Yeah Chris i would think you will be able to crack 180 with some boost!
I've only got one of those JVC units left, and no thats not a sales pitch! lol! After that one is gone we will be waiting for the new model to get here which i would imagine will be back up near the $899 mark.
The main difference between the alpine and jvc would be that the jvc only has one rca preout, so you would have to use line converters to get more rca preouts, hence it doesnt have a subcontrol in built, but i can get level converters with a gain control to do the same thing. Other than that obviously the jvc plays dvd's, but as far as power out put and capability of playing mp3's etc they would be quite similar.
Well yeah, it was just a bit of work requiring me to sell one stagea to fund the build! hahaha! Roo thinks i will get an extra 10kw by fitting blue mesh like him! hahaha!