i havent been frequenting the board as much as i used to so ive obviously missed something.

Yes, you've missed something. I'm too lazy to go find all the relevant threads, but to recap:

1) Sonicblue hit bankruptcy.
2) They were purchased.
3) Purchaser is keeping Team Empeg, but decided not to continue with customer support (i.e. repairs).
4) Team Empeg is/was negotiating to keep customer support around via some sort of external contract.
5) There has been no word on the success or demise of (4).

Edited to remove suggestion of DIY repair, as I misread the first post that said you've already done that.