Aside from the fact that I am ashamed to say I needed yet another music gadget, I just read some reviews and I find that I bought it at a pretty good price (99bucks), that I can buy a pack of recordable minidiscs for fifteen bucks for 15 or so, and that if I beef it up to it's top recording ability I can get five hours of music on one disc.

    It runs on one double AA battery and the sound quality is excellent. I think I can record myself from the computer and an external mic and I know I can record what I have recorded to the computer with my other gadget, the Boss 532 digital four track I have. It is plain and fits in my pocket. Definitely a improvement over the unwieldly CD player!

    So, since I am such a weakwilled consumer, Max....baaaaa baaaaa...more advertising!!!