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We consider maximum audio quality and maximum song storage capacity to be the ultimate goals. Secondary benefits to the empeg involve things like the visuals, the hackable Linux internals, and the player's networkability.

I'll clarify that as some empeg owners consider max quality/capacity as the ultimate goals. I don't. I got mine because the only place I used to listen to music was in the car, and I hated dragging CDs with me. That's it. I actually put what you consider "secondary" benefits higher on my list of requirements than your "ultimate" goals -- Linux, because it's EOL, and I know I can write new software if I absolutely have to; ethernet, because I didn't have USB when I bought it. Portables weren't a viable option at the time, as, IIRC, they were all still flash based -- the Empeg was the only choice that met my requirements.

And now you'd have to pry it from my cold, dead hands.