Well, the player probably isn't experiencing them, I am.

Eg. Searching. I use the remote to activate the search option. Then I have to press 'search' several times to get to the title or artist search field (most of my searches are for a specific song or artist. And what the hell is PIN anyway?)
Now, I got the impression from reading the manual that I should be able to reach those search fields by hotkeys on the remote (numbers 2,3,5,6,9). But when I press "2" for an artist seach I get a "tweak order - no matching artist" error. What am I doing wrong?

Also I can't seem to get the empeg connect to my pc via ethernet. USB is no problem but I get the impression it's downright sloooooow. (it actually took me more than 6 hours to fill a 10 gig HD, is this normal?)
I added a second ethernet card to my sysyem. Gave it an IP adress. Connected directly to the card with a crossover cable. Still, the empeg does not show up in Emplode. Again, am I doing something wrong or forgetting something?

I've toyed around with it for a couple of hours now, and all I can say is WOW! It's everything I've expected it to be AND MORE. The search funtions are incredible and very easy to use thanks to that fuzzy algorithm. It was more expensive than the Neo I got rid of, but now I know why too. Quality always shines and comes at a cost. The Neo was not bad either. I mean, it got the job done, it played mp3 files. But putting the Empeg next to it is like comparing a VCR (one of those old ones, with only one head ) to a DVD player!

Again : very impressed.