> The irony here is that most people consider the Sharp
> 700-series to be among the sturdiest, least fragile
> designs out there, *especially* the eject lever and
> mechanism ;-)
>
Oh I wanted to add, the disappoint with the 702 was particularly
unexpected because we had such excellent reliability with the Sharp
MS200 and the Denon 70 clone. I still have the Denon myself. Aside
from a tiny crack in the LCD display (probably caused by dropping the
unit) it is still in great shape.
I doubt that the sound quality ot the 702 is any better then the MS200
was. The only thing wrong with the 200 was the remote. It cost about
$65 to replace the sparse remote that came with the unit with an LCD
(unfortunately not back lit) remote. But that remote is the only one
that I have ever seen that is made out of metal, not plastic poorly
painted silver to try and look like metal.
They also seemed to have more accessories available for the MS100/200.
There was a car kit that had a mount and the unit snapped into it (I
still have one but never used it). The other thing, if you were not
that concerned with the unit being microscopic and weighing one ounce,
it came with an external battery holder that the recorder sat on (also
by quick disconnect, like the auto mount-but you couldn't use the auto
mount and connect the battery pack since the recorder sat in the same
place on either. If you wanted to use the battery pack too, it would
just sit there loose).
The thing about the older Sharps was that the battery pack held SIX AA
batteries. If you used this external pack with the newer units, they
would probably have a play time of 100 hours <G>.
I have an Aiwa F70. I really haven't used it that much. Until the
other day, I had only used it connected to a portable Sony CD player in
the sync mode. I realized that I don't even know how use the editing
functions on it! Have to go to the community page and download the
manual.
Larry
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