I personally just picked up the kenwood EZ500. based on everything i've read on it and it's features for only $230 it seemed like a good deal. I personally picked up a factory refurbished one from onlinecarstereo.com for only $159. I've had sony and it was ok at best, i've had alpine and it sounded great, pioneer and panasonic i've also had and both were very nice units. I'm giving kenwood a shot, alot of people i've talked to say they make great headunits