Well, I purchased a red PCM M10, I'm very happy with my choice. I've been needed a new handheld recorder for years. Since no one ask why I hate MR1 so much... oh let's see.
WARNING: RANT -->
1. Runs on internal rechargeable battery, last I heard it was an $80 replacement. Battery life was like 2 hours on arrival, but now battery life is nill. It won't stay on without being plugged in.
2. Oh, I can fix the above problem! Just connect the external battery pack it ships with! NOPE!!!!!!! I heard the battery pack even causes damage to the MR1 internal battery. Not even the battery pack will keep it going now. Not even USB power.
3. Crashes... oh the MR1 just crashed due to low battery... WELL GUESS WHAT YOU CAN'T USE IT UNTIL IT DRAINS ITSELF DRY OF ENERGY!
4. High-samplerate DSD recording my a**. The noise is so bad above... I forget where, but basically the the above-human-hearing frequencies are completely destroyed by internal noise.
5. Ringing... not sure where this came from, but I got high frequency sinewaves if my mic was placed too close to metal. Could be the mics, could be the Korg.
6. Oh what other hells have I experienced? Lost recordings from it running out of batteries, not sure if this is normal for mobile recorders, but I'd think some intelligent firmware programmer would have the sense to save the file if battery is low and shut down cleanly.
7. OH! The mic that it shipped with. What in God's good earth were those s****y mics I got after I paid $700!!!???
8. oh yeah PRICE! $700!?!?!?!?!?! FOR THIS!?
9. IIRC i had a few harddrive or file corruptions.
10. oh OH OH!!! AND THE MOST...
MOST MOST infuriating thing, if all the above wasn't bad enough... keep in mind I would still be able to resell my Korg MR1 if it weren't for this problem... the g** d**m wheel (for menu nav and volume adjustment) slowly began to stop responding. Want to change the gain? NOPE!
NOOOOOOOPE!!!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOPPPPPEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!*breath*
*breath*
I think I'm cured. Thank you Angry Joe for giving me the power of healing through angry rants.