My A1SE has been running for over 40 months now with no problems except the USB debounce thingy. It's in use every day, has only had 1 data error that could possibly be attributed to any Articia DMA bugs (and that was within the first couple of months when using Suse 7.3).
I've had far flakier x86 boards and the A1 at an original price of £550 or so has provided what I consider to be good value for money.
It amazes me how some people seem to have an unfortunate desire to denigrate someone else's good news or happiness.
@Wilse:
Good to hear it's up and running. Have fun.