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I don't think there have been any real conclusions about the sound stage issue, which is what interested me in the first place :) I guess the only real conclusion is that low bitrate MP3 files definitely destroy the sound stage, that higher bitrate files may or may not destroy it, and that what we really need is WAV playback to prove for sure how good the empeg hardware is.

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Sounds about right.. It's not really fair to blame the Empeg for mp3's shortcomings..
-mark

...proud to have owned one of the first Mark I units