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#368968 - 29/06/2017 17:55 Empeg mk2 -- Still going!!
benjammin
member

Registered: 11/08/2002
Posts: 188
Loc: Champaign, IL
I was just pushing new music onto the Empeg that's been in my Jeep since 2001 when I bought it.

Between the utils, and all the work from Mr. Lord and HiJack. This unit has been quite the endurance runner.

I haven't exactly looked -- but at the same time, I haven't seen a DIN equivalent anything that really came close. Especially with car companies putting in proprietary systems now.

If I were to buy a new car these days, I'd just use my phone via BT to my Plex server for my listening needs. (I've done this when travelling and using a rental car.)

Kind of a bummer in a way. I love my Empeg. smile (and my Jeep)


Edited by benjammin (29/06/2017 17:56)
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#368987 - 17/07/2017 18:48 Re: Empeg mk2 -- Still going!! [Re: benjammin]
suomi35
enthusiast

Registered: 16/02/2002
Posts: 290
Loc: Denver, CO
I echo your sentiments! I've got a mk2 on my desk that still plays music all day (every day).
I love it and cannot imagine using anything else smile

Cheers!
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#368988 - 17/07/2017 20:21 Re: Empeg mk2 -- Still going!! [Re: benjammin]
tfabris
carpal tunnel

Registered: 20/12/1999
Posts: 31563
Loc: Seattle, WA
I've been using mine every day up until last Thursday when my car got rear-ended.

If they total the car, I'm thinking of getting a new car with all the touchyscreeny stuff, and so I'll have to work out how to install an Empeg into it as an add-on to the existing system. Luckily I bought one of the remote display extenders a while back, just in case I ever ended up in this boat. Empeg is still the king of music players in my book, and I haven't been satisfied with any other music players so far.
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#369015 - 02/08/2017 14:30 Re: Empeg mk2 -- Still going!! [Re: benjammin]
ShadowMan
addict

Registered: 09/06/1999
Posts: 558
Loc: Newfoundland, Canada
Nothing compares! We haven't used ours in years now but they are still on display in the rec room and garage. I popped in today to see if there had been any advancements since the empeg left the scene...
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#369016 - 02/08/2017 17:15 Re: Empeg mk2 -- Still going!! [Re: benjammin]
tfabris
carpal tunnel

Registered: 20/12/1999
Posts: 31563
Loc: Seattle, WA
Indeed, nothing compares. I'm really missing the empeg right now, as I'm slowly working out the details of how I'm going to mount it in my new touchscreeny car.

In the meantime I'm putting my music collection on my iPhone and plugging it into Apple CarPlay on my car, but that system is super problematic in several ways, unable to do critical things that the empeg does effortlessly. Can't wait to have the 'peg back.
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#369019 - 03/08/2017 21:42 Re: Empeg mk2 -- Still going!! [Re: benjammin]
jmwking
old hand

Registered: 27/02/2003
Posts: 768
Loc: Washington, DC metro
Yeah - I'd love someone (far more capable than I) to port it to ios and android.

-jk

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#370022 - 10/12/2017 03:52 Re: Empeg mk2 -- Still going!! [Re: benjammin]
benjammin
member

Registered: 11/08/2002
Posts: 188
Loc: Champaign, IL
Wait - Tony, did your Empeg still work?

If so -- there should have been some way to recover it from the car?
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#370029 - 10/12/2017 07:08 Re: Empeg mk2 -- Still going!! [Re: benjammin]
tfabris
carpal tunnel

Registered: 20/12/1999
Posts: 31563
Loc: Seattle, WA
Indeed, it works well.

I'm currently mid-project on giving it a bluetooth interface and remote display in the new car. It's coming along quite well. See the Projects forum for more details. :-)
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#370038 - 10/12/2017 17:44 Re: Empeg mk2 -- Still going!! [Re: jmwking]
BartDG
carpal tunnel

Registered: 20/05/2001
Posts: 2616
Loc: Bruges, Belgium
Originally Posted By: jmwking
Yeah - I'd love someone (far more capable than I) to port it to ios and android.

Agreed! Ik would love it if someone would create an Android or iOS app that would emulate whatever magic it is that the Empeg does, with the mp3's that are locally on the smartphone. I would pay good money for such an app! I had high hopes for that Raspberry Pi Empeg project that was on here some time ago, but unfortunately, this project seems to be completely dead...
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