I've had a Sharp MD-MT-161E and a Sony MZ-N520. Both lasted for about 3-5 years of frequent but gentle use before they started having spin problems and giving frequent disk read errors. I'd love to get another one, but prices are high and reliability is poor. While they worked, they were really great for recording, and decent for listening to music, but today I'm using simple digital recorders that write MP3 and FLAC to SD cards and it's hard to beat them for reliability. I still hope to someday find a good deal on another minidisc player though. I'm sure I've got tracks I've recorded onto minidiscs, but never got around to copying to my PC.