Hm...... a database of 70gigs of music is filling the MKII ram, but Paul's database of 160gig isn't filling the MKIIa ram? So that few meg ram difference DOES matter? Or are Paul's drives spun up all the time? And is his player overheating because of it?

And to reply to an earlier post in the thread re: flac and alternative file types: Would it keep the drives spun up to play FLAC or WAV? I'm assuming yes because it's a bit hard to cache an 80 meg song in 16 meg ram.