I was lucky enough to order tuners for both my MarkII empegs when they became available (acutally didn't order an empeg until they were available). In my area (southern california) most radio stations are owned by one of nine companies, which offer about four formats. The best stations are actually on AM here. I did have a european spec radio at one time with the sw/lw and there is some interesting stuff to listen to here on those bands. I would buy two tuner kits to gain these bands, provided the player software supported it.

Thanks for listening!

Larry