Hey Rockin,I wish you were in my radio shack, although the folks here are great. I'ts not that the audio quality is bad, it's not, but damn,10 mins. of use with shacks tape and the heads and all are filthy. on the dirt scale, 10 being the worst, they are a 10. I use maxxel ud,it's like compareing a diesel engine to a honda 4 cylc.