventilated seats instead of the in bed audio myself. But I think I'll use it, not enough to justify buying a RL of course.

From what I've read and seen on youtube the bass is really low and sound quality won't amaze anyone. The cool factor is there, but that's about it. So Audiophiles won't be happy, but I figure it will be serviceable for working/camping etc.

TommyDeVito

· #98 · May 18, 2016

I think it's a solution for a problem that never existed. It is cool though. I think most people would just invent a use for it, such as blaring it while washing/waxing the vehicle. I think it'd be cool to park it somewhere and play some porn.

cdepuydt

· #99 · May 18, 2016

Has anybody heard what these sound like? How good/bad they are? I thought I read somewhere here on the ROC that said the exciters are going to sound like sheet as compared to regular speakers. I would be interested to hear them and see what they sound like.

I could be wrong, since I have not encountered this technology in the past, that if you had anything loose in the bed, whether it's a bed panel or just something rolling around bad there, you'd get a lot of unwanted vibration/buzzing going on. I dunno...just asking.

zroger73

· #100 · May 18, 2016

chimay said:
What's the actual cost of putting that into the vehicle? I have no idea.

From what I've read and seen on youtube the bass is really low and sound quality won't amaze anyone.

The exciters, wire, connectors. clips, screws, and additional amplifier circuitry costs Honda about $50 per vehicle. The R&D and tooling were one-time costs.

Composite panels are great at finishing the interior of the bed and terrible at moving air molecules to produce sound. Efficiency is awful, which is why it takes so much power to run them. It's very difficult to tune a bed liner panel to have anywhere near a flat frequency response. In order to perform their primary function, the panels must be somewhat rigid which limits their ability to produce bass (bass requires moving lots of air). On the upper end, the panels are much too large and thick and of an inappropriate material to reproduce highs. The frequency response will probably be in the 150 Hz to 10 kHz range at best with all sorts of peaks and valleys. Pre-programmed Equalization can help smooth things out a bit, but the overall frequency response will be very narrow.

I bet OhSix's spectrum analyzer will confirm my suspicions.

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