Well, this is my first post! I've got some history with MD. I've had 2 decks and transfered lots of records, tapes, etc. But I was ready to buy an mp3 player recently until I learned I needed to do some live recording. Honestly, if it wasn't for that, I wouldn't have bought my new recorder. (MZ-RH910) I really like it though, and I think it will keep me from getting an mp3 player for now. I'm still figuring out the software/hardware issues. The biggest gripe right now is the speed. Changing tracks take way longer than I thought it would, but I guess that's fairly minor.