As Stewart mentioned (thanks Stewart for bringing it up by the way, I have been meaning to do so), there are some "black market" EMC-1 players finding their way into the US through one individual. He has since been banned from Audiogon, but it has come to my attention that he has started sending private emails to some folks here on AGon, offering brand new EMC-1's at about 50% of retail. If you receive one of these emails, then BUY AT YOUR OWN RISK, as the warranty will NOT be honored! As Stewart stated, serial numbers to those players that come through the US distributor are being recorded by Electrocomapniet. If a player is sent in for warranty work from the US and the serial number does not match any on the list, you are out of luck.
...Mike
...Mike