thanks for the warm welcome. yes glad I kept it together as iam a big sony supporter and an even bigger sony MD supporter. sorry to see the humble minidisc being discontinued as I felt it was and I guess to a lesser extent, still is a unique format worthy of use for many years to come. like a hybrid between a floppy disc, a CD and a tape, just plain unique.
I understand the lure of a fancy solid state mp3 player with no moving parts. my kids have them, my friends and family have them, but I just love the feel, the look and the fact that there is moving parts in minidisc players i. love loading a disc and hearing that noise as its being read, I love the feel of a disc in my hand, love even the different types and colours of the discs, I love everything about them full stop!!!!!
right that's my rant over thanks once again for your replies