Electrocompaniet EMC-1: let's talk?


"The history of the player is:
24/96 (original)
24/192 (upgraded DAC)
24/192 UP (upgraded DAC plus various internal component upgrades).

The "SE" and "MKII" designations refer to the 24/192 UP and 24/192 players. Neither of these are actually official names given by Electrocompaniet. Someone (dealer or customer) referred to the EMC-1 players as "SE" and "MKII" some months back and the names just kinda' stuck."
The above from the horse's mouth, an authorized dealer. After having gone through hell selling my Dodson 217 MK II D, competing w/guys mistakenly advertising their units w/out mentioning they were upgraded and not the latest model, I'm a bit sensitive to mis-categorizations, no matter how innocent. (Anyone playing these games should be pilloried in front of an array of Bose speakers).
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You mean EC still hasn't "fixed" this on the newest players? This option, unbelievably, is not available on any EMC-1 CD player. I was not too thrilled when I discovered this fact after buying mine. Afterall, having never seen this option excluded, I didn't think to ask if it was included. It's the one real mistake I believe EC made when producing it. The closest the EMC-1 gets to this option is to let you view the remaining time on the "entire" CD. Even $50 players have this option! Maybe this feature is not viewed as important overseas, but in my view it's just another example of a company not understanding its global market.
I agree that this missing feature isn't such a glaring problem that you would ask for your money back. It's just so stupid to leave out a feature that appears on almost every other player in existence! I mean, how could you not list the track time and track remaining time?? I never inquired directly to EC to see if there was some fix. They aren't very quick when responding to questions by e-mail, anyway. I guess we'll just have to trust the CD cover track times, when they are listed. But that's the real problem. On some CD's, the times are not listed, and if would be nice to see the track time on the player.