I'm not bashing sony here but I did personally have the worst of luck with an av reciever I bought years back. In about 3 years I had to bring it back to circuit city around 8 or 9 times. They would never replace it because the same part had to break three times in one year. Anyway, I never personally had any experience with their line of car audio, but I have heard some of my friends stereos with sony HU's. Some of them sound pretty good, but nothing "I" would consider great. I think for the price you'll pay for the sony your looking at you can get a better HU. You could go with nakamichi, clarion pro audio, eclipse, or alpine. All better in my opinion. What do you guys think?