Hi all, am a newbie to these boards and first time posting so be gentle with me! I've been a firm fan of Sharp MDs since I got my first one around 6/7 years ago (god is it *really* that long ago!) and, when my faithful 866 decided to start playing up before Xmas thought, right, time to get a new one............ It's proving nigh on impossible to find a Sharp unit here in the UK now they've been discontinued - is there *anywhere* that still do them? Failing that, is is possible these days with Sony units to alter rec levels on the fly? I tend to do a lot of, er, field recordings I'm not worried about getting a HiMD unit, but I *do* need a mic input. If I had realised Sharp were going to pull the plug, I would have upgraded while I still had the chance