I was always very happy with the quality of the 7000 series, but that big goofy knob makes me barf. We sold hundreds, maybe thousands of Eclipse HU's at Empire and had less than a small handful fail. I think Eclipse still makes a good product, but they're not the easiest company to deal with either. Eclipse's parent company is huge in Japan and has all the money they could need, but they're also very smart and they don't just hand Eclipse money to waste. In Japan and Korea Eclipse is one of the top brands, but it's never gained that traction here. I've heard rumors that Fujitsu has considered pulling them from the US market in the near future if they don't start making money. I know they have fired their entire north American engineering staff already, so the US Eclipse is now totally reliant on the Japanese company to develop products. Not a good sign!