Because of the popularity of Compact Flash recording and the success of the Marantz PMD660 Portable Digital Recorder, the company has announced the single rackspace PMD560 recorder with easy one-touch digital recording to cost-effective Compact Flash media cards or microdrives. Uncompressed WAV files can be recorded at 44.1 or 48kHz, while high-quality stereo MP3 files can be recorded at 128kbps. Using a standard 1GB Compact Flash card, the PMD560 can record over 1.5 hours of uncompressed stereo or more than 17 hours of stereo MP3 audio. There are no moving parts, making this unit much more reliable than cassette, DAT, or other tape/disc formats and also eliminates periodic maintenance and all its related costs.