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Well it's been a long wait for my discount to kick in but my eclipse shipment finally arrived and just in time for them to change they're product lineup. Luckily I got last years model deck as my amps that I plan on using for this particular install cannot accept any higher than 5volt preout voltage. Apparently they decided to change the model # and the preout voltage this year to 8 volts. Anyway I am now a proud owner of an eclipse CD7000 headunit / w optional GPS module and Optional tuning microphone. My SQ car is that much closer to being complete this year.

For anyone not familiar this deck retails for $700 USD and is the #1 choice of sound quality for most car audio enthusiasts. Grand total with the optional GPS module and tuning microphone is close to $1000 USD and it's Just a CD/MP3/WMA player. About the cleanest sounding one money can buy though.

Here's a link to its newer brother. It's the same deck save the 8volt preouts and model #.

http://www.eclipse-web.com/cd/cd7100overviews.html

so where does the CD8445 work into that list?

8445 is a 3 year old deck. If I had to guess It was comparable to the 4000 model last year, and to this years it would be a cross between the 3100 and 5100 this year. There are additions that it does not have though like ipod ready etc etc as the times change. The 8445 is still a killer deck though.

good to know, thats what i got