Interesting. Having seen those "fresh gear" folks reviewing other products, I would have thought they'd drool all over the Empeg.

If you actually read through the text of the review, they do give a very accurate description of the player's features. And they seem to actually like the unit- their primary complaint is the cost. (I count the tuner/amp thing as a cost complaint as well.)

Whether or not it's worth docking it three stars on cost alone is a subjective decision.

Also, they start the review talking about how other in-car MP3 players have varying features, but then don't bother to actually compare the empeg's features to the others.

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Tony Fabris