I have been using a MD for years. So much easier than MP3.
I had a MZR-55 but a dodgy car charger blew it up so I shouted myself a MZR 900. Nice blue one. Great for the car (got a MD player installed with CD stacker). About the only time it skips if I jump or land fairly solidly while jogging.
I have a MP3 player but it can only really hold about 30 min of music at a 128Kbs. Much more fiddly to record.
For some reason MD is supposed to be on the way out. Probably not fashionable any more. Recorded media isn't very popular as most just record what they want from a CD. Blanks are cheap and easy to get though.