R.I.P

[Strungup]

10/1997 - 10/ 2007 faithfull, loyal , service above and beyond the call of duty . For Bravery in Facing Hostile enviornments, hereby awarded the honor and title of " The Best of the Best "

Died on this Day Sept 25 ( my 14th Wedding anniversary) while playing Bruce Hornsby's .. The Road not Taken . Off of the Albumn "Scenes from the Southside" 1988 .

Survived by "Blue " closest living relative , also an MZ-R50 ,Having no real experience with this viscous world , who expressed utter disbelief and tears shed upon learning of her Partners fate .

Having recorded discs beyond rememberable counting , Go in Peace , My Freind .

Silver Sony MZ-R50 .

[Superbaldguy]

10 years is great for any MD unit, most newer ones will not go half that long. How did it "die," do you have a BLANK DISC showing?

My R50 is about 5 years old, never use it as a recorder, should last as long as your R50 did.

[Strungup]

10 years is great for any MD unit, most newer ones will not go half that long. How did it "die," do you have a BLANK DISC showing?

My R50 is about 5 years old, never use it as a recorder, should last as long as your R50 did.

Just stopped reading or playing anything , put several discs in , wouldnt read them .

[Superbaldguy]

I assume you have checked the battery and tried the AC adapter. This is sad, I feel for you.

[bluecrab]

I'm hoping a deck would last longer than a portable, or doesn't portable/deck matter? One of my decks (a Pioneer MJ-D508) is 7 or 8 years old and still works as new - when I use it (it's mostly retired). My other decks are newer. You think after 10 years or so they're going to give it up? There's four of them that get used often.

Two or three others did in fact have premature deaths. Basically these units are irreplaceable, or will be. :-(

I still feel comitted to MD, although since I've had a Marantz CD5001 (cd player), I have realized just what MD's "near-CD quality" means. Still plenty good for me!