Ah... it was there after all... I just overlooked it as it was near the end of the statup string of messages.

Starting player
Using non-standard cache size 76 (adjustment 8)
player.cpp : 385:empeg-car 2.00-beta11 2002/02/08.
Prolux 4 empeg car - 2.1434 Feb 7 2002
Vcb: 0x404cd000

Whereas before I made the change it just said

Starting player
player.cpp : 385:empeg-car 2.00-beta11 2002/02/08.
Prolux 4 empeg car - 2.1434 Feb 7 2002
Vcb: 0x4054d000

Anyway, it's already restarted itself after about an hour with this new cache setting....

Thanks for the suggestion though..... I'll keep this setting for awhile and see if it helps any during regular use (as opposed to these tests where it was just sitting in standby).

I think I will also grab my virgin spare and see if it behaves the same way with various code releases.