you're right, if you search the BBS.. this was pointed out a while ago, the protocol used by the empeg in 1.0.x was not all that great, and bottlenecked the ethernet preformance. also, if you know, USB is 12mbit, and ethernet is 10mbit. the empeg's I/O bus can't handle more than that.

12gig red mk2 -- 080000125
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80gig red mk2 -- 080000125
(No, I don't actually hate Alan Cox)