Thank you so much for posting this i have been looking for months on how and what to do about my 2019 accord touring i have watched so many videos of 5 star and others on YouTube.So not having the center channel you still get all the nav and do you notice not having it? I will be following and maybe ask questions as I do mine i was also thinking of morel tempo ultras components front and coax back. So are they worth the money?And are you running them active or passive on the crossover? Sorry just been waiting to fix this aduio
I do notice not having the center channel, compared to our lexus, but I don't miss it at all . I think the trouble/cost of finding another amp to add a single 3 inch speaker is not worth it to me. I think the center fix can be solved with time alignment honestly. plus the morels do such a great job of filling the cabin, I don't think you are missing much.
Although I have the touring - I've never used the factory NAV so I'm not 100% sure if it still comes through but all of the other chimes, carplay, siri still works so i'm sure its fine. There is NO functionality loss at all.
I am running into a problem where I get amplifier turn on POP, I need to call metra to get that figured out.
Let me describe the stages of my build and that will help describe how i feel about the morels:
First I did the speakers and sound deadening and drove around for two days with the stock power. My thoughts are there is a huge difference in a high-quality tweeter. Even on stock power, there was so much more "life" to the high - so much more articulation to the music. the mid bass just wasn't there even with sound deadening.
Then I added in the metra piece and the kenwood amp. Then I thought the same thing honestly, great highs and lack of midbass. I did notice a better "fill" of the cabin though.
Then I adjusted the crossovers and the equalizer. This is really where you get the juice out of the moreIs. If you just replace the speakers the stock tune coming out of the headunit still limits the amount of low frequency going to the mid-bass. you MUST change the crossovers and eq to get the money out of the morels. and yes they are AMAZING. You can honestly run these without a sub and it will still have a good amount of bass.
The only draw back is the music types. I listen to alot of rap so the tweeter isnt as bright on high hats and other "brighter" instruments (obviously). When I listen to R&B/Soul/Country anything else, these really come alive.
so yes, they are amazing, but depending on the music you listen to, make sure a soft dome tweeter is what you want.
I'm running them passive. The crossovers for the fronts are under the passenger seat with the amp (the kenwood amp is super small) and the crossovers for the rears are in the dash on an ABS plastic mounting board connected to the ANC module bolt.
Feel free to reach out with questions!