Latest ELS Premium Audio System is featured on 2011 Acura TSX Sport Wagon

The 2011 Acura TSX Sport Wagon features the most advanced ELS Surround Premium Audio System yet produced for Acura, according to Steve Center, Vice President of National Marketing Operations, American Honda Motor Co., Inc. The system was designed in collaboration with Acura and Panasonic engineers to offer extended frequency range, lower distortion, enhanced clarity and transparency, and a studio-like audio experience developed specifically for this vehicle

 

The latest-generation ELS Surround Premium Audio System boasts an impressive 460 watts of power. Specifically tuned to match the vehicle's interior acoustic characteristics, the ELS system drives a total of 10 speakers.

 

Since its introduction on the 2004 Acura TL, the ELS Surround Premium Audio System, developed in collaboration with multi-Grammy® Award-winning producer/engineer Elliot "Els" Scheiner, has drawn the highest praise from critics and customers alike.

 

With an emphasis on clarity, definition and faithful music reproduction from a variety of sources, the ELS Surround Premium Audio System is designed to deliver a studio-like audio experience.

 

"Elliot Scheiner's expertise in the recording studio is legendary," said Center. "The ELS Surround Premium Audio System is among the most authentic sounding premium audio systems available."

 

Personally involved in each phase of audio development for the Acura TSX Sport Wagon, Scheiner tunes the ELS Surround premium audio system to the vehicle's specific acoustic environment.

 

"The Acura TSX Sport Wagon presented a unique set of challenges as the interior space of this vehicle is different from a traditional sedan or even an SUV," said Scheiner.

 

"Together with Panasonic Automotive and Acura, we were able optimize the TSX Sport Wagon's audio system performance to reproduce music in the very same manner that I hear it in the studio."

 

Over the years, Scheiner has approached each new system the same way he does with different musical artists. Those artists recently have included Band of Horses, Jennifer Warnes, Ozomatli and Sting.

 

The ELS Surround Premium Audio System is available as part of the Technology Package on the TSX Sport Wagon. Its 10 speakers create an accurate and dynamic listening experience for all TSX Sport Wagon seating positions.

System specs:

• 4cm soft dome tweeters which reproduce a wide frequency range and low distortion
• 8cm center speaker with polypropylene cone and micro-cell foam edge
• 17cm front and rear door speakers featuring extremely light-weight designs
• 17cm rear surround speakers with dual thickness cone with micro-cell foam edge
• 20cm subwoofer with patented SLDD design
• Multi-channel DSP power amplifier with 96kHz, 24-bit performance and adjustable equalization to optimize each individual music source
• Speed-dependent volume control
• PWM subwoofer amplifier
• System power:  460-watts

 

"Over the years, Acura, Elliot Scheiner and Panasonic have created the gold standard for luxury in-car audio with the ELS Premium Audio System," said Tom Dunn, marketing director for Panasonic Automotive Systems Company of America.

 

"Elliot spent hours and hours with the Panasonic engineers during each stage of the vehicle development process, carefully listening and tuning this system to maximize the performance of the audio components within the TSX Sport Wagon, " explained Dunn.

 

After nearly 40 years in the music industry, Scheiner is highly sought-after as a producer and engineer. His career includes work with such music legends as The Eagles, Steely Dan, REM, Foo Fighters, Beck, Queen, Sting, Van Morrison and Eric Clapton. He won his sixth Grammy Award for Donald Fagen's 2006 release of Morph The Cat. His extensive industry accolades include an Emmy® Award for his work with The Eagles on their farewell tour broadcast and he has received four Emmy Award nominations. A TEC Hall of Fame inductee, Scheiner is the inaugural recipient of the Surround Pioneer Award, which was created to honor individuals who have made significant groundbreaking contributions to the art of surround music production. He holds an honorary Doctor of Music degree from the Berklee College of Music and is also the only American to be awarded the Master of Sound honor from the Japan Audio Society.

Acura offers a full line of technologically advanced performance luxury vehicles through a network of 270 dealers within the United States. The 2011 Acura lineup features six distinctive models including the RL luxury performance sedan, the TL performance luxury sedan, the TSX sports sedan and wagon, the turbocharged RDX crossover SUV, the MDX luxury SUV and the ZDX four-door sports coupe.  For more information about Acura vehicles, please visit www.acura.com. For additional media information, please go to www.acuranews.com.

 

Based in Peachtree City, Georgia, and with Detroit-area operations located in Southfield, MI, Panasonic Automotive Systems Company of America is a division company of Secaucus, New Jersey-based Panasonic Corporation of North America, the principal North American subsidiary of Panasonic Corporation. (NYSE: PC) of Osaka, Japan, one of the world's leading developers and producers of innovative digital and other electronic products for consumer, business and industrial use. Panasonic Automotive Systems Company of America also acts as the North American operating company of Panasonic's Automotive Systems Company, which coordinates global automotive industry systems and components operations. For more information on Panasonic, visit www.panasonic.com/automotive

 

 

About the Author

Jennifer Warnes: First We Take Manhattan