Wrong forum to ask if you want an unbiased opinion... I would say, no. While other hard drive MP3 based units are out there, I do not think there is anything that compares with the empeg. The in-dash units seem limited with the user interface, while the portables seem limited with their level of integration and capacity. And nothing else out there (that I have seen) has the pure hackability and geek friendliness of the empeg. Yet.