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Am I right in thinking that, on the MZ-R37, unless you take the MD out, it will automatically go to the end of the last recording when you power it up by pressing play? How do more recent models deal with not wiping out your previous material when you go into record mode?

Well in the end I picked up an MZ-R37 and AT804, and bought an adapter cable for £11.99 from Eastern Electronics. I have to say, great service and advice. The mic also works well via my little Spirit Notepad mixer. And the recording quality to the recorder, to my ear, is fab. Thanks for all the tips.

Thanks for this. One more thing: the MZR37 says it doesn't have a mic sensitivity switch, but otherwise looks like a nice, rugged machine for doing some basic interviews, and readily available on the s/h market. The MZ-R55 does have mic sensitivity, but doesn't appear to be so durable or geared up for easy recording operation (I could be wrong!). From what I've read the audio technica mic is OK with a suitable cable for MD recording, but is this sensitivity thing likely to be a big deal with either the AD or the Sony mics? Thanks in advance.

Hi On the MZR37, can you use a 'non powered mic' in what the manual describes as 'powered mic' socket? I was considering getting an Audio Technica AT804 reporter's mic, but wouldn't want to blow it up! Or can anyone suggest a slightly less expensive mic for field interviewing type work? Thanks

I'm really sorry if this is a repeat posting - I seem to have spent some time going round and round reading posts that are very useful but which don't quite answer my question: I want to know if there's a uk model which will upload my field recordings via usb to my Mac? (It would obvously need a mic input). Is the software required in the box? And I ony have usb 1, so I assume that, if there is such a machine, it would work but just be slower than usb 2 (s my iRiver mpeg player does.) Many thanks for any info