Umm, the fact that altman, the designer of the product, says as much isn't proof enough?

Ok, how about the fact that I transfered 30GB with both ethernet as well as USB? And let me tell you, the ethernet wound was quite a bit faster. I wish I had written down the times, but I wasn't doing it for an excersize in benchmarking the empeg.

If you can use ethernet, use it - USB is next to useless for the empeg, IMO. Its use is limited to emplode. With ethernet you've got access to do pretty much anything to the player.

Bruno