aeriyn

Hi there. What's your budget?

You can order the LIP-4WM from Audiocubes. :happy:

I don't see why it wouldn't work... but why? Those things are more marketing than actually useful. If the lens of your NH1 gets dirty, just clean it as the manual instructs.

MSBlaster and the other worms of the same derivative caused me unending stress for a few hours. I seriously hated that RPCSS would die every fifteen minutes. I had to go into Services and disable the force-restart when the Remote Procedure Call service croaked, so I could get NAI VirusScan up and running long enough to murder the little bastard. xP Which reminds me, I need to get the newest SuperDAT from NAI. >.>; Edit: NOOOO!!! DAMN THEM! >.< VirusScan NT 4.5 is no longer supported. T.T Well... time to shell out some more cash. >.>;

I have not done this; the live recording I've done came from my R900's line-out, but it did not need to be of exceedingly high quality (they were for demo CDs and passouts at the club I recorded for). However. By transferring it digitally, there will be no loss from the cable. I don't know if the difference in sound quality is worth it to you, but I'd say it's worth it to me. xP

Remember though when old MD was new, their battery life was even MORE horrid than Hi-MD... MZ-1... an hour and fifteen minutes battery life! omg, what the hell is that good for? xP

Okay. In answer to #1... the RM-MC33EL. Audiocubes (http://www.audiocubes.com) carries this remote for around fifty dollars US. It is the same remote shipped with the NH900, and I know for a fact that it works with every newer (non-Hi-MD) unit as well, including older units like the N505. #2... well, to record lectures? Probably any of the mid-range mono remotes at various different sites. I don't have much experience here as I use a dual-point stereo mic for my live recording. I'd like to hear your impressions on the NH700. :happy:

Price is now $140 including shipping.

Hmm... I think maybe you might have a good idea there. Since MiniDisc seems to be widely used by linguists (a use I'd never even thought of myself, since I'm just a geeky music girl) and... well, you guys have posted one of the most intelligent threads in the entire forums. A linguist sub-forum might be a nifty idea.

The radios actually suck. :whatever: Since standard MDs have been on sale for almost 12 years now, and Hi-MD units are backward compatible with the std-MD media, I doubt very seriously that MD will be going anywhere at all. But where will your music source be? Is it MP3s downloaded from the Internet, or is it from your own CDs ripped to MD using Simple Burner (or whatever). As long as you're ripping from CD directly to MD, you're okay and good. Since most high-capacity MP3 players have short battery lives (even the Creative Nomad Muvo2, which I adore, only lasts about 12ish hours with reasonable quality MP3s) going with an AA-formfactor MD is a good idea. Maybe even consider one of the Li-Ion or NiMH equipped units with an external battery pack? Btw, for your price range I suggest the Sony MZ-N505 or the N510. Both units are pretty nice (they are virtually identical, with the N505 usually cheaper and the N510 easier to find).

I just found an R30 at a yard sale yesterday for $15 US. ^.^ It's scratched up pretty bad and the paint is peeling off in places, but it works wonderfully. It really is an interesting unit, but it is friggin HUGE. >.>; It does really have quiet operational noises... haven't used the line-out for anything so I don't know how good it is. >.>; But it sounds pretty okay (recorded a disc last night on it) for being as old as it is, althugh nothing compared to a disc recorded with my R900.

The Xitel dongle uploads via an analog connection, so it's going to take a quality hit, but unless you have a MD deck, it could work well for you. If you have a decent sound card, I'd just plug your MD into the line-in jack on your sound card and record from source (line-in). This is what I've always done with my live recordings, and since I spent some money on a good line cable, I can't really tell differences that much and neither could the bands I recorded demos for. Also, if you go that way, you don't have to buy the Xitel. :happy:

I believe most recorders have manual recording level adjustment while recording from the microphone source. Anyhow. As for units to suggest. Sharp MD-DS7 or Sony MZ-R900. Maybe even Sony MZ-N10, although you would not use the NetMD functionality as this would be a unit for recording purposes rather than listening purposes. Check out the MDCP for more info on these units. :happy:

Totally agree. I have two Hayashibara Megumi albums (Iravati and Enfleurage) which were mastered in 1992-1996. I literally cannot tell the difference between PCM and LP2 (ATRAC3 132kbps) with these recordings. I can, however, tell the difference (albeit slightly) with my Ueto Aya album "Message," which was mastered in 2004. My hearing's shot at high frequencies and high frequencies is what ATRAC seems to thrash badly. So even if it does gate the highs, I can't hear them anyway. :happy:

I have a silver US-model Sony MZ-N10 NetMD recorder that I am ready to sell. It is in mint condition and still works very well, I've only had it for a few months but I need money more than I need it. I have everything that originally came with it, including the box. All this for $150 + shipping to anyone in the continental US. I also have a pair of Sony MDR-EX71SL earbuds that I would be willing to include in the package for $25 more.

Not exactly... the devices still use ATRAC rather than MP3. Still means I have to transcode my music, or re-rip everything straight to ATRAC3. :whatever:

Oi. I've nothing against iPods, mind you. And yes I know they CAN, when hacked, record voice (badly). But iPods are not designed to record high-quality (MD) or lossless (Hi-HD) audio. So please, don't confuse the poor man. ^.^

Yes. They are around the size of your average CD, between 650-700mb, depending on how many tracks you added to the list. :happy: There's some legal stuff here that is pretty fuzzy to me, but it's causing Sony to have all these self-imposed restrictions. I don't know if they're afraid for a reason, or they're just being overzealous in their attempt to curtail the piracy of intellectual property. Probably both. :whatever:

All headphones made by Sony are designated MDR-. I have a pair of MDR-EX71SL earbuds with 9mm drivers that play well even on the miniscule 5mW+5mW headphone amp of my Sony MZ-N10. I set the volume around 15-16 out of 30 in moderate ambient noise conditions, sometimes bumping it up or down a notch if the acoustic conditions of my environment change. Pretty much any 'phones with 16-24 ohms of impedance should work okay with MD units. I'm not sure about the higher-resisting 'phones, though. I've never used anything but earbuds (which are mostly 16 or 24 ohms), as I don't like open-types or "eggos." That is a misleading statement (seemingly a trend in Sony user manuals). It really means headphone amplifier. The signal produced by the NH1's amplifier is rated at 5mW per channel with 16 ohms impedance. Using a pair of headphones with higher impedance will reduce the power of the signal and, incidentally, the volume of the headphones.

Hi-MD is in its first generation. First generation products kinda suck. Also, Sony has exceeded the boundaries of their insane DRMing of the last innovation to MD (NetMD) and have grown even more idiotic, if that is at all possible. If you are looking for something to listen to music with, and don't have anything invested in MD (like blanks or MD home decks or whatever) I would go with a HDD MP3 player such as the iPod or the Creative Zen Touch. I lean toward the Zen Touch as I'm not overly fond of the iPod's aesthetics. Both units have 50mW+50mW @ 16 ohms headphone amps. Both units have high storage capacity and are easy to use. The Zen is prettier though, imo. iPod uses FireWire to transfer music, Zen uses USB2.0. Both are fast, sleek, small, lightweight (relatively) units. The reason MD units have low-output headphone amps and/or digital amps is power conservation. The HD Digital Amp in the Sony Hi-MD units is to save power (although the Auvi Digital Amp in Sharp MD units actually makes it sound better). Btw, the Creative Zen Touch has a battery life of around 18-20 hours.

Even if Sharp makes Hi-MD units, the conditions of the licensing agreement between them and Sony will likely require them to follow the same over-DRMed B.S. that Sony perpetuates. Likely, the Sharps will never appear outside Japan either, and thus you'd probably have to use them with SonicStage, further sealing the fate of your recording dreams. Creative's Nomad Jukebox 3 is really good for recording, IMO. I'd check it out if I were you, and think more on it rather than Hi-MD.

Don't listen to that guy. He doesn't know what he's talking about. xD Just kidding. There's nothing wrong with iPods, but you sound like you want an MD unit. Since an iPod can't record from a line-in, but only from the PC, it would not be able to record your cassette tapes. Moving right along... If you want to do everything you talk about in your post, but don't really care about NetMD or SonicStage... I suggest one of the earlier pre-NetMD Sony or Sharp recorders. Either the Sony MZ-R900 (a very nice unit, I own one myself) which has MDLP mode, a mic jack, an optical/analog line-in, is pretty small, uses a NiMH rechargeable battery and looks pretty cool. Conversely you could go with the Sharp MD-DR7, which is a bit larger than the R900 in thickness, but it's equipped with the Auvi 1-bit digital amp, which is so awesome (I'm waiting on a Sharp MD-DS8 player-only unit and I can barely contain my excitement :happy: ) that you really just have to listen to hear the difference between "sounds like mud" Sony and the Sharp units. The DR7 has all you need and a bag of chips, and it's also pretty cool looking. Nice big LCD display on the main unit as well (a big step up compared to the R900's one-line display). Check the different models out! http://www.minidisc.org/part_Sony_MZ-R900.html http://www.minidisc.org/part_Sharp_MD-DR47...+DR480+DR7.html Conversely, I own a Sony MZ-N10 recorder that I am willing to sell. It's very small and looks great, but I'm not needing it once my DS8 gets here. I'd be willing to let it go for a good price. PM me if interested. :grin:

No. You can. I have made several LP2 recordings. That is the default setting.

My favorite SP-only unit is probably the Panasonic SJ-MJ88. It just looks so freaking cool. http://www.minidisc.org/part_Panasonic_SJ-MJ88.html No, I don't have one but I would be interested in getting one. xP

Pretend you don't live in Portugal. xD The Country field on most websites with downloads is [generally] to link you to the closest (and supposedly) fastest server for the file, but you should be able to download from servers in the US or Canada or the UK without problem. In SonicStage 1.5, enter your Music Drive and you can delete songs from the playlist. It will bring up a dialog box asking you if you want to merely remove the music from the list, or delete the song from your PC. Deleting it from your PC only affects the .OMG file, not your MP3s. However, if you directly ripped your music to SonicStage, this is not the case. I suggest updating to SS2.1 if at all possible.