I'm thinking about selling my 80gb empeg, but was wondering if there is anything better out right now. I know the neo jukebox doesn't come close. I was looking into really high end range. Maybe $2000 or so.

Nope.

not for playing music in a car.

If you have an empeg, then you already know how great it is. There are other products out there which may have features that the empeg doesn't, or, in some people's opinions, look "cooler" than the empeg. But nothing out there comes close to the empeg's stability or functionality. And it wins in so many other categories, simply because of this community. "Add-onability," for example. I'm sure you've seen the links at the top of the page.

It would take extremely dire circumtstances for me to consider selling my empeg. And, when the day comes that I look for a new car, I won't consider it unless the empeg will fit (where it's supposed to).

Am I biased? Of course. I own the best piece of music related in car electronics that ever existed. The empeg is many, many years ahead of its time.

You could rent a DJ for your car. Make sure he comes with a good collection, and that you really don't want to use that seat...

Better at what as a music player not much can come close, as to having a better sound a few of the high end ones out there do sound a bit crisper but they only play one CD at a time.

there is the other car player designed by empeg towers but not too sure what that is like or even if it is offically released into the wild yet.

GET OUTA HERE!!!

Is there anything better than the empeg?

Well, I hear that there's a new software-based in-car player coming out in about a week.

Well, I hear that there's a new software-based in-car player coming out in about a week.

¿Que?

What's the website Jim? Is it the one from Russia?

¿Que?

(Finally! Jim gets a Carpal Tunnel to take the hook!!)

Well, my statement was maybe a bit of an exaggeration, but it was my sneaky way to answer the original question. No, there's nothing better. Oh, and by the way, in, hmmm... 2 or 3 days, it gets even better!

Greetings!

I am not aware of anything better. Especially since the empeg is so upgradable with hardware addons, software addons. Even the kernel and player software is upgradable...

<-- feels rumblings from Jim that something that we don't know about will happen at the Empeg meet.

yeah, someone better have their camera ready...

<-- feels rumblings from Jim that something that we don't know about will happen at the Empeg meet.

I only know what I read here on the BBS....

Rob V. 31 May: "As for public releases, I'm tossing around this idea of bringing a stack of CD's to Amersfoort this year.."
Rob V. 6 June: "Anything released at Amersfoort will be released to the web afterwards, if it is considered to be stable enough! "
Rob Schofiel 28 June: "... that something pretty exciting in the way of software may materialise at the owner's meet next weekend. Yeah, no joke, no windup...."

I really hope that I am not somehow adding 2 plus 2 to get 37, but if this all means what I *think* it means, then I will be a very happy boy!

yeah... someone better have a cd-burner ready...

not even a "..." ?!?!

oh man!

NO.

I don't know much about this but has anyone else seen or heard anything?

http://www.omnifimedia.com/

Wow, looks like a Neo Jukebox.... How innovative! How cutting edge! How..... Shite!

I'd venture to say that for $2000 and a lot of time you could probably make something better in terms of FEATURES. I.e. you could make an in-car computer with DVD playing capability, GPS navigation etc.. (since you can add a LCD screen). Stability wise though you can't touch the empeg. It's almost depressing for us do-it-yourselfer types. You simply can't make anything better when it comes to ease of use and good design.