I was just sitting here at work when I got to thinking. "How does the empeg compare to an equivalent amount of CD changers?" I asked myself. In other words, how much would it cost to buy enough CD changers to match the storage capacity of an empeg.
Now, obviously, you can't put 10 CD changers into a car, but I was more curious as to the value you get from the storage of an in-dash MP3 player.
So I found an average price for 10-disc CD changers on mysimon.com (again, this is probably not an accurate measurement, so don't criticize too much
), which ended up being about $250. I then said okay, I have a total of 740 possible minutes in one changer. That's about 12.2 hours. I used the approximate amount of time possible at 128KB/sec from empeg.com.
Here is the price comparison I gathered from this.
empeg size - empeg cost - cost of CD changers
6GB - $1199 - $2032
12GB - $1299 - $4065
18GB - $1549 - $6097
36GB - $1949 - $12195
Now does that show value or what? And with the empeg, you get portability and the best display of any head unit (in my opinion)!
Of course, the real reason I did this was three-fold.
I-
a) wanted to show the great value of the empeg (and justify the cost to my self at the same time)
b) was bored at work
c) have to pass the time with something till I get my empeg!
DiGNAN