inputs.text: quirks overpower excellent sound quality - cda 117 quite frankly one best sounding car stereos ever owned mine hooked usa made soundstream amps front rear speakers boston acoustics sub amp pushing old 12\\ orion xtrpro not bother get imprint processor although part reason chose 117 sound quality impressive without addon sound adjustment possibilities not feintofheart many variations interface confusing little practice becomes second nature may not good baseline measurehement confusing interfaces addiction digital analog synthesizers years navigation issues would made logician blush frustration anyway tolerate sheer volume possible sound adjustment screens running relatively easy accessed controls typically one two clicks away home screen not fan \\mix\\ function not seehem random would consider \\nearly random\\ users aware random functions music devices \\near random\\ mix function leads music actually repetitive regard artist genre means grouped things genre multiple songs artist 117 tends continue gravitate toward playing artist every selection really annoying usb function works well 117 reproduces sound well easy distinguish differences bit rate mp3s even not audiophile built audio restorer help make mp3s sound better certainly not turn bitreduced compressed digital media lps radio sounds great reception typical alpine quality excellent biggest problehem ran cd skips nearly inexcusable alpine nothing alpine indash cd units cd changers since 1992 mainly would track cd going bumps potholes railroad tracks could found one zombie two skips listening cd car volume \\7\\ sitting driveway completely appalled unjustifiable engineering error alpines part reports around web issue cd skipping no big deal mp3s ipod connectivity format choice cds step backward lps quality poor quality tolerate extended listening roadtrips way quality sound 117 long not mind cds skipping every minute half