Having used my Empeg now and nothing else for amost a year I was beginning to question how safe it was to use while driving. Being rather lazy and not having created much in the way of playlists I have basically one playlist that seperates the contents by artist and album. Although my collection of music is not very large, I have somewhere around 180 artists and maybe 500 albums. The time it takes to get to a specific Artist / Album does divert my attention from driving. So anyway, last weekend I bought a new stereo for the car. It was a Sony CDX-630. I actually liked it but did not like the fact that the faceplate could not be removed. I was afraid of being ripped off so I took the unit back. Now I had a hole in my dash as it would be a couple of days before I purchased a new stereo. I really like having music and a radio while driving to work so I can listen to traffic reports and plan my route accordingly. I grabbed my Rio 250 portable and a set of headphones to have something to get by with until I picked up the new unit. While driving to work I was made very aware of just how much better the Empeg is than Anything you have to put cd's in. Opening cd cases, shuffling cd's, Looking for the cd you want to play. Oh yeah, I love my Empeg.