sorry to change the subject, but how many 'goners got "the" sony- you know, the little one with the pop-up lid and the wall-wart, with the crystal-LED display, which was to my knowledge, the 1st unit available? i felt a little light-headed as i set mine up, wondering just how much more detail i was going to hear without all of the background noise from vinyl records. and i had to admit it sounded okay most of the time; but THEN unit started skipping here and there- more than i thought was acceptable, too. so making tapes for the car started to get to be a real pain. and my friend's yamaha wouldn't read the cd for the 1st 4 or 5 tries. CRAP!! we all yelled with glee... ha ha ha!!...
now of course i have a transport that costs $6000, and it sounds great (when it doesn't skip)...