"I have always maintained that these players would be a bargain at twice the price, and that was at their original prices. So I don't see how $799 is a ripoff."

Uh, ok, but that doesn't mean it isn't a rip off to the MANY people who only bought one after the prices dropped a lot.

To me and most music lovers I know the limit on any mp3 player for a car is/was about $400 US. Anything above that in our minds just to listen to music(in any way) is a "rip off"..

To MANY people in the world any automobile that costs more than $30,000 US is a rip-off. Sure, it may be the best car in the world but to me $40,000 is a rip off for any kind of ground-based personal transportation..

Hey I respect this board and the people here and am glad the empeg community exists but am I the only one here who thinks there are just a few too many pompous annoyances present?

-John M