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Well I think Sony are big, rich and arrogant enough not to need your defense! ........ just remembered another addition to the list of things all the sites tell you it has - HD Digital amp - which of course it hasn't. The RH10 certainly has a slightly different sound balance than the NH900 but I can''t say I prefer one over the other - my old MZ-R35 sounds totally different and in many ways "better" than both newer models!

First of thanks to everyone for all the information and of course the hack for the RH10. Last night I was just about to repack my RH10 for return to the retailer - having found the final insult from Sony regarding the missing letters/symbols in the titling pages! Having already discovered that, contrary to most websites description of the unit it:- 1)Does NOT have a graphic equaliser (presets are not Graphic Equalisers even if you do show a pretty picture of where the sliders are) 2)Disc Memory is pretty useless as it only saves the "Custom" equaliser settings - which it did not have 3)Does not have a pitch control - never used it on the NH900 anyway - so no worries there really 4)Does NOT have a built in alarm function or Date/Time Stamping 5)Does NOT have Virtual Surround Sound - sounded grim on the NH900 - so no loss I think 6)Does NOT have a Line out facility 7)Comes with a "new style" remote - yeh - cheap, tacky and no LCD! Anyway I have applied the "destination" hack and voila - I have Custom 1 & 2 equaliser settings, all the letters of the alphabet are available on the titling tables and presumably I have the full 5mW output at the phone socket - I only generally use upto about 50% volume as the Sen PX100s are fairly efficient. I was so eager to carry out the adjustment that I forgot to note the actual setting for the EU destination - perhaps someone could oblige - just in case the unit has to go back to Sony. Just a thought - as the Japanese versions come with the full remote and all the facilities enabled - would setting my unit to Japan, with English language, be possible and if so what extra facilities (if any) would I get - DTS would be good? Finally, one last thing I have noted - I generally record my music in Hi-SP direct from CDs via Simple Burner - before I did the hack I could edit the song titles and artists etc on the RH10 itself - that's how I discovered the "missing letters" syndrome - now it will not let me do this - saying "Cannot Edit" - in fact the only thing I can change is the Disc title - has anyone else noticed this - is there a reason? Thanks again to everyone - I am now happier with my purchase - Sony take note - perhaps you might listen to your customers one day - no, sorry I forgot that would take a miracle. (Anyone interested in a mint MZ-NH900?)