go with the pioneer for sure, I ran the pioneer dehp7700 in my first car and absolutely loved it, and had for a period of time a pioneer dehp5800, but am right now in the market for a dvd player, but I would say to avoid buying the infinity speakers, i had an amped set in my car, and I got them replaced and am so glad I did, I guess you already have them though, you should have tried to get a conversion for your front speakers into a 6.5 instead of the 6X9's, a round speaker puts out better audio quality than the oval speakers and doesnt distort as easily because of balance and functionality. I run boston acoustics in my front with diamond audios in my rear, both 6.5's with a rockford fosgate subwoofer all of it amped off of 2 phoenix gold amps, the speakers on the 1000 watt ryval, and the sub off a 400 watt octane r and I love the sound quality, very crisp.

 

If HD Radio is a factor, don't buy one thats HD Radio Ready. Thats a load of BS.. I got my Kenwood thinkin it had HD Radio, but instead, you had to buy a $150 dollar seperate tuner.. So make sure the HD Radio is already there. <y sisters JVC with integrated HD Radio was around $229 when she got it, but around Christmas, they had the same one at Car Toys for $150. So, I would also suggest shopping around.

 

I ain't going to be shopping around with my discount at BB! Its really nice with car audio.

Went with that Pioneer unit. Talked to one of the car audio guys I trust, and he said the Alpine would be better if I was going all out with a separate amp, sub(s), etc. but if I wasn't (and I'm not), he said the Pioneer would be better. I love it. Will post pictures shortly.

 

Oh, and a question... I know the fronts are pretty easy with an adapter, but how hard is it to convert the rears to 6.5"?

 

 

6.5"s fit on the rear of mine just fine with no modification.

 

Nice, thanks hometheaterman. Will have to look into some.