The minute I noticed that the empeg was available as a finished product, I lusted after one until I managed to get the money to buy one. I have never regretted my decision in any way, nor did I expect to.

I agree with you 100%. I was in the original Mark I waiting queue within minutes of discovery. But we (the people on this bbs) are the exceptions. Just try to convince your neighbor with the Lincoln Town Car and the "JBL Premium Audio System" or whatever is in it that the empeg is much better than what he has. You can talk until you are blue in the face, but until he can actually play with it himself, you will not get very far.

Oh, there are exceptions (anybody reading this post, for example) but the huge majority of people will never "get it" until they actually try it for themselves.

tanstaafl.