which cd player should i get?

wow, i always thought the alpines were better, the premiere is 799.99 at my local store, and the alpine is like 629.99, although i can get deals on both of them, probably cost me 600 even for the alpine, and 800 even for the pioneer, so os it worth it for the extra 200 bucks?

Both are good cd players, however look past what they look like and the "specs". You will find that how they operate and sound will be entirely different. In a blind taste test, 9 out 10 prefer Canadian beer, wonder why? Look past the flashy light shows and flip over our down touch panel lcd multifunction microwave cell phone displays and take a good hard look at the cd player itself. Then compare the left over shell against a more refined cd player like a basic Denon, Nakamichi or Eclipse. The only way for you to understand is to listen to it in your vehicle. There are so mant times that I wish I could live in the US and trust the person on the other end of the computer, for if I could I would send them one of each cd player for them to find out for themsleves.

More and more people are finding out that a cd player is the most important part of the signal chain, it will drastically effect the capabilities of the system in general and as Ravendarat found out, a difference in sound. Throw specs out the window, they will not tell yo how a cdp layer will sound or perform.