Greetings!

Trust me. It is possible to fill (well, almost fill) 2 x 48GB travelstars and still need (well, want) more space.

Granted, I don't normally play everything I have loaded. I keep a playlist of favorite artists and tracks that I listen to. But there are times when I just want to hear something different or specific that I do not normally listen to. The empeg UI makes this very easy to do.

With displayserver, it also becomes a music server that I can have connected to the office or home network. I can easily see someone who is DJing, or using it for parties having the entire thing loaded. It is very convenient to have the entire music / audio collection in one place that I can take wherever I go, plug in and enjoy.

The one wishlist item I would like (and I think I posted it there a while back) was to have the search features toggle between current playlist and root playlist. This way, you could append / replace / insert (thank you!!!) any loaded track into your running list at any time.

Also, empeg taxi functionality is always handy for storing those files that I seem to need moved from box to box. Or to store all of the various tools, utilities, linux distributions, etc. I don't use it much, but it is very handy for getting that 100MB of files off a laptop with no network link and only a floppy as removable storage.

Lastly, with different formats becoming available, such as wave, it allows for the extra space to store uncompressed files. You mentioned pink noise in a post a little while back. All of the test tracks, calibration tracks, etc. can be stored uncompressed and used as needed without having to move music off to fit them.

You can never have too much disk space.

Interesting thought about the removing duplicates. I know that with the new random functions, you have a lot more control. Hmm... I would have to try it, and see how it works out...