It helps and hurts. I love the look of the m700, but I was really set on doing a 5.1 setup w/ time alignment and that is the one unit that isn't capable. The other kenwood's can do it through the use of another module. The p7500dvd is capable out of the box.

So the question is do I go with looks or performance...I'm leaning towards performance but your pics may swing me the other direction.