Question about shaft style stereos

Two shaft radios are gone except for ridiculously priced things like retro sound. Google hidden or secret car stereo. There are a few options.

The cheapest thing would be to buy a modern one and mount it somewhere out of sight. Most modern car stereos can be had with remotes, but the all seem to be infrared. This means line of sight which won’t work if you can’t point the remote at it. Some clever guys have taken the IR remote apart and taped the LED to the front of the hidden stereo and wired it back to the remote.

Most also have Bluetooth, but that is a pain because you have to use your phone.

My dash was already cut, so I just decided to use a modern $69 stereo.