Cool news everyone, I've found out more info on the Kenwood DDX8017 and 7017. Mainly, the most important: the price. The 7017 is available now from Crutchfield for $1299.99 and the 8017 will be $1699.99 in August.

Funnily enough, the guy from Crutchfield admitted that the 7017 is mainly a "freshened up" version of the 7015, in fact even saying that "on paper, they're the same."

He did not know much about the 8017 and was reticient to compare the two. I was just happy to get the prices. Has anyone else heard anythign different?