Bonzi: "I prune only things that I positively dislike. For me, half of joy of listening to empeg is in 'discovering' music you barely knew you had."

Absolutely! Half the time I just select the root Playlist in shuffle mode. Once in a while something will come up that I jot down a note to delete. Hmmmm. One of the good things about getting Empeg #2 (Fedex currently shows it on the ramp in Oakland!) is that I'm going to really tweak ID3 tags and directories then resynch everything to the new Empeg while I'm away on a trip. The bad thing? No 2nd hard drive if I want to keep warranty while I burn Empeg #2 in.

Oh, well. I can get ready for hard drive #2. One winter project is to sort through about 4 feet of vinyl and selectively rip some titles. I know I can *get* "The Resurrection of Pigboy Crabshaw" on CD now, but will it sound the same?? Some CD reissues I've sprung for -- Jethro Tull "Stand Up" comes to mind -- are real stinkers compared to the original.

If I can wait until Fujitsu actually ships a 100GB, then I can snatch up a 48GB Travelstar or two. Maybe by then I'll get through all the vinyl.

Jim