Nope, not interested... =)
Mainly because encoding would be a fair bit slower than on a PC, putting tags in would be a nightmare with the remote and remember that you can't (easily) pull tunes off the empeg, so if you wanted to change tracks, you would have to re-encode from the cd, instead of re-uploading from your computer.
In addition, a separate hard disc leads to all sorts of problems...
I'd rather use my computer for encoding and the empeg for playback; That's what they're best at... =)

Jazz
(List 112, S/N 00030, 4 gig blue)