Hmm I thought I responded but the response hasn’t shown up and it's been a day.

Anyway I had the internal speaker die in my RX65 three times since I bought it in in 2006. The only real negative things I've read about the Redline are that the speaker isn’t very loud and tends to die. I figured one of the Escort external speakers may be a good idea. I normally listen to Podcasts when I drive but when I do have music going and the windows down I miss alerts pretty easy.

Can the speaker be mounted under the dash or in the arm rest and still be loud enough? Or is it super directional and the face needs to be exposed?

Also I see people talking about "The New Redline" when clearly the Redline has been out for years. How does one know they got a "New Redline" instead of an older Redline? Is it just a firmware update or are the components different?

Thanks!