Talking about sacrifice...
I would suggest to switch your empeg to a shuffle mode before dropping your top, unless you also like to listen to a radio for which you can switch to your gasp-Clarion.

One of the solutions for this situation would be implementation of a voice command system with empeg replying command confirmations in voice as well. But, since <they> are all happy and excited about Auto-EQ feature, it'll be a while before voice system of any significant quality will become available.