I spent over $1800 for a 30 gig over 1.5 yrs ago. I would do it again in a heart beat. This is an awesome product, and awesome team at Empeg. I don't think there's going to to be another product that comes close to the Empeg for quite a while judging by the pressure to make "consumer" grade stuff and the crap that Sony and Pioneer previewed recently (similar in price, BTW).
--Andrew
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MK2, 30Gig, red, 080000202 in Dinan, Cosmos Black, '98 BMW M3