Dexter said:
but i know you and i know thats not your thing.
dude, let the tape player die. its ancient technology. its like keeping the 8 track around. we have CD burning technology now. If you seriously still listen to tapes, consider converting them to CD. please?
all in all, it will probably sound much like the stock system. If you like the looks, go for it. but like i said eariler, i really dont like how it looks. 
no, its not my thing
i'll leave that to matt and aric.
as for the tape player, i have many a tapes that would take quite a bit of time for me to convert. chalk part ot that up to laziness
another reason I keep it around is for using it as an auxillary input via tape deck adapter. its easy to slip the cassette adapter in and it works better than any FM modulator I've played around with.
and yea, i could just use the aux inputs on the back of the HU, but again, i like just having the deck there and the ease of use. don't forget....gotta be dbl din for me as well - **** plastic trays and scosche kits
cosmetically it doesn't do one thing for me one way or the other. but in terms of power - 45x4 - its not mind blowing, which for me is fine, but certainly alot better than the stock HU, which i think is something like 22x4 at best? sir nuke posted that a whileeeeee back...
i am not using the stock speakers btw, so i would think it would have to sound just a tad better.
