well, you could go with the 960 too, it looks nicer to me, has colour screen and a slick blue tooth integration. I mean, if you really want you can go with the clarion you can. its a good deck dont get me wrong. But i would personally rather drop that extra 500+ into something that im actually going to see more than a negligable difference in, such as speakers or install if you're not doing it yourself. At the end of the day though, its your money and you should do whatever makes you happy.