Don't rule out eclipse, I'm not a big fan of their new stuff, but the headunit I have I absolutely love. I've been through several headunits, used to only go with pioneers. After listening to a ton of cd players, eclipse was the highest quality I could find at a decent price. 3 sets of preamps, 6v preamps all the way around. No fancy lights, very simple in design, two large knobs to control most of the cd player. It has a flip down face, but very easy to operate.