Not really related to the discussion at hand here, but this question came to mind and I'm curious now. There were what... 350 MK1's sold? Were any returned due to dissatisfaction with the unit? I'm going to guess (with no facts to back this up whatsoever) that maybe 5 were returned or re-sold due to unsatisfied customers. If that's the case, that's a rate of 2%. That is either going to sound high or low to you, depending on whether you take into account they only sold 350 and how you look at it. Overall, 2% is high, but when there were only 350 out there, 2% is nothing. If 1000 units were sold and 5 was still the number, that would be .005% (5/1000ths of a percent)... an AWESOME sign of the satisfaction rate.

What I'm trying to say is that out of all the players sold, the vast majority of clients were extremely happy with their purchase. In fact, some sold their MK1's simply because they wanted a Mk2 and had the money to do something like that. Ethernet was probably a big seller on the Mk2, I think. Remember that the Mk1 was a NEW and UNPROVEN product, with a very limited production. The people who bought the unit originally had no reason to believe the unit even EXISTED, but they shelled out some BIG $$$ anyhow. That says quite a bit about the confidence the clients had in the people behind the unit. Empeg actually managed to convince people to buy from them without any previous marketplace presence. That's a helluva concept to grasp and accept in such a cut-throat industry!

(Looks like I may actually get my player today, according to the FedEx website, but I'm not holding my breath. I *suppose* I can wait until Monday, if I HAVE to. ) Hey, that's another benefit of buying a Mk1... you don't have to worry about CUSTOMS hanging onto your unit, while they figure out what it is!!!

George