Time to retire stock stereo- Grant... Suggestions?

First of all your work is WOW! After working on my minor stereo issues yesterday I have a new appreciation for all the crawling around on the floor and shoving you arm in a hole that it takes to do your caliber of work.

I have stock 2000 SAN clarion system. All the left speakers cut in and out. I pulled out the stereo and saw nothing suspect. Wiggled and jiggled all the wires and could not make it fail. I squeezed the stereo to replace it and everything on left side went silent. I found I could tap on it and make it come back on. I figured that it is 9 years old and time for the trash.

Any suggestions for a replacement? I have a 6 disc cd changer and need an ipod/mp3 output. Stock MTX tower speakers and whatever CC used OEM. I have a remote volume control and a fader. The speakers seem fine and I don’t see a monster stereo system in the future. They too will need replacing at some time I’m sure. I just don’t want to be shortsighted in my decision.

Coinless: If your name is any indication of how much money you have to spend on a new system then you are talking to the wrong guy.

Depending on how much money you wanna or can spend Im sure there are lots of people here on W/W that can help you build a system on a budjet.

I have no idea what your budjet is. To me a starter system is 10K.

New clarion Head unit to match the remotes

Wet sounds three some on the tower, and thier 6.5 speakers in the boat, Plus two of thier Subs with the appropriate wet sounds amp off course.

= a sweet sounding sterio

Syn6 for the towers, Syn4 for the in-boats, and a Syn1 for 1 XXX sub. Thank you drive through.