I bought this as an extra for my midi Hi-fi and it really has been a treat. Extremly easy to. With great sound quality and extremly easy to use. Also one thing I would like to say about Sony is there stuff actually survives wear and tear unlike my Sharp Portable minidisc recorder which they wouldn't repair even though it was under the 1 year thing. I have a lot of Sony products (tv etc) and none of them have gone wrong once! long live sony the king of the electronics world!