Alpine CDA-9856

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GREAT stereo1145152136

Pros:

great sound; can control iPod from the deck

Cons:

at nihght the blue lights are too bright (even when "dimmed")

This is the best stereo I've ever had. The sound quality is excellent (even with the factory speakers in my Civic). The best feature is that I had a wire run into my glove compartent so my iPod hooks directly to the stereo...much better than the awkward fm transmitter dock I was using. I was worried about the speed of the iPod controls on the deck. I had read several bad reviews of the Pioneer iPod interface adapter. The common complaint was that controlling the iPod from the cd deck was painfully slow. Since I have 45 GB of music in my iPod, I didn't want scrolling through music to be a problem. The sales associate at the store assured me that scrolling through tunes would be fast and easy. I am sooo glad I listened to him. Easy to use, great sound, happy customer!