I'm pretty sure they're using "b" to mean BYTE and not bit. At least I hope so. With support for only 8MegaBytes of RAM, the disk performance isn't the only thing to worry about.

Another big factor is that the empeg apart from being JUST a computer, is that it's a computer designed for audio output. There are no detailed specs on the audio hardware of the Neuron 200 board apart from sample rate and bitrate (which alone don't mean much). Not to mention that the empeg is a complete product. you can get all sorts of general-purpose empbedded and miniaturized computers. Getting them into a case complete with power regulation, audio processing, display and button interfaces is something else completely.

Bruno