Hm... my unscientific done-while-driving-75-on-New-Jersey-highways analysis of the empeg random leads me to the conclusion: I like it. It's not "random", it's more of "a good mix". It seems to try and pick from different playlists the majority of the time, picking from the same occasionally. I'd love to know how the assumed logic in the previous sentence applies to randomizing a playlist with nested playlists. I could explain it with a drawing better than in words, so I'll just pas (also because my assumption of the randomization is probably totally wrong). Either way, empeg random always gives me "a good mix."