Design quality of MZ-RH1

[infoman]

Given the quality of the button design my MZ-NH900, is it worth getting an MZ-RH1? Are the buttons like to fail in much the same way, after a couple of years?

My old MZ-R900 only failed because I knocked the recorder onto the floor. That was my fault. However after that all the buttons still worked, even if I could only play and not record. That isn't the case with my MZ-NH900 and I haven't personally damaged it.

Also I never had a recording corrupt on my MZ-R900 but I've had one corrupt on my MZ-NH900. May be it's just luck on the part of my MZ-R900.

Infoman

[A440]

Given the quality of the button design my MZ-NH900, is it worth getting an MZ-RH1? Are the buttons like to fail in much the same way, after a couple of years?

This is solely my opinion, but I think the NH900 was a thoroughly misbegotten unit. Stop and Pause on the same button? Was someone on drugs?

The RH1 design doesn't resemble it at all. Obviously none of us have had one long enough to use it for years, but it's definitely not the NH900 painted black. Sony seems to have given the RH1 a lot of thought. and I would expect it to be far less buggy.