The bad:
- It's fugly
- it's Alpine (see #1)
- its expensive (overpriced) (see #2)

The good:
- Continued adoption by major brands should give people something decent in the next 5 years
- D&M Holdings --> Denon/Rio possibilities for the future.

I wouldn't touch it based on any 1 of the first three bad items. Mass-market Japanese goods seem to have lost all touch with usable UI design.

Bruno