Agreed, Tony (my first reply to huh was similar), but thinking about alternatives if our EOLed toys die is natural.

In order to have something remotely similar to empeg, the greatest chalange would be quality of audoi hardware, packaging and, above all, player SW. If forced, I would probably try and lash together something of my own: one of those Cappuccino or whatever boxes under the seat, external USB audio box (instead of internal chip or card), remote LCD, Sonny stalk or similar and Linux. I would then start with DigitalDJ or similar and slowly build my player SW. However, that would still be crude (if fun) substitute, not replacement.