Here's the thing. It's not that I'm so impressed that I can make the sound come out of the right side, or the left, or increase the thump thump. I expect those things from a stereo. It's supposed to make noise, it's supposed to be good sounding noise, and these days it should be able to select the noise from a virtually limitless array of sources.
What impresses me is that the team that developed this stereo put real THOUGHT into it. They decided, hey, we've got this 7 inch touch screen, let's take some time and make a big list of everything we can think of to make it do. They thought, well, we can put these settings in a menu called system settings, but it makes sense to ALSO put it ONE touch away from the more common sound controls, which are ONE touch from, uh, the SOUND! We've got room in the upper corner for a clock with date. Instead of burying the function to set the time in some impossible to remember location that will have the user scrambling for a manual, just let the person tap the clock itself and voila, change the time. Instead of setting up the fader and balance as numbers that are plus and minus, how about a little circle that the person can drag around visually to change the sound position.
All of this stuff is what makes up what the marketers call your "user experience". This stereo's noise quality is similar to the other stereos on the market in its class. It lets you connect up your other precious noise retrieval gadgets like all of the other stereos on the market in its price range. But at a level unmatched by any other stereo I've seen to date, this stereo's remarkable myriad of functions is laid out in a truly inspired, intuitive, and fun fashion making it a great user experience. They did it right.
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