Congrats, xlbee! I have a 2022 with the half track heads, and it's astonishing. It's the most transparent and subjectively true recorder I have ever owned--not that I've owned a lot of exotic stuff, mind you, but the quality difference between the Pioneer and, say, DAT or CD is huge. Now if I could just afford to keep it in tapes, LOL. BTW, did you get the timer with it? This is a trick question. The "timer" is this hilarious little rubber gasket you press into the record and play buttons (while the machine is off, of course). When it's attached to a timer, when the timer sends power to the machine, it starts up and records. Much more convenient than holding the buttons down yourself. Check the cool little storage modules on the amps--that's where I found mine rattling around.
