Yes.
I've been two years without it and there's no way I can adapt to anything else. Evrey button I press on my Alpine X100, or my Parrot 9200, I can't help thinking "this would've been so much faster, effective, versatile, better, easier if done on my empeg". And, the iPod in the glove box crashes e very now and then and I need to pull it out and reset it. So poorly implemented (and yet considered among the best iPod receivers ever...).

I've had my MKIIa for a very long time now, over 10 years. It's been in my Dodge Dakota for the entire time I've had the truck (since 2000).

The Truck has over 200,000 miles on it and all the paint is coming off of it. It will be repainted in January...

My empeg lost one set of hard drives in 10 years, two Fujitsu drives which they replaced for free. The rotary knob died, the remote had to have the buttons repaired with a pencil, and I had to install the cold weather cap mod for the display.

Other than that, it's been rock solid for the past 10 years. I just blew out my rear passenger speaker (Kenwood), damn you Eminem!

I can't imagine having to use a different player to listen to music with. I've accumulated several other units over the years and will always have an Empeg in my car

My wife's cars, well they are another story! They all get factory GPS units with entertainment systems LOL.

Hi All!

I have been a proud owner over a MK2a since about 2000. What a great piece of equipment, in both hardware and software. This site has been such a great help to me over the years and I can't believe this is my first post since 2004.
My player is starting to show its age a little, with a flukey rotary knob and a few lines on the display getting a little dim. I know I can fix the knob and hope to do that someday. I was excited to grab a MK2 on ebay recently and plan on fixing that up to be my main player and using the MK2a as a backup.

Now if I can just get my hands on a tuner! I might post somewhere about that.

Anyways... what a great community here!
and I too can't imagine using another player.

Thank you!

As I drove down the highway the other day I heard a song play and wondered about the lyrics... "my empeg could do that"

Bluetooth integration, wifi, built-in radio and a couple of inputs would make the empeg (with the same UI) better then anything I could find today.

It's funny I should find this thread now.

I've been away from an empeg for about 3 years, and am looking at selling my 2 live units, and my 1 dev unit.

As has been said over and over again in this thread, nothing has actually come to replace it. The iPod interface itself and the interface that head units used to interrogate the iPod are still clunky. Not to mention that I could happily spend an evening hacking the interface, and controller the way I wanted them.

I'm now looking to also get rid of my Kenwood W7044U, and BT-300, which is about a year old, maybe in favour of a Parrot ASTEROID.

I still think the limiting factor of the aftermarket iPod interfaces, is the iPod database.

Did you ever find another Tuner?

-Ben

I'm such an anti-fan of apple products for all sorts of reasons. I'm regularly amazed that people put up with all the issues that surround its use.

But then again.. most people drive automatic trans cars too. (shrug)

-Ben

Unfortunately a lot of cars are automatic only. I wish my newest car was available with a manual trans. (Ditto shrug)

And here I'm, just waiting for driverless cars, so that I can have the convenience of a personal vehicle, without the inconvenience of having to waste my time doing the driving. (Then I can restrict my real driving to a track, where I would, of course, insist on a manual.)

I just remembered the worst install competition I won in 2002. Also a decade has gone. Wow.
This picture is taken today. The Empeg is still on my desk and I'm still proud of it. Not just of it but also of the community. Hey, we are more than 10 years old and still we are together - well, more or less.

Do you remember the meet in Amersfoort in 2002, or was it in 2003 in real? Or both? Who knows..

And also my website built in 2002/2003 is still alive, remembering of it.
http://empeg.rowi.net

Are these the good ol' times, people talk about?

best regards from Germany..
Rolf

Amersfoort 2003!

Just got back from a rather rainy weekend at the Assen racing track. On the way we drove past Amersfort, and I fondly remembered all the Empeg meets... Well, I was running out of different vehicles to bring...

Things are looking up;

Riocar = Illuminated buttons, custom visual, now a new 40Gb HDD, with mlord new builds on, as old hdd clicking like Dorothy from the Wizard Of Oz.

Empeg = As was, v2 10 gb, fired up no probs.

Dev unit = Was getting annoyed with cf adapters, etc. Now with the new build, master and slave 2 x 8gb cf. working fine.

All displays okay.
Rotory knobs a little schizo due to use.

Happy Days!!

What's in contained in the 10 framed pictures?

I know, dumb question. I usually see Patent Grants in this format.

Ross

Those are empeg PCBs mounted as an award for the various contests at the meet.

That makes sense.

Thanks Tom!

Ross

Had a blast at Amersfoort - especially as I had just come from a 3 day team event from work (read 'piss up') at Noordwijk.

Good memories.

Coincidentally, just had a gig tonight, and after we came off the t-shirt I had to change into was an Empeg one, and I did get asked about it by a drunk goth :-)

Still have my empegs going strong - one in my office, one in the Beast. Long may they last :-)

Jane & I have got to catch your band live at some point. Maybe next spring/summer/fall (TBD).

We are still trying to work out logistics for a north american tour (mostly around financials for taking that much time off work) but if that comes off I will let you know (heh - I'd let everyone know, I'd be so delighted :-)

Failing that, the videos page on http://www.metaltech.me has some of our live nonsense.