OK, no idea if this would work or not, but...

Could you not use the Empeg abit like a SLIMP3 i.e. stream the tune into the Empeg via the ethernet and have the database on the fileserver ???

This way the database would only be limited by the power/space available on the PC/Fileserver.

This would have much wider applications too, myself for example. I would love to listen to all my mp3's through my empeg but I only have 20Gb. I have no need to take more than that with me in the car, but it would be a one stop shop at home.

Like I said I'm just an ideas man, no idea if the Empeg itself could handle this, I know the USB is not a full USB port but is the ethernet ???

Cheers

Cris.