Why a headphone jack?
Lots of reasons, but the first is that for me, now, I want to avoid being lynched by the others in the house. They just don't seem to appreciate my new toy as I test out the third and fourth attempts at perfecting the conversion of my favorite song. So you see having a powered headphone jack could literally be a lifesaver. ;)

A nasty thought just occured to me. You don't suppose the lack of a headphone jack is supposed to keep the empeg from competing with some other yet to be announced product, one that is intended to be used in a truly portable fashion?

--Glenn (conspiracies R' us)