I love how he just dropped $24k on a car stereo but says he isn't "there yet in life" for a good home theater system lol

Great two part series on your sound system Matt! EXACTLY how I would have it done as well. I competed in IASCA SQ competitions back in the days in the Street Smart category, when I had my orange Nissan Sentra SE-R SpecV. The sound system was done to perfection too, with a three way setup up front (Focal bass drivers with Alpine Type X mids and tweeters) in custom kick panels, with crossovers, sound deadening, JL Audio Slash series amps (4 channel for fronts and a separate 500/1 for the 12 inch JL Audio W6V2 subwoofer in a JL Audio Wedge enclosure), Alpine head unit, etc. My setup took pretty much first prize in all the competitions throughout the season in 2005, to eventually win first overall in my category in a finals in New York that year. Crazy memories! (I was also usually taking home the prize for the cleanest ride in show n shine portions of those meets). Overall, your videos put me right back in those memories and make me want to buy a project car and go have those boys in Boston work on my audio setup too! :)

I’m not sure if there is something wrong with me but I could watch this guy all,day. This has completely sucked me in. Very insightful and educational. Thank you for posting all the video he shot.

Matt - You keep finding people and companies who are as obsessed about quality as you are. Derek's attention to detail, even in areas most people will never see, is mind blowing. Thanks!

This Civic has a better audio system than my local cinema. Much love, your friends at Rev Media!!

idk how youre going to give this car away. it would be a dream to own.

These types of builds are my favorite. I love doing as much as you can while keeping the vehicle appearing stock.

all right lets polish this $100k civic with this poop rag i found in the alley lol

This is the definition of obsessed in the best way possible. He is truly a craftsman. I thought the price was crazy but good components aren’t cheap and this man deserves whatever he charges for his labor.

Love this. Takes me back to my own IASCA competition days in the 90s.

What a superb build Matt! This was executed in a flawless way. I can tell by your expression your super thrilled by finished product. I know you’ll be chasing the Dynaudio home theater at some point. Thanks for sharing!

Awesome stuff Matt. I love your appreciation for good audio. This takes me back to the system you went over in the s2000!

Who ever gets this car better appreciate the amount of work that's gone into this!

This series is fascinating to watch. I really enjoy the attention to detail.

This answers my question I had posted in the previous video about the doors being sealed or not. Glad to see they are! The craftsmanship and attention to detail in this build is second to none. I love it, not only is it stealthy but it's also CLEAN and aesthetically pleasing. People don't know how much of a difference a great tune with a high quality DSP makes. You can even make terrible gear sound good. I've never listened to Dynaudio but it seems we have similar ears because I too prefer silk dome tweeters than harsh metal ones.

These are the types of videos we need to start doing for our electronic installs. Love the detail!!

He did a great job covering the install, it was a joy to watch. Installation is only half of it and tuning it properly will make or break a system. I will never forget when I did a demo and I was sitting in my passenger seat. I thought something was wrong. Absolutely a different experience when sitting in the driver seat for where it was time alignment with the rta. I used to sit in the truck for hours in a parking lot not to disturb my neighbors listening to all sorts of different music. You have to get flac files. I was hearing things that I didn't even know where there in the music. Some of my go to was Hotel California of course and Alice and Chains unplugged, Greatest hits Huey Lewis and the news. It's something very special to have a system of that quality. Enjoy it

LOVE IT, I can watch this stuff all day!

Matt, excellent choice with Dynaudio! I just finished an install in my Tundra with mostly Dyna. Took me about 6 months (with work and father duties). I can totally appreciate the price, product, and craftsmanship that went into this. I’m sure you will spend a few more hours just driving and listening before the giveaway.

AS a Audio Phile on a Budget, I am jealous! I an designing my 2020 Camry XSE as I watch this video! Bravo

I am amazed by the work that was put in on this. I remember back in the day we had the q logic kick panels that were nothing compared to what he was able to come up with. The job he did with the sub box and the amp and then making all of it disappear is top notch. The finished product is beautiful as well. I can't imagine spending 24 grand on a car stereo but I can for sure understand how that figure came about with this build.

I haven’t seen an old school stereo install like this since the 90’s, with new tech flair of course. I love this setup. So much detail

I throughly enjoy the level of detail and craftsmanship you employ with any of your work. True professional.

Thank you sir, for taking us with this install....

Amazing project! Been following along for quite some time now. I can't wait for the finished product. Cheers

This is probably the most expensive audio system ever installed on a Honda, period! The quality is insane.

What an incredible job ! Really enjoyed seeing how much detail went into it

Wow, what an amazing upgrade! I love how the front stage build adds so much depth and clarity to the sound. And the build overview was really informative, it's great to see all the details that went into making this audio upgrade possible. Highly recommend checking out this video if you're looking to take your Honda Civic's audio game to the next level.

Oh yeah watching now. My favorite of the series.

*Reads title of video* "Uhhhhhh WHAT?" *15 minutes into video* "Oh... OK, I get it now"

I’m obsessed with the obsession. This channel makes me feel at home.

Matt please keep that car man. First because all of that nobody will do to it and second because we are starting to feel in love with that car so please keep it you deserve it man and we want to enjoy it together with you and keep watching it in almost every content. 🙏🏻

Amazing system build. I was waiting for this part of the civic build for a while and wasn’t disappointed! No detail left behind and tuned properly! Dynaudio have a very faithful sound without coloration. Another one I would’ve considered are Morels, but this is so damn perfect!

I found myself watching this again just today because because it's awesome to watch someone who's so good at fabrication. Those tweeter pods from sails you fixed looked brand new like they were from factory you are a magician with plastics 😂

I love it!! The stereo is worth more than the car itself!! I put a 10k stereo into my mr2 turbo thinking 10k was a bit too much. This is awesome!!

Yup you just blew my mind, I honestly have never wanted something so bad lol

Ive been in mobile HiFi for over 20 yrs. At 16 i was selling earthquake and PPI equipment along with MBQuart. Seeing how much advancements still have been made is awesome. I hope 1 day to get back to my roots. I started in SPL shows and migrated to SQ+ as i got older and wanted to enjoy music more. That car is looking great. Your install and equipment is as much as my new Malibu RS. Lmao. Great vlog 💪😎

Looks great, great work and very nice speakers - thanks for the video - lots of great ideas.

One of your best videos ever. Whole thing whizzed right by.

Sheesh. That was incredible to watch him work. Masterful!

The attention to detail on this build makes my OCD feel good...... Nice to see something being done in the best way possible. I need to make the drive up from Rockledge and come see this thing before ya give it away!

Insane amount of money especially in a Civic, but those guys deserve every penny. Their attention to detail is off the scale!

Nice simple 3-way SQ setup. I'm putting together an old-school setup with Alpine IVA-W505, PXA-H700, Soundstream amps and Velodyne DF10SC servo sub. This vid gave me some ideas.

Great quality install! Really like his attention to simply details!

Sound in motion needs a KZfaq channel. This is so cool to watch the assembly process and the thought that goes into making a high end sound system.

I love how you built your dream 99 Civic EM1 later in life when you could afford to do everything perfect. Nothing but the best. Nice LHR engine swap. Crazy audio system. Awesome car! Great job. Honestly, I would keep this car for my son to learn how to drive manual transmission on and then pass it on to him. He's 13 now, so I would have another 7-8 years with it while he learned to drive and take care of a car. He wouldn't get the EM1 Civic right away. He could beat up a different Honda for his very first car. He wouldn't get gifted the EM1 until he could appreciate at it at maybe 21 years old or something.

The quality and quantity of this channel is growing exponentially. Great job

I shed a tear for the effort he put forth. I have been building Iasca winners since 1991 and that use to be the formula. Tweets and mids in custom kicks with midbass in the door. Usually used Morell 8s in the doors and 4s and those deep silk tweets that were designed for home audio. Always used electronic x overs with 6 dedicated channels. The drivers tweeter should point to a spot that was 2 inches to the right of your right ear. In other words if u were to stick a cigarette in your right ear hole and the tweeter were a blue laser you would light it up. The passenger tweeter should point to your left ear. This gives the most accurate imaging and the off axis response of the driver tweet reduces the localization. But wtf that was over 30 years ago. Richard Clark would be racing that Grand National if he wanted a trophy with today's DSP tech and processing power combined with active correction in real time with Sound cancelation tech. If you are going for nostalgia you hit a grand slam but if u want the combo that would max out a score sheet at the Iasca finals your on the wrong road bro

I could watch this guy do installs all day. Please convince him to make a channel. Very informative and interesting

Amazing work!

Very clean, amazing man

24k ?? They see you coming boy

The only downside to a SQ setup is you are constantly listening to music from the past which were produced with extreme fidelity. There is only so many times I can listen to Hotel California though haha. This setup will reveal any and every flaw there is in the production of modern music. With that said, I miss my old SQ system even though I spent about 1/3 of what Matt spent (which is still a lot lol)

Can't imagine how good it sounds, after someone who has been tuning cars for over 30 years, not to mention with that hardware installed at that level! Honestly, I couldn't give that car away for the stereo alone...I would die a little inside.

That looks like a killer sound system. Would love to hear it. Great install.

Crazy money, but if you love music, you love music. I agree with everything you said, I am also a no rear fill guy too, it's all about the soundstage, and clarity.

Absolutely Perfect!

I enjoy watching this build series more than I would if it were a exotic!

Hope to see Derek on a future podcast! He did a great job filming let alone what he managed to do to the car!

I gotta get me one of those screwdrivers 👌

Great video coverage of the stereo install

Beautiful Matt, I am a fan of that sub box.

Here's a possible comment in American English for the given video title: I love how you took this Honda Civic from stock to supercar audio setup! The build quality looks amazing and the sound is absolutely stunning. Great job!

Looks like perfection to me......must sound incredible!

Very well done!

Top quality gear. Good choices Matt.

So... I would not even turn the radio on, I would listen to the VTEC kick in instead! Brrrrrap!! Whaaaaaa

My dad has been in the car audio business for 30+ years and has told so many people that kick panel location works so much better than sticking the components up in your face on the dash and so many people argue with this. Nice to see that you and the guys at SIM did it properly as they clearly know there stuff! I have kick panels located in my own car and it's such a nice oem looking place to have it. This was probably one of my favourite videos to watch. 👍

Oh, this is what you had in mind, so not a 90’s trunk filling, in your face system. Seem a bit crazy and way over the top for any car, but fun to watch and see it pulled off! I kept thinking you are going to change your mind and keep it, I’m waiting for that video.

FYI by IASCA standpoint center image should be center of the dash not center to the driver position ... if you got a really good sounding car center image will be center of the hood

What an amazing job.

Great video.

Thank you for the effort,

Wow, fantastic system...nicely bild...

I have been saving 100 dollars a pay check since this build began and will continue to do so until the deadline to get as many entries as possible to win what is going to be the greatest Civic SI on earth! Can't wait to be a 40 year old man with 5 kid's driving a 20 year old civic with a 24 thousand dollar stereo!!

What a work of art ! Wish I could hear it .

You know Matt had an anxiety meltdown when Derric said “give it a quick polish” and saw that dirty rag!

Heard some Ozzy in background and fitting as today marks 40th anniversary of the release of Blizzard of Oz. nice budget build...lol

My civic needs your budget ! Nice system

So freaking cool!

Amazing attention to detail. Definitely would be listening to some Pink Floyd on that system.

What is the reason the volume knob will not work when using the optical output? Is the optical connection normally used for some sort of pass through that would have another device handling volume control etc?

That sounds like John from LHT Performance :)

more great content, more master craftsman - Derek needs to setup a KZfaq channel, the chap is a natural. Coming from Ireland, I do enjoy hearing the Boston accent too :)

there's a beast hiding beneath a sheep's skin. your attention to detail was topnotch, simply awesome! dynaudio; dear santa!

Cool of the SIM guy to video his progress. Also, kind of gave me a feel of John over at LHT. :)

How much vibration are all those parts speaker are attached to making for 24k IDK

Dam purest are gonna be going crazy that poor low milage si getting all cut up but still gonna be a super sick build and can't wait to see it all finished up

What fiber optic cable did you all use?

Amazing that the center image is in front of the driver. Love that.

Perfection.

I had the dyn 3way in the exact same setup with tweets and mids inside kickpanels and midwoofer at the doors, all 3 within inches of each other. I ran all 3 passive. Although they sounded great, I wasn't happy with the low soundstage.

What do you think of Sinfoni Quartorigo Tempo speakers?

This car is a gem. Hopefully it’s garage or storage kept

I bet Pink Floyd sound so good with this setup!

I really hope that whoever wins this car appreciate all types of music. I would love to hear how George Straight, Miles Davis, Def Leppard, and Travis Scott sounds in here!

Speaker placement is weird, mids and tweeters in the A pillar and woofers in the kicks would make much more sense for sound quality. Also full active would make more sense. No subwoofer ? I don’t see how a 3 way passive front system and amp and dsp would cost anywhere near 24k , even with the hours for the install. Its not a bad install, just not for that money.

I believe I spoke to soon, and I'm really sorry, but after actually watching some of your videos I think you might be a little to obsessed. However I think you might be a genius! Look forward to more of your videos...

49:35 Quick polish before giving it back to Matt 🤣

Thinking of switching my kappas for some dynaudio or audiofrog etc.