Those newer SONY's might be nice, I had the $250 dollar one (this was a few years ago) and that thing screwed up non-stop. I think it was the CDX C6000. And I had an older one (can't remember the model number) and it skipped all the time as well, not to mention it burnt up a few times. I've had Pioneer, Sony , and Panasonic and I love my Panisonic the most. I'm not saying the new SONY ones are bad, because I haven't used them, I'm just telling my experience with SONY.