I own one alpine 7875 and also a alpine 7873. I also own a eclipse 5443 or something. As far as reading cds go, the eclipse is better but when it comes to highs not being amped, the eclipse has nothing on the alpines.Both have really good sound quality. Specs for the eclipse which was like 13x4rms compared to the alpines 27x4rms. I would take a pioneer over either 3 of these choices. MY brother also had the apline 7873 model and switched over to the premier 840. That thing has so many more options for adjusting everything, it was unbelievable. Although i still think the alpine beats the pioneer on how high the highs are. overall the pioneer has way more adjustment