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I've always thought that Alpine put out a more visually appealing and less flashy product. Kenwood actually was years ago too, but these days they seem to have gotten more flashy. I read a review that actually had some pros/cons of each. The review seemed to thing that the sound out of the Kenwoods was a little better, but that the menus and controls on the Alpine were a little simpler.

My other question is going to be, and I will probably ask CAI, about the whole 4 channel vs 5 channel thing. Apparently, when you go 4 channel, the front speakers are driven by the amp, and the rear speakers are driven by the stereo. If you go with the 5 channel, the front and rear are driven by the 4 amp channels and the door speakers are driven by the sub channel.

What I want to know is which will sound better.

The Alpine has a row of buttons across the bottom of the unit. The Kenwood 691 has buttons on the left with a central volume knob and the Kenwood 891 has a row of buttons across the bottom.

Decisions, decisions.