sugestions on a system

i woud trade my x-plod head unit and changer for a kenwood or pioneer head unit. x-plod cd players are crap, but the amps are awesome. i haven't heard too much about the speakers. the x-plod amps with the built in equalizers are great, available in 40x4 and 60x4 watts rms. i've spent hours and hours messing with my eq trying to get decent sound from my sony head unit when people with pioneer plug them in and right away sound as good as my sony. not to mention, if your cd's have the slightest scratch on them, x-plod will skip like a mofo.