Need a professional opinion...(paging Luke!)

[Cha Ching]

...on the current Nakamichi CD 300? And/or the CD 400? Otherwise, I'm apt to stick with your recommendation of the Pioneer DEH 63/6300...thoughts?

[flyboyx]

those nakimichi's don't really have any features other than cd, aux in, and radio. if you want to play mp3's, or have at your disposal other features, those decks aren't for you. the cd 500 will play mp3's but it costs around 400.00. you can, however run your ipod or a remote xm receiver through the aux. you won't get any sort of compatible display on the radio head though. all you really get from these are a factory look and good sound quality at a big price. not knocking nakimichi though. i own one too.

[StereoInstaller1]

I have installed a few of these decks, they are pretty nice sounding. If you are OK with the features, go for it. Hell, the deck I want doesn't play anything but CDs, not even an AUX in!