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Well, like I said, can't get that one over here. md.o says it's never released in Europe so that explains alot. And I'm looking for a HiFi-component.

I was looking for a high(er) speed MD recorder (don't want Net- or HiMD). There are quite a few types of models out there, but this (MXD-D40) is the only one I seem to be able to get here in the Netherlands (I just found one whole store which sells any CD/MD deck, and it's this one). Some say it doesn't play CDRW's. Is this true for every and any CDRW out there? Is there absolutely no type of CDRW that can be used in combo with this deck? Some of my music is on the PC and I want to be able to put that music on MD too, a bit faster than realtime analogue recording. And I don't want to burn CDR's which I won't be using after it's on an MD.

Right here.

[totally offtopic] Why don't we ban the f*cker? Seems the only thing he's doing is posting nothing.... [/totally offtopic]

- Encoding codec quality the same as the ones in the unit chip. - More input music file formats (Ogg Vorbis, FLAC, Monkey Audio etc.)

Can anyone confirm?

They should shame themselves and go sit in the corner and write "I will never go OT again" a hundred times. :wink: Talking about something OT is not bad, but it's wise to create a new topic for it. It simplifies the information structure of the forum, eg. if you search the forum for info it's easier to find what you seek, because all information contained in the database is optimaly categorized. That's the very reason that OT is prohibited or minimalized on most forums, especially the big forums.

Do you mean that recording from optical-in to HiSP delivers better sound quality than ripping a CD to WAV and upload it in HiSP to the disc?

But how does it compare to the 3mW Sony's?

I listen with my 2x10mW at a volume of 15/30 to 20/30. I wouldn't want less volume with my new HiMD. Will I? I've thought of that, but there's not many shops that sell HiMD at all and if they do, I don't think they let me listen. I'll try to give it a try though. By the way, all my MD's are recorded SP via a deck with coaxial input from a Marantz CDplayer (it's my dads stuff, and he's sort of an audiophile ) so I trust quality is good. Internet and Retail is the same price here in NL, so an NH1 would mean about 50-70 euros extra cost. Are you sure they NH1 also in the EU has 5mW output? I would do, if they where somewhat closer to me They're charging almost $70 to send it here, and I probably have to add another $20-$40 for (import)taxes. That's a bit too much for my taste.

I'm thinking of buying an HiMD-recorder, either the 900 or the 600. The major thing that's keeping me from running to the store and grab it right away, is that I'm worried about the sound, the loudness in particular (of the units available in the EU, where I live). I'm currenlt employing a Sharp MD-MT190 (with 2x10mW), and I'm happy about how loud and how silent the unit can be. Since the new HiMD are only 2x3mW here, I'm not sure how the sound will compare with my Sharp, apart from being from another manufacturer and thus with other parts. Is there anyone with a EU-capped HiMD and has tested it against a unit with a higher wattage? What am I going to miss (if at all)?

If sound quality is top-priority, you could choose to convert your aac to wav and upload in pcm format. No quality loss there, only huge discspace consumption.

Bad news: The back of the 900 is plastic... (md.o) Booh Sony!!! I think I'm gonna hold out for a Sharp. Perhaps even w/o EU-limits (current Sharp units are without them).

I currently have a Sharp MD-MT190. Will a 900 sound better or worse or equal?

I've used the external AA with the internal battery removed. Also with a near-empty internal battery inserted, same problem. And also with both full batteries, but it seem to use the internal up leave the external full.

I currently own a Sharp MD MT190, which has 10mW output. I'm am planning to by a Sony NH900. I live in the EU, so the unit will have 3mW ouput. How does that compare against my Sharp? Is has 30 steps of adjusting the volume. Is the Sony on max volume comparable to my Sharp at volume 10?

I'm using the Sharp MD-MT190 and have been using it's external AA-case in combo with old NiCd AA's for a long time without a hassle. Recently I purchased a couple of NiMH AA's which (at least I hoped) would provide longer playback time. They are 1700mAh to be precise. After 5-10 minutes the unit says they're empty and shuts down. During these few minutes the status bar that indicates how full the battery is, goes up and down like a rollercoaster. On minute, is says it almost empty the next it entirely full. When I put these batteries into a searchlight or something, they work perfectly and also my battery-indicator says there pretty much fully loaded. What's wrong here? I've tried a set of completely different NiMH's and the give the same problems. I'm 100% positive there's nothing wrong with the batteries, in other machines they work fine, for a long time...

Hmm, here in the Netherlands, Sony has a special 'action' that every unit (except the 600) has a HiMD disc.

Every unit includes a HiMD disc, except the 600D :rasp: btw, you can convert a standard MD to HiMD format, and try the PCM stuff out.

Anyone knows yet if the back of the 900 is metal or plastic?

I agree completely and especially with the last one. Plugins would be great (or at least support for FLAC, and OGG while we're at it). I must say I have my hopes on realone player. I like it as a allround audio library (software is a bit sloppy, but you can't have it all ) and I think HiMD will be support (like NetMD).

He put it there

Depends on what you mean with compatibility. HiMD can read all your MD's recorded with your Sony. Disks recorded with a HiMD unit in NetMD mode will work with your Sony. Recordings in HiMD mode will not work on your Sony.

30GB is indeed not much. Here in the Netherlands a 160GB disks costs only around 100 euros, so that offers some bang for your buck. Get such a disk and you can stuff around 500 CD's on it (when using APE/FLAC/WMAlossless).

That extremely good news! And how are tags handled with WMA lossless, just like mp3 id3?