Mmm, I'm sure that isn't a UK law; are you sure the law is not that they have to offer to fix it (ie, have the capability), but may charge you for it when out of warranty?

I think it's one of those things that's up to a judge to decide what is "reasonable" if there's a dispute. Since most consumer electronics have a very short warranty period (90 days for most of the stuff I've seen), I'm sure that your one-year warranty would be considered more than reasonable by any judge.

In the US, we have something equivalent, called "lemon laws", which (if I understand it correctly) are mainly meant to prevent fly-by-night organizations from dumping a bunch of useless crap on the market and hiding behind a limited warranty term to protect themselves.

It's not the kind of thing empeg needs to worry about, I don't think, since you guys make a quality product and are very good about backing it up. I don't get the feeling you guys would quibble over a calendar date if the product had a genuine defect.