Just because the homeowner is an idiot doesn't mean that you should go along with it. You are supposed to be the professional and know better.
There is nothing new or "hi tech" about these things except that it's a new way for the manufacturers to gain access your wallet.
All it is is a box to hold what has been done on a plywood backboard for at least the last 30 years. You don't cram everything into a little box and YOU get to choose the components. In short, these things are for people who don't know what they are doing.
No professional would use these things because they are inflexible and you wind up mounting stuff outside the box anyway.
E57 and other threads here talk about the right way to handle this.
-Hal
