Since my desk is really a $20 table from OfficeMax, I'm considering hacking a hole in it and installing a docking bay in it.

Some folks have made their own in-home Empeg docking bays, and it does work. But before you go to the trouble, consider the following:

- It's not hard at all to plug the Empeg in and just set it on the desk. If you leave the cables there at the desk (and scrounge extra cables and power supplies for each location you want to listen to the Empeg), it's almost as easy as plugging it into a docking bay. And it doesn't require an extra bay or any sawing or anything.

- One of the nice thing about the Empeg is that it remembers different settings for home/car use. There are certain features of the software which behave differently depending on whether it's getting its power from the docking bay or the AC adaptor. If you plug the Empeg into a docking bay in the house, it thinks it's still in the car, so you don't get those separate home/car settings. An example of this is EQ presets: each preset has a "home" and a "car" personality. It's vital to me that I EQ the two locations differently, and it works like a charm.

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Tony Fabris