Non sound recommendation question... Which double DIN GPS also rocks? :-)

[anomaly65]

Hi all,
Would rather spend $500USD for a double din unit, but for the right one, could more than double that.
new car, shopping new HU, speakers, etc. Have windshield mount 740tomtom which is superb with traffic, IQ routes etc. Bought before tomtom was showing massive $$ losses each quarter starting a good while back. Accuracy is close to surreal though, take an 8 hour trip down the US east coast, and it's right on the money (within 5 minutes) accuracy of arrival time, and the reroutes around congestion/construction/etc in major metros is well above "sweet" :-)

Looking at a few HU's such as ($$ ouch) Kenwood DNX9990HD and others. The DNX9990HD looks nice, has some very sweet equalizing functions, and for the price, should wash dishes and fold laundry!
Those are garmin based, and none of my windshield garmin friends have ever come close to the "gotcha" factor of the tomtom. I've driven across/through washington DC in traffic in 25 minutes with the IQ route/traffic features. gotta love that.

Main things I want in an HU are "decent" real 20W RMS power for the up front speakers (planning on 93dB speakers, thus 20W = 40W if I use a set of 90dB speakers up front), as I also don't need the power for bass in the main set, sub belongs in trunk bolted to car subframe. (yeah, a basslink II bolted correctly has had more than a few audiophiles ask "how the ....?" when hearing the sound quality in my older car. Speaker experiences I've had and liked in ascending order are boston acoustics (R.I.P.), infinity OEM, polk-audio/diamond-audio. The last two are a fair tie for my music and listening style/taste. (if it can't reproduce a hot female rocker on piano, or set the sound stage well, no thanks....).
zero dvd viewing plans. just music (e.g. usb mem stick), satellite radio, GPS with traffic/reroute/etc and a decent bluetooth for phone. Car wired with steering wheel controls and built in mic, etc.
The two tomtom options I've seen are eclipse and sony (sony gets slammed too many places....). not sure about eclipse.
Suggestions, or even "just keep the windshield version" work for me;-) honesty is fine!
Thanks kindly,
andy