Here's another cool thing about the Empeg...

If you have it next to your computer, and you plug its audio into your computer via your sound card's "line input" plug, then you can listen to its output mixed with your computer's audio.

The advantage is: You can listen to MP3s while playing video games.

See, most sound cards only let one program use them at a time. So if a game is running and using sound effects, WinAmp can't run in the background because the game has already got the sound card tied up. With the Empeg, you can play your MP3s at the same time as your video game, and have the game sound effects going at the same time as the MP3s.

Some of the new souped-up sound cards allow multiple programs to access them simultaneously, but even if you've got one of those, there are still advantages to using the Empeg instead: 1) WinAmp isn't running in the background eating CPU cycles and sucking away at your game's frame rate. 2) You can control the volume and the track changes without having to exit your game.



-- Tony Fabris -- Empeg #144 --
Caution: Do not look into laser with remaining good eye.