It may not be apparent, but this interface mimics the way that I play CD's.

You have exactly defined what makes the empeg such an extraordinary system: with the empeg, you don't have to play your music like it was CD's.

A year and a half ago Tony Fabris summed it up pretty well right here. The empeg will change the way you listen to music, and instead of wishing you could play it the way you used to play your music, you will wonder why you ever played your music that way in the first place. (simple answer: because before the empeg, you didn't have any choice!)

I think that if you make a note of this thread on the bbs, mark your calendar and come back here again in 30 days, you'll find that your attitude has changed. It usually takes about a month to really "get it" when it comes to the empeg -- and once that happens, there's no going back!

tanstaafl.