I was driving my wife's new 2008 Acura RDX

All good suggestions... no, really.

Have to agree with Drubin though, the system may not have settled in yet. Try leaving the radio running at a healthy volume on several successive weekend or other days that you are around the house but not using the car. You can go out and start and run the engine occasionally to make sure the battery isn't running down. See if that loosens up the drivers and cooks the wires a bit. If not, maybe it is just a crappy design.

My Eclipse and Focal system took nearly a year of city driving and listening to relax. And that is with teenagers using.

This is a funny thread. You funny (and clever) guys...

I have a feeling it’s a vibration issue that's distorting the sound (especially prominent with V8 HEMI's). The good news is there are several great isolation devices that could help mitigate the vibration effect and produce a better quality sound. I would recommend that you rest your Wife's radio on a Sistrum SP1 Isolation stand. You may need to re-configure your entire vehicle to accommodate the device which in turn may upset your wife ...but the hell its all about the music right? I also agree with the other member suggestions as well (clever lock, footers, etc...) the culmination of all these devices may take you where you want to go.

Best of luck!

I also heard that Koni shocks beat the Hell out of Bilsteins for controlling vibration induced distortion. Some people say that low air pressure helps, but I say you need a tight connection with the road...

Hey folks, some of you are mocking.

Acura is selling this off as serious audio. Elliott Scheiner talks like he really knows. I auditioned the DVD-A that came with the vehicle, and it's absolute trash. Tchaikovsky in a 5 channel barrel for the last of 21 cuts on the disc. Wow, was it bad. Sounded like AM radio with added efx echo.

I drove my TL - S 2002 with the old Bose. MUCH better, particular in the mid to upper bass frequencies. I think that's where the problem exists, and there is no graphic equalizer, just bass and treble and relative loudness of the speaks.

Thanks to some of you--keep the responses coming.