I'm at the crossroad between a mz-rh1 or zoom h4. Lots of people I talked to write off the mini disc as soon as you can say "compressed audio" and "near extinction". Now I've been telling them that the MD nowaday records PCM, up to 16/44.1! Also the fact that MD is not going to extinct since Sony is marketing MD now as a field recorder and not personal audio player, but this all goes to deaf ears. Since the fact that the RH1 is very rare in my country (how ironic that the RH1 is made in Malaysia, it's not selling here) I started looking up the Zoom H4. First impressions: Stereo Mic, AA Batteries!, 2 XLR/Hi Z input, SD memory card. Now I want to get a field recorder to record live band performance and maybe some ambience back at my hometown. I have yet to listen to a full band set recording on the H4 (all the recording I heard so far is mainly acoustic instruments - which is not really my thing) but I've heard of a Mogwai concert recorded with the RH10 and the quality impressed me (although the compression is audible - still, can be fixed). By the fact that I have not acquired either the RH1 or the H4, (putting aside your love to mini disc) which recorder would you guys recommend?