Why are EMC-1 s being dumped on market?

I didn't mean to imply, having seen a bunch at the show, that it means that they must therefore be wonderful. (And if I gave that impression, which reading back I very well might have, it wasn't my intent). I'd wanted to give one a listen for a while and had never actually seen one in person, so they kept catching my eye. They all sounded fine to me but, in the course of wandering in and out of rooms with all sorts of different gear, I'm not nearly sophisticated enough to even guess what contributaion (or impairment) it may have lent to any given setup. More than anything, I was impressed by how cool they looked. Really nice. Pretty superficial, eh? But, what the heck, I went for eye candy as much as ear candy.

I'd like to hear thoughts on this one, too. Interestingly, I would have to say that at the Stereophile show last weekend there were probably more EMC-1's in exhibitors' setups that any other CD player (at least that I noticed). Must have seen at least 4 or 5 of them in various setups. I left with the impression that a disporportionate number of exhibitors, when they didn't have a particular CD player to hawk, chose to bring the ECM-1 when deciding what to show off their other gear with. Wasn't keeping track, but I was surprised to keep seeing them in room after room. If people are really dumping them (there is some buzz about an upgrade?) then I'd sure be happy to consider picking one up on the cheap...