I wrote: | Sony don't always separate them. My E30 (a playback-only | unit) has a single line-out / headphone out port. Not sure about the | latest E-series portables though. David replied: | With no exceptions that I know of, Sony has a single analog | output jack on | its portable MD players (such as the E30) but separate | line-out and head- | phone jacks on its portable MD *recorders*. Thanks for clarifying this, David. I guess Sony decided that saving space on the players was more important than the marginal improvement in sound quality to be gained by separating them out. John. ----------------------------------------------------------------- To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]