Well, for what it's worth, the volume ran away from me again. I had just pressed the button to advance to the next track (front panel), and it advanced to the next track, and then started advancing the volume; stepping up at the seemingly appropriate intervals. Although, I must admit that it did choose a rather appropriate time to do it :) a killer tune happened to be the next one in the shuffle. I noticed nothing out of the ordinary (other than the volume increasing without me involved); though, now that I think about it, the last time it happened I had it in 'shuffle' mode as well. Maybe that's a common factor? In any event, great design work!, the Empeg sure knows when to kick up the volume and jam for a while! :)