Well, I have ONE backup unit that is fresh in the box that I never plan to sell. If I were especially hard up on cash, I suppose I might part with it, but I don't have any plans to do so. There are a lot of people in the same boat. So I believe the presence of NIB empegs will last a long time to come (years) but the regular supply of them on eBay I guess will not last another 12 months. Over the past two months they've slowed a lot. TTONY was selling them here at the BBS, meanwhile prices on eBay went up. I suspect the price for NIB MK2(a) will continue to rise for a little while still.

Honestly, I knew speculation was a good idea and fairly safe when their price hit rock bottom, but I just wasn't interested. In retrospect, considering I did have some spare funds, I should have bought a couple of dozen.

Bruno