What to say about mon amour, the glorious mzr-900? my baby is now five years old, it had some problems due to a *** technician who couldn't manage to clean its lents properly and forced me (at low price indeed) to change the pickup.. I've changed the battery however, and now the playtime is astonishing long.. as new.. I really dream to find a way to calculate how much I used this unit.. it would be a so huge amuont of hours.. and it always looks new, cool (still in 2007 people owning that poor i-stuff look at me like an alien..) and perfect.. sound is great!! recording is ok, but I confirm the problem with the battery housing opening too easily! Just today, if I can manage it, I'm going to buy an MZ-N10 player at 120€ (Italy) to save up some lifetime for my R900... anyway that player is a jewel.. P.S. if only sony would make an Hi-Md deck... RH1 is anyway my dream..