I already own a Mark 1 and I'm not planning on upgrading to a Mark 2 right away. For those of you on the list who don't yet have a Mark 1, I have this to say:

Don't get discouraged by the delay in the release of Voice Recognition. Get your Mark 2 without hesitation.

Reasons:

1) Everything that makes the Empeg truly great will still be there. You have no idea how cool it is to have your entire CD collection with you all the time. It's amazingly cool to listen to your whole collection in shuffle mode. The visuals, the playlists, the display... all the other features will still be there and they'll be great.

2) The Empeg guys have a great track record for supporting the software. If they say it'll be available for download, then you can count on it. And remember that us Mark 1 users have been using their beta software successfully all this time- if they offer a download, even if it's called a "beta", it'll still be great.

<A HREF="http://www.jps.net/tfabris">Tony Fabris</A>
Empeg #144