There doesn't have to be a 1:1 correspondence between your hard disk and your Empeg. So you can drag the songs from the Jaz onto Emplode, hit the "Synch" button, wait for Emplode to send those songs to the Empeg, then swap in another Jaz cartridge, and repeat the process. Emplode is like a "dumb terminal". It can only organize data on the Empeg itself, and send new songs to the Empeg. It doesn't care where the song files come from, or how many different times you send new songs to the Empeg.

Still, since you can't easily copy songs directly off of the Empeg, I recommend keeping your MP3's backed up somehow. I have an 8-gig hard disk on my computer where I store all my MP3's. If something ever happens to the Empeg's hard disks, I can simply re-send all the songs. But you don't have to do that.

Tony Fabris
Empeg #144