A good friend runs a shop and they carry Clarion. I am looking to buy a new HU DVD. He said that it is a better monitor than HU because of the lower freq rate and only 2v preouts. So the SQ wont be the best. I have seen the HU in person and it is nice. I am thinking about spending a few more bucks and getting a better SQ deck. But if you are getting one cheap...you cant go wrong!