I know $200 is not much but I just want to get the best out of it. What would you recommend in that price. I currently have an Alpine 9881. Could you tell me what I would gain from the switch?
jvc kd-ar880 is what I just got and the advantage over the alpine is the USB input. I dunno if that has a line in and aux in either (something else the JVC has). So if you want many options for music, this would be a nice choice. JVC has really stepped their game up the last 3 years on their decks, check'm out. You could find a decent kenwood deck under 200 as well
The options you have with the cde-9881 will be hard to beat at that price. I would lift that budget up to 300 or so and up it alot more with a cda-9887.