My overall impression of the thing is as follows: It is SO MUCH BETTER than using your PC as a music server. In the same way that the Empeg Car is better than any other car-based music solution, this is better than any home-based music solution. Combined with one or more Receivers it's awesome.

This is excatly the point that the /.ers miss. Yes there are things that can do it for less cash, but to have it all work seamlessly in one unit is soooooo much better.

I would really like to see the transfer of songs between the car player and the HSX, much in the same way you can, apparently, do with the other rio devices.

Background ripping is such a useful feature too. When I rip a CD, i generally leave the computer alone so there aren't any glitches.
Regarding upgrades, are there other features still to come out which aren't fully implemented? Much like the EQ in the pre-release days of empeg?