Alpine CDA-9855 Car CD / MP3 Player

This replaced a pioneer I had been using for many years. I purchased this to start my full alpine system. This along with the v12 amps has changed my veiw of car audio. The alpine is listed as having the same power output as my pioneer, but the alpine blew my stock gm non-bose speakers. Either pioneer is overrated or alpine is underrated. The v12 amps can be wired to the headunit via the a-link cables, keeps me from having to go to the back of my blazer to adjust the gains. This will be my second Mp3 player, the first was an aiwa, the mp3 play is smooth and clear even with not so good mp3's. the only flaw I have found is the glide touch, it is a great idea BUT I dont know how long it will last, it seems to be a possible failure point. Don't let that scare ya away from this unit, it is by far the best unit I have owned