the eclipse player is a good player. no doubt about it. Used to have helix component, and i must say its sound is not that smooth and sharp compare to what im using now Directed. Price almost the same. Eclipse im not so sure, haven tried before. U have to sit inside the car and test the sound urself... after all, ur the one whois gonna listen to it most of the time... Remember 1 thing, getting eclipse speaker doesn't mean u must have eclipse amp to support only nice, other amp. brand might give u better quality.
At the end, it's still up to u to decide which is the best and never ever compete with other ppl car stereo. If not u will end up changing more and more thing and much more u spend..!!
Cheers and let the game begins..!!