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Old 01-23-2003, 11:37 PM
Bryan Harter Bryan Harter is offline
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Scott,

I hear you! I love the Becker, for its simplicity and ease of use. I also love the volume paddle! Seems so natural, up/down.
In general it has a nice feel to all the buttons, it is readable in bright light....just too bad it has some basic design issues.
I wish Becker still made something similar.

The McIntosh is truely clean but almost too retro and the flourescent blue looks great at home but not in my car.

The old Blaupunkts had a nice look and feel, but pretty bad from a reliability standpoint.

Another old favorite was the Soundstream, but I don't think they were all that great long term.

I have found some of the newer DVD/NAV units seem to have less "Las Vegas" to them when they are closed, but they sure come alive when the screen pops up!

How about a group buy? We design a unit and have someone build it? Hmmmmm? I have some friends who do custom electronic prototypes....
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