So I get the feeling that there are some significant compromises here with both the Custom Autosound and Retrosound units.

Seems the Custom Autosound units seem to have technical issues and the Retrosound is a bit wimpy on the audio.

I see that they make the repro radios that are full size to the OEM's, or you can have your OEM rebuilt but I am a bit hesistant to shell out $600 for a radio without the USB connectivity. I know they can add the Aux input but then I have to fiddle with an MP3 player.

Does this just about sum it up? Are there any other options to get something in the OEM location that looks OEM?

Thanks for the input guys!