I've noticed a lot of new members on the boards lately... is it just me?

1st Wave: empeg (always lowercase! ) Mk1 is shown at www.empeg.com... queue builds up...
2nd Wave: empeg Mk2 hits the streets....
3rd Wave: RioCar (empeg Mk2a) comes out? No... nobody knew it came out thanks to Rio! the 3rd Wave was when the RioCar was discontinued and everyone picked up a player for $200.
4th Wave: At first I thought the increase in new members was due to the Karma, but most new members seem to have empegs.... are these people that picked "closeout" RioCars 2nd hand?

I just started visiting this BBS a few weeks ago (after a 3 month leave) so maybe I'm off base here?