Uh oh, I don't get the "recent" feature? Well, Tony, here's your excuse to put that old, obsolete, technologically lacking antique of a Mark I into your wife's car and join us in the 21st Century with your very own Mark II. Don't let time pass you by! Oh, that's right, you wouldn't know about that because
your empeg doesn't have a way to keep time, does it? 
I have found that the empeg has changed not only what music I listen to, but how I listen to it. Before actually using the empeg, I didn't think that the shuffle feature was anything I would be particularly interested in. Tony's post
here opened my eyes a little bit, but I didn't fully believe what he was saying until I had the use of my own empeg. When the modified shuffle feature (i.e., less heard = higher priority) becomes effective, it will make what Tony said even more true. Think of the empeg as your own personal radio station that only plays music that you really like (after all, if you didn't like it, you wouldn't have put it in!) and that at the same time makes sure you get to hear
all of your music, not just the music you can think of off the top of your head.
This modified shuffle will be one of the most important and useful features of the empeg. [he said, pontificating...]
tanstaafl.
tanstaafl.
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