Sony Minidisc players- can't live with them, can't live without them, at least not if you have a huge archive of live recordings made in LP mode......

Like Diane, my previous two MD recorders died a death just out of the guarantee period (as did a Sony CD/ radio player) which is enough to make me avoid all Sony products for ever more.

Still, having got a huge pile of recordings to transfer (in real-time- yawn!) before editing, burning to CD etc, I bit the bullet and got an MZ-B10, which has the advantage over all the other portable recording devices I've ever owned of having a built-in mic and speakers. Pretty rough quality, but convenient for recording and listening back to rehearsals, workshops etc (nothing to plug in, just hit the big red button). I've got good results using a line out from the desk at gigs, but it's a pain if you want to do anything with the recordings after that.