http://www.empeg.com/empeg.html

has such interesting FAQ like:

How has this affected the car player?

New Revised answer: SonicBlue means that after we completed our main production run, we're going to ensure that the only way to get any future product will be for us to sell it to some middle-man company via an OEM arrangement, let them mark it up further, and let THEM sell it to you.

The tuner module has been finalised by Rio's electronics facility in Germany and is expected to become available during Q2 2001.

should now read: "The tuner module was available in a limited production run, and if you didn't get it while you could, you're fairly screwed unless we decide to do another run of them."

That page is just one of those things that you look back on and go "Hmmmmmm"

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