They serve a similar purpose, but there are quite a few differences:
- Quality
- Usability / User Interface
- Convenience (announcements, connecting, embedded FM antenna, …)
- Look & Feel
- Sealed design
- Audio quality (our audio isolation transformer (-included-) COST us as much as the entire imported module)
So why spending all the time and money building a customized piece of audio equipment, and then settle for an audio input ‘bottleneck’ worth less than the finishing coats of your beautiful enclosure? Exactly.