Gino

They didn't have the 1 g discs yet. We tend to get things later here in the midwest.

Found them at the Fry's Electronics today. The 800 and 900 are $249 and $299, respectively. Its about time we saw them in store in the midwest.

Actually, I have done just that w/ Sonicstage 2.0. You can import mp3 files and convert them to atrac for transfer to Hi-MD

I dunno if this helps, but when I got my 600d I began to encode all my cd's to ss 2 in lp2 (132 kps). Before I transferred the files, I clicked on the properties button at the bottom left of the MD side of the trnsfer screen. There, I intialized the MD in the recorder (1 gb disc) for Hi-MD. That seemed to allow me to transfer the lp2 files to the MD recorder in Hi-MD mode. Hope that helps.

I have tried it, and feel that Hi-LP isn't as good as LP2. It sounds like the high range freqs are tinny and compressed in Hi-LP. For example, I listen to a lot of classic Jazz, and find that w/ LP2 it sounds fine, but w/Hi-LP the hi hats and cymbal brushes sound warbly.

I went looking for 1 G blanks (still only Walmart, on back order :wacky: ), and found that Best Buy (Countryside, IL) is now carrying the MZ-NH600D. No 1 G blanks though, and no idea if / when they were going to get any.

We can only hope that Sony gets it's act together and includes that functionality in a future software upgrade. We can dream, can't we?

However first you'd have to use SonicStage to encode the music to your hard drive, and then transfer it to the Hi-MD player in Hi-MD mode. I've transferred many discs at 132 kbs this way. Its roundabout but it works.

Also bought last one at a Target in Villa Park, IL. I checked two other local Targets, and found nothing. :grin: