safish

I just spoke with a Marantz rep in Germany. They will be releasing the PMD-660 in April at the Music Messe in Frankfurt. It will be about half the price of the 670 (which is still >1000 EUR). Still much more than a MD player, but there are tons of advantages: no moving parts, direct to mp3 or wav recording, easy to find media (compactflash), larger media (2 GB, 4GB), XLR mic jack, etc. All I can say is... finally!