The Low Volta

hey MZ-1 that pic is: - in a way too big a resolution for posting in a forum - old, it's been featured in the very first post of this thread - fake... there are new pics from the official press release of Sony that clearly show this was a preproduction mockup with several faults @ tnargsemaj that is a question for the atraclife sisterforum (all non-MD related sony stuff is) and even if it was something for this forum... this would definitely NOT be the thread to post such a question... please look around a bit before you post stuff

yeah...but as MDfreak has mentioned, it isn't sure it uses Li-Ion and the first pages on the RH1 clearly stated a flat batterystick and AA-addon (but of course these could be wrong) I'd hate the Li-Ion choice as it really would limit the useability for field recording addendum: I just checked the RH1 on the Japanese Sony site and translated this bit: "Power source: ac power adapter 100-240V and lithium ion charge pond (LIP-4WM)" so I guess I'll have to learn to live with the limitations of Li-Ion batteries

veezhun is right! and I guess they just did: the RH1... and look! it's metal

the only difference is that now the volume keeps increasing above 25/30 while all European models normally are limited to 25/30 (i.e. the numbers still go up, but the volume doesn't) so unless you needed 25+ volume, you won't notice the difference at all (I never need >18/30 with my most used phones so it shouldn't have been necessary for me to hack... but yeah it was something I 'had' to do)

just to get one thing straight: UMD ≠ HiMD in a 'special jacket' it is a completely different technology (based on DVD) as opposed to the magneto-optical medium (Hi)MD is just because it is a disc it doesn't mean it is the same technology!

if I'm not mistaken for a full charge it is better to use a wall-socket... the USB-connection doesn't really charge fully and this could cause a memory-effect with the battery

I have the NH900+RM-MC40ELK combo and I do use the remote when recording loud(er) shows, but then I use a 'Battery-box -> line-in' setup. As Dex said, this obviously negates all noises as they aren't amplified by the preamp (by using line-in) and the music would be loud enough to mask them if they would actually be audible. when recording quieter stuff (mostly speech in my case) I simply do not use the remote as I'm mostly in a situation where I can see the non-lit LCD screen well enough to make out the rec-levels so for me the issue is inexisting (though I have noticed it while experimenting) PS: If you do get a remote, just go for the RM-MC40ELK and forget about the rest as it is the only remote to show recording-levels

just follow the link 'uncapped thanks to MDCF' in my signature for the volume hack

the new/to be released RH1 has a thin OLED display on the side and offers a whole bunch of goodies specifically aimed at the recording enthousiast so it could be worth the extra cash...but again, it isn't available yet

well, 'real' CD's (i.e. bought in a music shop and distributed by a record company etc.) are pressed or something and are pretty strong (though you could always scratch them into oblivion) ... but CDR's are pretty soft (the plastic and also the metal layer) and will become unusable pretty soon when used intensively I kinda had the habit of 'duplicating' euh I mean 'backing up' a part of my friends' CD collections as I was a very poor student... but now I have graduated and started working full time I can finally afford to replace those fakes by real ones with CD-art etc as I didn't want to copy, but I just couldn't afford the real thing...and now I can of course the ones in the worst condition get to go first...thes are often also the ones I've been playing the most but rest asured, CD's (not CDR's) should be pretty resistant when not abused

- if any Sony model says 'D' in the name it's a Downloader only so no mic-in nor line-in! - 'E'-models are player only models so not even USB connection! - the NH600 and RH710 do have a line-in but no mic-in - NH700/800/900/1 and RH910/10 and M10/100 do have mic-in and line-in

mic-in ... the RH710 only has line-in (the RH710D NOT even line-in, only USB-downloading)

if we include the kind of rubbish MP3-players you can find in cheapo-shops... we're pretty much down to 1x1x3 cm I guess (perhaps even smaller)... but they do not really carry model-names or even makes and they sound like some mobile phone with 'realtunes' ringing right in your earholes so I wouldn't really call them audio-players

the memory-effect of NiMH is much less than NiCad's so it isn't too bad... further more a few full cylces and it is gone again. If you have two gumstick batteries and switch when (nearly) empty, drain and charge while using the other you even avoid the memory effect completely and have a spare handy...but Li-Ion batteries: - have shorter life spans (even when not used, so no use getting a spare right away) - are proprietary (you need to get this exact one from Sony, no matter how expensive) and could become 'extinct' - are not compatible with external AA add-ons (important for those long recordings!) - whether the NH1 is the best yet depends on who you talk to...for me the NH900 and RH10 are both better.- (of the portables) only the first Sony MD ever had optical out... don't see why it's such a thing now that that's missing...it hasn't stopped everyone here from buying the older models - it clearly says NO mac compatibility, only the MZ-M10/100 have (limited) mac compat. (and as far as the specs are known, the RH1 will as well) I use a mac too, but hey, at least there now is some sort of mac comp. (on top of the 'old way' of realtime) so that's more than before...and if you read the specs carefully before buying anyone could have known that the other models DON'T play nice with mac (never blame a company for your own carelessness in reading the fine print/requirements) well, have you checked these forums? It's a very decent source on each existing model, the specs, the bugs, the ways to overcome them and even the possible hacks...so once this new RH1-model is out there, it will only be a matter of (a little) time before this forum has pics/reviews/buglists/... hope to see you around...be sure to check the rest of the forums, there's a whole lot of info here!

yes I'd like to comment...as you already know: at this moment in time, what you want just isn't possible (at least not with non-pro equipment...don't know about the real pro-stuff). So perhaps it might be time to just accept it and live with it while hoping that maybe Sony might change its tune someday... If you do not reconvert the digitally recorded track to SP again but keep the wav, 1kyle's method only completes the first lossy generation induced by the original conversion to SP. The wav = exactly the same (not bit by bit but in audio terms exactly the same audio info) as the SP version... (if you use TotalRecorder which captures the digital stream before it reaches you soundcard at least). You could always nag and say that it isn't bitperfect and therefore not the same as the original, but then you need to realize that you have only ever heard the SP track after it has been 'decompressed' into PCM/wav for playback by the MD-player... this one generation of loss will always have been completed before you can hear it... whether you save it as wav at that point or simply listen to it, it has passed through the lossy analogue/wav->sp->wav/analogue chain. Still by reconverting the wav to SP again you will induce a second lossy generation so you are right about that...but then again, you should really use the wav to create a decent non-lossy backup for storage (on DVD-RAM or another good medium) as any lossy format (like SP) just isn't good for archiving! So in short (haha too late ) you recorded it in a lossy format (SP) so you will never ever get more audio info than what has been stored in that lossy format. By digitally saving it in wav (with TR), you do not lose more info...you only complete the first lossy generation. So you actually save all audio info the original has to offer. At this point you need to make a backup in a compressed or not non-lossy format as this is the best you will ever have it. But indeed, you will always lose info from now on when you reconvert this version into lossy formats. So even shorter: - yes, you can preserve all audio info from the original - no, as for now you still can't move the track to another disc in SP and avoid at least one further lossy generation sorry, but I'm afraid you'll have to live with it untill Sony decides otherwise

as far as I know you can record them on PC in 320kbps... but you can't transfer them to HiMD in that bitrate (must be converted)... so the problem isn't really a useless bitrate for its inbetween-ness (or something like that) but it's just a useless bitrate for HiMD-users tout court

just re-ordered me one of my good old favorites that have been played so much my mac couldn't even read the CD's anymore: - Mogwai: young team and two 'new' ones as well: - Mogwai: Government Commissions/BBC sessions 1996-2004 - McLusky: -ism

glad to hear all's working... enjoy your MD and see you around here on MDCF

sure...there is a whole section for minidisc reviews and also for pictorials be sure to check the live recording threads as well as they can teach you a lot about recording and when you get your first recordings done, you can always post some bits in the live rec gallery on these forums... hope you enjoy HiMD and these forums

the NH900 will make you a very happy person... no worries (I have been using it to great satisfaction for over a year now) I'm sorry I can't help you with info on the warranty/ebay situation... got mine in a brick-and-mortar store

indeed as long as you are careful not to cause clipping when raising the volume you should be safe and you will simply increase loidness without causing distortion/compression or any other detrimental effect. going straight from CD -> audio editor -> CDR removes the lossy step you had before (by using MP3) so now it is safe. still kinda hard to get all CD's sounding equally loud using this method, but very usefull to gain volume on a few 'silent ones'

the Nh900 can do what you want and is a pretty good machine... but always be VERY careful with buying used! Make sure it works perfectly before you settle the deal and if this isn't possible...better to shelve out a bit more for a new one than to be ripped off totally IMHO Other models that would be good are NH700/800 and RH910/10 but if you can wait a bit more and will give a bit more money to get a very good machine the RH1 (see the thread in the news section) is aimed to come out in may/june

you could always try a standard 80min disc or recording/downloading from PC to see if it makes any difference... but if I were you, I'd get this thing back to Sony ASAP and wouldn't settle for anything less than a complete (and free) repair or an upgrade (NH900 or RH10)... the machine shouldn't be doing that under any circumstance IMHO

haha...just to show how opinions can differ: I personally hate proprietary Li-Ion batteries enough to make me forget about getting an RH1 if it used these type of batteries and further more I couldn't be bothered with MP3-playback as I'm only interested in a decent recorder, not a player...

he's refering to the proprietary batteries the DH10P and NH1 use