I don't know why, but no matter what setting it's on, when you listen to your memos (say an entire class lecture), chunks of what you recorded are missing. Sometimes the chunks are a couple words in a sentence, and sometimes they're a few sentences. I recorded my friend and I talking to test it and while listening to the track I'd be like "Hey, it skipped that entire part about when you got that letter in the mail!" and it was unacceptable. What if I'd been recording something very important? I figured when I put the track on my computer and listened to it that it'd be fine, but those chunks were still missing. Also, the chunks that are missing still count towards the total size and length of the track. I recorded something for 23 minutes (class lecture) and at least four minutes of audio is missing. Around the 19 minute mark, the track just concludes. It's really, really, really frustrating and now I see why it was marked down sixty percent. Oh, other than that, the sound quality is stupendous. So, if you like things that look neat, and actually are kinda neat, but are effectively *worthless*, this product is for you.