[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > 50% DOA rate? All of this seems more likely that the shipper you used
> > mishandled the units than anything else.
>
> Where did you see DOA?? Most of these units lasted a few weeks. This had
> nothing to do with shipping problems. This had to do with sh!t quality control
> on the part of Sharp. Even if they were DOA. They shipped dozens of units a
> months of all brand as well as player only units.
>
> The only ones that ever came back in mass were the 702s. The Sonys, Aiwa,
> everything else was fine. In the entire time that this person had this business
> while the MS200s and Denon clones (I think that the Denon actually had a better
> looking case, yet they cost a little less) they got maybe one back.
>
> Larry
Hmm....
Let me see....
I've had a Sony Walkman that lasted 13 months.
So I 'upgraded' to a Sony Discman who lasted 14 months....
So I didn't want Sony anymore and thus upgraded to a Sharp 702. This unit
works, works and works. Even after 2 and a half year with an average usage
of 2-3 hours a day, it still works fine! It reads all discs and I've never
had any UTOC error.
Anyway, in this two and a half year, I bought a Sony Deck (MDS-S38) which
has the famous turn-on bug of the JE510.... (S38 == 32cm version of the
JE510). I also bought the MDX-C7900R for my car. This unit was without
problems for the first 8-9 months, but it started hatting several brands of
disks... (disks who worked fine without any problems before on this unit!).
Thus regarding my track-record with Sony audio gear, I would say that I
going to try to stay away from them....
However, looking at the messages on this list, I can only conclude that
Sony portables have a good track-record. The Sharp units have also a good
track-record, and one should keep in mind that the 702 offered several
'advantages' over the MZ-R30 which had the same price, notable size and the
LiIon battery.
My best guest is that if you had one of the first 702s (like me), you were
lucky. But if you have one of the latter, you could have a unit that went
trought and 'optimized' fabrication process. Ie, Sharp had probably problems
meeting the demand and thus....
Cheers,
Ralph -> who's SONY CMD-Z1+ GSM phone brook down a few weeks ago!
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