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hey there...yeh u make a valid pt here...many users are frustrated at their units failing due to this dodgy ribbon cable problem that plagued specific Sony units around that era...(happened to my N1 as well)...

yup it makes sense...although i wasn't too sure of an adaptor that was released independantly...i have an old MZ-R2 lying around but the earbuds are far from being new...i think they stopped making the earbuds that come with Sony's proprietary micro-plug a few years back...this did come with a micro-plug -> 3.5mm extension cable if that's what u were after...PM me if ur interested in getting the adaptor cable and i'll search around the house to see if i can get one 4 u...

hey there...well European models of the NetMD units are capped at around 2mW RMS per channel output as compared to the 5mW RMS units released everywhere else...it was done to keep in line with Europe's regulations so if u did buy it in Europe then this is low volume level expected...

hey there...to answer ur q the simple answer is no...mp3 is a lossy compression algorithm and once u've compressed it to mp3 converting them into wavs don't do much good...what's lost cannot be gained again though a simple mp3 -> wav conversion so u won't produce better quality rips using Dino's Nero + SimpleBurner method...

hey and welcome to the forums... :happy: unfortunately Sony's software have quite a few bugs in it and is far from perfect...it sometimes doesn't want to do what it's meant to (kinda like windows imo)...it should allow u to be able to import mp3's into SonicStage and get it to convert it to ATRAC3 and transfer it over to ur MD unit w/o a glitch...but that's in theory..in reality this isn't the case...from time to time SonicStage and OpenMG tend to complain with certain encoding rates of music files but the majority that i've tested worked out fine...u could use Dino's Nero + SimpleBurner trick or try using RealOne's alternative through it's RealPlayer 10 software...and nope ur not missing a step anyware...if the files don't work converting them to .wav using the LAME encoder usually fixes things up...yes i agree it may be a waste of space but it works...

have u tried using RealOne by ne chance???

i think it would work although i haven't done any tests to confirm this...so it's a shaky yes...

well i spose it's a case of it being easier said than done...if programers could do it they would have already released it...but since Sony are very private about their code it's been a pain to crack the protection they have...but rest assured one day u may see ur wants become a reality... :happy:

for Sony i usually listen to my music from 15/30 ~ 20/30 through my earbuds and headsets...

though it seems to me that the title contradicts itself as MG aint exactly open...i wonder who made up that title...

Sennheiser MX series...good performance + value...

i wish him all the best and would like to thank him 4 the contributions he's made in the MD community...

i think 440 meant for u to connect the USB cable from the soundcard (Extigy) to the PC and not from the MD to the PC...so it goes this way : MD -> Stereo Cable -> Extigy -> USB Cable -> PC

yup as KJ said it won't damage ur MD...i just came back from the airport and my MD unit and discs went thru the X-Ray machine...they work fine...

nice job on the update...plus the addition of various other sub forums are good... :rasp:

the 35ELK is used for Japanese domestic models as far as i know...i bought my N10 unit while i was in Taiwan and it was imported from Japan and i have the 35ELK remote with my N10...other people i kno bought their units in HK and Aus and they ship with the 33EL...

yup as kurisu has mentioned above u just use any music playback program and trcord thru the USB device...u can't use SonigStage and use the drag and drop functionality of NetMD's...as SonicStage won't recognise the device...

hi i've moved this thread to the marketplace...the N1 is a nice unit all round...but i'm not sure if i'll be selling mine any time soon so i hope the others here can help you out more than i can...

not too sure about canadian locations but i'm sure that u could probably go down to one of the computer/photography stores over there they'd stock one of those cables as a replacement? otherwise u can check online at Japan-Direct, Audio Cubes or Minidisco and see if they have any...

too bad it won't be arriving down under in around that time...

i think the 256kbps is meant only for HiMD's and NOT normal NetMD's...

u can get more info about your unit right here on minidisc.org...the difference between recording and digital recording is that normal recording is done in analogue via normal stereo cables and the other is done using a digital optic cable...the digital is better in that the cable is not susceptable to any EM interference and thus getting u a better recording...however the higher quality analogue cables are so good that they can sometimes match the recordings done by optic cables in digital...

It will sound as good as a CD player and to record to it u need cables. just a normal 3.5mm male-male cable would do if u were recording from your PC...just hit play on the source and slide/hit the record switch on the MD at the same time and away u go...the same goes for digital recordings but u just use a different cable and the cable goes in diff places...the unit that u bought is good...old but good...

ttn0001, u can record voice from MD and burn it onto CD...and yep the software isn't compatible with the Macs...but i think u could emulate the Windows environment using Virtual PC to get it to work...

atm i would suggest (for that price) that u take a look at the Sharp DR420 unit...