Do you think the folks at empeg set out with the idea "we're going to produce and market a product with the smallest area of interest"? No, that's just the way it had to be.

I do not totally agree with that. If the guys at empeg could make the same player at a fraction of the price it is now, they would probably add some extra features on user-request, which would make the player go up in price again.
I thought it was Hugo's aim to set up a personal high-quality music system. As his project evolved, requests from like-minded people came in to persuade hugo in creating some more units. I do not think it was Hugo's intention to conquer the world, although he has clearly put a mark on computer-history.

Please do not get me wrong; with my original post, I was just setting up some criticism for people to think about. I've seen enough action taken by the empeg-guys to believe that this is coming to a good end. After all, which parent would leave it's first-born to die a sudden death?



Frank van Gestel