is it any good? i just bought it and waiting for it in the mail. just want thoughs from previous users.

"Panasonic CQ-HR1003U 50W x 4 CD Player/Receiver with Ghost™ Display"

Display : Blackout Panel with Touch Sensor Operation
Slim Fit Mount
Double Security
Pre-Amp Outputs : dual outputs (5V/60 ohms)
Non-Fading Subwoofer-Out : 5V high voltage with low impedance of 60 ohms
Music Formats Supported : CD/CD-R/CD-RW
Sirius® Satellite Ready
4-Channel High Power Amp : 50W x 4
MOS-FET Output Stage Yes
Ghost Display with Shutter LCD Yes
Touch Sensor Operation
Jet Black Finish
Spectrum Analyzer
LCD Illumination Color : Multi Color
S-HDB (Super High Definition Bass)
CD Changer Control : Track/Disc Scan, Search, Track/Disc Repeat, Random Play
Radio Features
Alphatuner V
18 FM and 6 AM presets with preset scan
Auto preset memory with scan
FMO (FM Optimizer), AFE (Adaptive FM Front End), and INQ (Impulse Noise Quieting)
Muting
Attenuator
Bass, Treble, Balance Fader Controls
Multi-stage Noise Shaping 1-bit DAC
3-beam Hologram Pickup
One-chip Digital Circuit
8x Oversampling (Digital Filter)
CD Controls : Scan, Search, Repeat and Random Play
Cd Pause
AUX Input
Open Face CD Access
Removable Faceplate
Built-in Quartz Clock
Wireless Remote Control
Speaker Impedance : 4-8 ohms
Frequency Response (±1dB) : 20Hz - 20kHz

 

I'm personally not a big fan of Panasonic. I've installed a HU (although it wasn't that particular one) before and it wasn't too impressive. I'm sure it will atleast be better than your stock unit though.

 

the thing that draws me away from that... i need a button to feel, a texture to touch.. I like being bale to turn the volume up without looking, or use the presets.. and that HU (form what ive used of it) has no discernable way to know what button youre baout ot hit.. without looking.. not safe fro driving

 

i gotta panasonic H/u and i love it. A lot of my friends have panasonics and love them as well. They arent the ghost faces tho. As for ghostface, im not a big fan of em either. I need buttons to push

 

buttons own

 

also looks really plain...

 

Actually I own the CQ-HX2083U the upgraded version I constantly get compliments on how clean it looks, how well it matches the interior, sound quality, never skips mp3 is GREAT, plain is the POINT with this unit, off it looks solid black, and as far as having buttons, I almost always use the remote anyways. Best headunit I've ever seen, and I get the same feedback from everyone that sees it!

 

yeah i got that headunit, but with the buttons. The middle display is the same. How much did u pay for that one?

 

it was around $350 or so that I paid for it. But totally worth every cent, if not for the 60wx4 or for the sweet graphical frequency analizer, I leave it in the mode where there is nothing on the screen at all but the analizer. Had I been given a pen and a pad to dream up what would be the best headunit ever, this is what I would've come up with, no joke

 

im a big fan of ghost faces too, although i bought an alpine

tell me how this one goes. im curious how panasonic HU perform