Well I am still in the "I wonder how feasable it is" stage: my mk2a rules and it seem there is a good market for 2nd hand empegs, showing that there is a market of sorts for them.

I agree that the new one would need to grab potential buyers with a flashier look - the one thing I wish my empeg had was a color screen. I know these are more expensive then their mono/2bit counterparts, but still, has anyone seen a stock component colour screen that may be suitable? (ie similar dimensions etc..)

There are reference strongARM boards, and there are the PC104 (+) boards - does anyone have any other ideas for doner processors? I have considered using a non-software solution (ie hardware decoder chip etc.) but I think one of the strengths of the empeg is its software base so I'd like to stick to linux if possible: it satisfies my tux tendancies

the source code for the empeg is available, but under what license? if I did got the strongarm way, i could re-use lots of the code maybe .....

lat thought: what else would you improve on the empeg if you were redesigning?

bluetooth or 802.11?
integrated tuner?
100mbit lan?
firewire?
cd shuttle control?
color screen?