Author: Paul
Subject: Choosing an audio panel
Posted: 25 Sep 2014 at 8:48pm
MysticCobra,
I considered price only a bit. The audio panel is the least expensive item in this upgrade. I have not seen a street price for the AMX 240 from any of the places I've looked on the Internet. The GMA 340 is cheaper than the others but didn't have the features so it didn't matter. The others were within a few hundred dollars of each other and I hope the AMX 240 is not too far different.
I'm spending $10K for a GPS and thousands more for installation. Saving a few hundred by buying an audio panel that doesn't have the features we want or that is more difficult to use won't have much effect on the bottom line. But it could have a big effect on how much fun it is to use the new stack.
Steve,
The more I looked at the AMX 240 the more it was obvious that the features / complexity choice was deliberate. I could have described the human factors evaluation in more detail but my note was already too long.
Subject: Choosing an audio panel
Posted: 25 Sep 2014 at 8:48pm
MysticCobra,
I considered price only a bit. The audio panel is the least expensive item in this upgrade. I have not seen a street price for the AMX 240 from any of the places I've looked on the Internet. The GMA 340 is cheaper than the others but didn't have the features so it didn't matter. The others were within a few hundred dollars of each other and I hope the AMX 240 is not too far different.
I'm spending $10K for a GPS and thousands more for installation. Saving a few hundred by buying an audio panel that doesn't have the features we want or that is more difficult to use won't have much effect on the bottom line. But it could have a big effect on how much fun it is to use the new stack.
Steve,
The more I looked at the AMX 240 the more it was obvious that the features / complexity choice was deliberate. I could have described the human factors evaluation in more detail but my note was already too long.