; i love MD too. several years ago when i first went into university, i bought myself a MD recorder whose type is SONY R70, which is a very old virsion. and when i graduated from my bachler, i got interested in the SONY E10, 10 years anniversary product, it's very attractive and sexy. i remembered when SONY released E10, SHARP, who is always proud of its sound system, also released its new type DS8 at nearly the same time. and of course, it's very hard for consumers to make a choice, so my friend and i finaly decided that we purchased them each and share them each other, sure it's a very good way to experience both of them...After that i turned my way to IPOD VIDEO for around a year, my feeling of it is 30G is really fantastic that i can bring my music libarary any time any where, but the poor performance of battary always bother me a lot!! and the sound quality is also not that good, my friend noticed me before that IPOD is not bornd to sound, and i now think he's right...So now i decided go back to the family of MD, my latest choice is SONY RH1 and it's already on the way from Japan ( I purchased it via Japanese shop on the Internet). wish such experence can never stop its pace.