Re: cranking... Batteries Plus can order Duracell branded units with higher CCA's (I have a 850 cca Series 27 for my big Honda.) I have Costco Interstates in my truck, and I've had good luck with Exxide AGM's in my old Arima.
All those battery name brands you see area really just Johnson Controls or East Penn sold under different labels.
IMO, batteries are a regular replacement item, and a basic safety item. Electrical loads are pretty light on an Arima, so you can get away with stretching them a little longer. I swap flooded cells out every 3 years. With AGM's, 4.
The loudest sound in the world is the "click" a boat starter makes out on the ocean when the battery is dead.