WOW Tons of useful info here! Thanks guys! Me... not a big fan of sony either and I've heard of their bad rep. Although... I do have an 200w explod amp in my mirage. Why? cause it was dirt cheap lol. The only thing I wish i would have waited for was the MP3 technology. When i bought my alpine 7893 head, the mp3 stuff was just coming out. Oh well. I'll just use my IPOD. Tell ya what though, I've only ever bought 2 after market heads and they're both great. My alpine is my newest one and my kenwood with the auto flip face is in my beater car. I'm still learning on all this stuff but with you guys around, i'll be a pro in no time lol. Thanks!

Oh.. and Sorry Bamma for hijacking the thread!