thinking about getting rid of my M1. had it since 1999. it has two issues:
- latch is loose on door. works perfectly, but sometimes it takes a while to load if you don't give the door a little nudge. was repaired by sony in 2001. misloads are extremely rare, i think i've had one in the 3 years since.
- 7-pin jack is loose. w00k tripped over the digi-cable once and it now drops samples. deck works great going analog in but would need repair to run any kind of digital i/o. prodigital couldn't give me an estimate on the repair without getting the unit.
about 300 hours since it went to sony in 2001. recorded lots of show with it, and have used it for playback since early 2002. run cleaning tapes thru it every 10 hours or so.
this thing has served me well, but now that i stealth very rarely and run JB3 i have little use for it. rather get some caps or a mic upgrade. how much do you guys think it's worth? 2-fitty? 3? less?