Take a look at the CDA-9813. It's last year's model, therefore cheaper. It also does everything any of the other Alpine HUs do.
Your best option is to go try all these HUs listed here out for yourself. I can goa ahead and argue all day that an Alpine HU is the best option and the best at everything, blah blah blah, I own one, of course I'll say that.
Alpine, Kenwood, Pioneer, Eclipse, Clarion, etc... all make excellent equipment, and all deserve a look. I generally stay away from Kenwood because I am not fond of thier ergonomics, but they have made alot of changes in the last few years that I like.
Try the HUs out in the wall at a store, not to see how they sound, since they are in a wall, but to see if you think you could live with them. 90% of the reason I stick with Alpine stuff is that they've never really changed the controls for thier HUs. I can opreate my 7998 without looking at it. I wasn't as worried about all the little pissy numbers aside from that. Generally if you spend $300 on an HU, it will sound just about identical to any other $300 HU. It just might have different options, abilities, etc...
Figure out what you think you need, then make a purchase based on that, not what a bunch of people on this forum tell you to do. Unless it's Dnewma04, always listen to that guy...
