Kevin,

I see you're getting some good advice on high-end stuff here, but since you
didn't say that you particularly wanted to spend a lot of money (and this is
going in a vanagon, right?--sorry I couldn't hear you over the noise) let me
recommend a JVC KD G340 for $90.

It has removable faceplate, CD/MP3, a remote that actually turns the thing
off, and will work with your ipod out of the box (if you want full ipod
interoperation through the remote and ipod display on your faceplate, you
have to buy a plug-inmodule--$15 ebay item). It's satellite radio ready,
too, with a similar module.

Jim

On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 2:25 PM, Sudhir Desai <sudhir.desai@gmail.com>wrote:

> I recommend Nakamichi (if they're even still around).
> I had one of their tape decks in the late 90's, and the sound quality
> was second to none.
>
> Sudhir
>