Ok guys.. just got an email saying my order shipped. So check your emails!!

I orderd on the 27th.. at around 10:00 AM.. I actually ordered a 10 GB unit (even though it said they were 'out of stock') at the time...

I am a happy man now =)

Nice to see you overseas guys finally happy. It was quite gloomy around here for the last day or two

(BTW, the only news about my order of 23rd was Rob's mail with recalculated price - I ordered before prices on international store got changed - but since it is handled by guys@empeg themselves I sleep peacefully :-)

on a related note.. i also recieved an additional email asking me to confirm my mailing address for a second order I placed on the 30th for a 20 gb unit..

So it looks like they might have enough units to cover all orders up until the 30th as well...

I ordered on the 26th and it shipped. I also ordered a FM tuner (said on back order) but it shows that it shipped also, so I am hoping that the FM tuner is really in the box when in comes.

although considering how SB has been screwing up orders as of late (placing the wrong items in the boxes) I am still a little nervous.. I don' think i'll be able to sleep easy until I have the unit in my grubby little hands.. heh

although considering how SB has been screwing up orders as of late (placing the wrong items in the boxes)

I had 3 items in my order but received only 2 but they were the correct items and the Rio-car was one of the items I did get and a tuner was the other. The missing item is something that is still in stock (lens kit) so it's not a supply issue.

Me too! I ordered my 10GB unit dec 27 at 10:00am and it just shipped! WooHoo! Good luck to the rest of you!

Yup. Just got an email saying my 20GB was shipped. I ordered on the 27th, not sure what time though.

Oh wow. I am actually getting one and a tuner too!! After wanting one forever it seems. Guess I'll be hanging on this board a lot in the near future. I wonder if I can take a vacation from work when I get it and spend a week playing with it. I'll try not to post too often for help.

With a bit of luck we'll clear the International shipping backlog tomorrow - but a few orders could run into Monday.

Rob

Is there a chance to have some units back in International store?
Maybe when you have fulfill all orders something could be in excess...
(I'm a big optimist)

Oh wow. I am actually getting one and a tuner too!!

Hey, Laura! Hooray for you. I certainly hope now that you are an empeg owner you will lurk less and post more!

tanstaafl.

You could email David ([email protected]) and ask for him to get back to you if any more stock were to become available.

Rob

but David from SonicBlue is involved in the US store? Because I'm writing from Italy and I could only order from International store...

No, David is based in Cambridge UK. He's the right guy for you to contact.

Rob

Thanks, I'm surprised that some of you remember me. Wow, I am an empeg owner. Has such a nice ring to it. I'm sure I will have a ton of questions when it arrives at my door but I will try and find the answers before I ask questions. But I am sure I will post more. And when I have enough money to buy an amp and speakers and get it installed in the Nova, I will be sure and take pictures and post them.

The board's features have changed so much since my last login. I just never felt like loging in or posting since I was only a wannabe owner before and felt I didn't have much to contribute. It feels good to be back.

I still can't believe that I am an owner. The shock will wear off eventually.

email sent. Thanks rob
I hope a day I'll be an Empeg owner

Are you going to install an empeg in that drag racing Nova of yours? :-D

Calvin

I'm sure I will have a ton of questions when it arrives at my door but I will try and find the answers before I ask questions.

Cool. Start here, of course.

So what's your installation going to be like? New amplifier and speakers, or slaving it to another stereo, or what? Aren't you driving a 70's-era muscle car? That should make the install interesting.

Hip Hip Hooray!!! I got an email with a tracking# for my 20GB player. I am so happy, I can't wait to get it installed in my car. I think I found my new online hangout here. I look forward to learning alot from you old timers. Good luck to all who ordered, I hope you all get yours too.

eddie

I am also one of the lucky ones who ordered on Nov 27th about 6pm. I just got shipping confirmation earlier today, Jan 3rd 3:30pm, my Rio Car Empeg 20gb is being shipped with the tracking info.

Right now I have no amp or speakers for the Nova and no money for at least a couple of months to buy anything. Then I will have to save up for the install fee. Or think about putting it in my company Dodge Caravan that I drive most of the time. For now I will be content to hook it up to my stereo once I learn how to do that. And unfortuantely I will be working many hours for the next couple of weeks including weekends so I won't have much time to play. It's left the building now and is on it's way.

I'm surprised that some of you remember me

I bet a lot of us remember you actually. Not many women have spent much time here (I think you where #2 of 3?) and even less of them had cool cars :-)

and even less of them had cool cars :-)

You don't think Sally Crewe's V-8 powered MG-B is a cool car?
And Aouali has her empeg installed in a Mercedes Benz -- that's somewhat cool.

Of course, to be really cool, you need to have your empeg installed in a Ford Taurus station wagon. I believe there are two of us on the bbs now that have done that!



tanstaafl.

Mine seems to have made it to Indianapolis yesterday, on its way to MA, but now it shows back in Oakland, CA. What are they trying to do to me! I'm a nervous wreck.

Thanks for that link Tony. I'll start there tonight when I have some time to read. Mine's in Oakland too this morning so it will be sometime next week when I will finally get it. Guess then I will add to my signature the # of it if they still have them.

Sometimes the comments in a FedEx tracking record end up out of sequence. I doubt it got shipped back to Oakland...

Hi, Laura! Of course we oldtimers remeber you!

Are those RV4 and a biplane still in your future? That would be cool empeg installations!

What a memory you have. No, the guy who was building them is no longer in the picture. Those would have been good installs though. But he really wasn't into MP3's at all or music much so it would have just been wasted in his planes unless I was going along for a ride.

Uh-oh, you're admitting you're possibly a single woman on (well, it is!) a mainly male geek bbs. *And* you have a drag car.

You're brave

Hugo

You don't think Sally Crewe's V-8 powered MG-B is a cool car?

OK, two out of three.

And Aouali has her empeg installed in a Mercedes Benz -- that's somewhat cool.

Sorry, just doesn't do it for me. I never got sports sedans (granted I don't know which MB she has). [finds flame proof suit] Kinda like those Taurus SHOs, I mean what is the point anyway ;-)

-Mike

Well, I don't know about the Taurus SHO, but I'm really happy with my sporty-ish sedan. My Grand Prix GTP comes with heads-up display and 240 horsepower stock (modded a lot, after the fact)

The best thing about a car like that is the insurance. My camaro convertible I had before crashed (flooded road), and i'm paying 600$ *less* per 6 months for a much faster car.

It's still not as flashy as the convertible though

I just love sport sedans.... Contour SVT's, Taurus SHO's, BMW M3's, Audi A4's, my WRX etc.... of course I just love cars in general: hatchbacks, coupes. But sedans are soft of "sleepers". You can have fun in them, and in-laws don't think your just some hotroder.

Heh, I can't get away with that anymore. I had the exhaust done so i've got the low-end purr, and changing the induction box lets my supercharger get the proper high-end whine... say, kinda like my in-laws

I can't believe I went an ordered another one and I have yet to get the first one. Geez. This time a 60Gb, the sickness is upon me. Help!!

This time a 60Gb, the sickness is upon me. Help!!

Asking for that kind of help from this group is like asking for dietary advice in a candy store.

I did the same yesterday. Up to 3 now...2-20GB and 30GB. I plan to use 1 in car, 1 in home w/ nfs and ssh and other small apps from Linux Router Project code re-compiled for development and 1 for parts.

Hope SB doesn't start give'n em away next week!

Keil

But sedans are sort of "sleepers".

Yes, but I go one better than that -- my SHO is a Wagon, not a sedan. One of maybe a dozen in the whole world. It's not just a sleeper -- it's practically invisible, not to mention low-risk for theft and low-cost for insurance.

tanstaafl.

Wow! I SHO Wagon! I have seen a few of them around Dearborn, but always assumed it was another Ford "mule" or test car. I am a little spoiled in getting to see that kind of stuff. The new Cobra Eliminator is very nice too (coming out sometime this year). Very cool about the SHO Wagon though! The one I saw was white. I think they only did it for the first generation SHO's right?

Did they ever make Mondeo ST200's? I love the wheels on those babies!

Of course, the WRX comes in a wagon too

Sorry, just doesn't do it for me. I never got sports sedans (granted I don't know which MB she has). [finds flame proof suit] Kinda like those Taurus SHOs, I mean what is the point anyway ;-)

Well of course not. Who'd want one of those silly sports sedans?

I have the ultimate sleeper: a Taurus SHO Station Wagon! (see attached picture) One of maybe a dozen in the whole world. Practically invisible to police, low-risk for theft, low-cost to insure. And while it wouldn't stay with Laura's Nova (at least not for the first quarter mile) it will run with Corvettes and BMWs and the like. (No, not Z06's and M3's and the like, give a break and maybe just a little bit of license to exaggerate here...)

tanstaafl.

Wow! I SHO Wagon! I have seen a few of them around Dearborn, but always assumed it was another Ford "mule" or test car.

It is my understanding that Ford actually built two SHO wagons in 1991: a red one and a white one. The red one hit the show circuits and Car and Driver did a road test on it. The white one was more of a test mule. I don't know the ultimate fate of either of them.

The only ones I know of on the road are ones like mine where some lunatic swapped the parts from a wrecked SHO into a good wagon. I was able to find a little bit of the history of mine: the builder was a mechanic for a Ford dealership. Bought the wagon brand new, swapped out the interior and the power train, gave the car to his wife. I am the third owner of the car, bought it in New Hampshire for an absolutely unbelievable $1495, drove it to Alaska. ($1495 because (a) the owner had no idea of what he had -- just that it wasn't the "normal" engine; and (b) when he tried to trade it in on a mini-van the dealer wouldn't give him anything for it, because the dealer couldn't sell a car with the wrong engine and wrong transmission and wrong interior and God knows what else was wrong with it.)

tanstaafl.

Okay that woulud explain the lack of ground effects and the wrong wheels. The white one I saw was probably the mule you are refering to. It is at Ford's Proving Grounds in Dearborn, MI now. I saw a Miata with a V8 in it a month ago! I can't imagine it would handle too well, but reminded me a bit of the AC Cobra in concept! I also [italic]think[/italic] I saw what may have been the new Caddy built off of the next generation Corvette... (was too heavily camoflaged).

I also remember Ford stuffing the engine into a Windstar Minivan once and calling it the Shostar or something. Kinda funny. As if the Windstar wasn't unstable already!

My Nova isn't that fast tanstaafl. If you ever run it a quarter mile let me know your time and I will let you know if you beat mine or not. I get beat quite a bit really. The hoter you make them the more money they cost and I had a limit to the rebuild. But I still have fun and I have run into some guys who won't run against me but I think it is more they don't want a woman on the track more than that they thought I would beat them.

I just received a tracking number for my order placed on dec 31th. The bad thing.....I'm going to vegas for the next 3 days. I just know it will arrive on thurs when I'm still in vegas. It looks like I will have to fight the masses at the pick-up center on friday. Thats's quite OK....I will have a new toy to play with when I get back. S/B uses the Express Saver right? How many days to arrival in most cases?