Its working fine now. I think the first time through it just took longer than I "thought" it should. Every single synch since has been fine, and the new drive is REAL quiet. I had to put my ear actually ON the drive to even hear it.

Also, I got to "test" it out yesterday. Left the empeg in the car overnight, morning was a balmy 1 degree F. It had cold-soaked all night, and when I started my car it fired right up and booted into the radio. SWEET! These EE25.1 are supposed to be rated to MINUS 40F! I hope I never see that....

Now, back to re-ripping everything to FLAC. Still not sure what to do about the MP3 quality issue I mentioned in my other thread...

Thanks everyone!
Jeff