jupitreas

I recently did just what the initial poster described. I went 'back' to MD after using MP3 players for many years (after I found a very cheap Hi-MD unit on Amazon). I did it for the sound quality, that is the simple reason. I travel a lot and when sitting in a train, plane or bus on a planned journey, the comfort of using an mp3 player with a lot of storage isnt really that much of an issue, at least not to me. For pure portability, I use my mobile phone (SE W950i), which I am carrying around with my all the time anyway. Since most of us are likely cellphone users, might as well get one that doubles as a decent mp3 player, right? The Hi-MD player has a specific use for me and it serves this purpose perfectly.

I use my mobile phone for data storage. Why walk around with different doodads if one can do more than one job? Also, if using portable media to carry around some kind of data is not comfortable or not practical for some reason, there is always GMail or Rapidshare or the hundreds of other free websites that let you upload stuff to them. Most computers have internet, so using this method to share data amongst multiple machines is always an option. There are even virtual web desktops that let you store documents and access them from whatever computer you are using.

Thanks for the replies. I never contributed to these forums before but I was always aware of the MD community being a really friendly bunch of audiophiles! The DH10P looks a little ridiculous actually, I think I'll stick to ordinary players. Nevertheless, if Sony still wants to make MD players in the future, a proper LCD screen with album art, artist/album browsing etc. on a very small, streamlined unit (as in, only marginally larger than the MD itself) should be the way to go. MP3 players with 80gb storage are nice but removable media also has advantages and we, as consumers, should be offered a choice. I am also still not satisfied with the sound quality of any MP3 player that I ever tried (including iPods, Creative, Cowon, Archos and iRiver devices). At home, I use the Creative XMOD as an external digital amp (it additionally upsamples the sound to 24bit and cleans it of artifacts) and on the move, well, the outside noise usually makes it impossible to hear the real sound nuances offered by a proper amp anyway. Either way, I'm satisfied for now

Hello all, I am new here. I used to have a NetMD Walkman a few years ago but it got stolen. I remained a big fan of the MD format; however, I switched to an MP3 player (Creative ZEN Xtra, which was top of the line at the time) and then to Sony Walkman mobile phones (one of the entry level ones and then to the W950i). Nevertheless, none of these devices matched the MD player in terms of sound quality and for this reason, I decided to get a Hi-MD player recently. I found the MZ-RH710 for 60 pounds on Amazon so I went ahead and bought that. I used the hacking procedure outlined in this thread and it worked wonders. The player is now, to my ears, RIDICULOUSLY loud (a setting of 18 is more or less as loud as the very top volume of the W950i with the latest firmware) and the excellent sound quality is intact. I'll probably get one of the high level models when they become cheaper (I want the HQ digital amp and isnt there one that displays album art?) but at the moment I am extremely satisfied with the MZ-RH710 and will certainly use it exclusively for longer journeys that are quite common for me. Note: Just like a previous poster, I had an increasing number ending with AO under 1113. Changed that to 24 and it did the trick.