Hi Guys I am Vicente from Spain and it is my first message into your comunity. I mean that I do not speak English and to communicate using the google translator. Therefore, I ask forgiveness if some things when I speak is not well understood. Also ask that if we speak with me, your try to use an easy language for me, but I do not understand anything. Well, I do not have almost no knowledge of the MD, but for many years I'm using my Sony JE 530 and my Sony MDX 580. And I have many doubts about this issue. I will change my JE 530 by another MD deck and I need your advice because your are a great community. My doubts are these: I want an MD deck for more quality than my current JE 530 and I thought of buying something through Ebay. My first choice is an JE 980, but if I can not find one in good condition, I would like to know what other MD deck miscanthus are within the sound quality in recording and reproduction. I always burn of CD to MD, maybe a Md deck onkyo, kenwood, pioneer,........ What another MD deck are good as JE 980?? I also doubt if I buy an MD deck or maybe it would be better to directly buy a HI-MD, perhaps the Onkyo FX 105 S. Of course if I buy a HI-MD, I am only interested in the quality of recording and playback on disks 80 min, 1 GB I'm not interested, because I might not play in my car. I hope your advice in this issue and thanks very much for everything. Regards Vicente