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Does anyone know if there's an internal way to reset the player?

You know, Aeriyn, you're probably right; your gross generalization fits me perfectly. I could really care less about sound quality, which is part of the reason I own two pairs of Event TR8-N's, some TriPorts, v6's, and HD280's. With all the time I spend on live recording and A/V mastering contracts, how could I possibly find time to care about how my music sounds? If you have a decent pair of headphones (or better yet, an amazing pair) that can actually provide full sound at moderate volumes, keep the volume in the mid range, actually make use of the EQ, and play your music HOW YOU WANT TO. Not everyone listens to music the way you think they should, so you really can't lay judgement here. It's true that, with $20 headphones, volume at 80%, and no adjustments, the n-10 will sound quite muddy. However, every side-by-side comparison on high quality equipment that I've ever seen has repeatedly demonstrated that MD CONTINUES to sound better than HDD or flash players no matter how you slice it. And if you want the best quality, direct recording from CD -> optical -> SP recording mode (or even just direct CD rip -> SP), and you can forget even trying to compare.

Just thought I'd drop my two cents in here somewhere. Sound quality: My friend got an iPod Mini for his birthday about a month ago. Well, I decided to compare sound on the two, so I first hooked the iPod up to my TriPort headphones. The verdict? Nothing spectacular (this was music transferred using the lossless Apple codec). Sounded like every other mp3 player I've ever heard. Next, I hooked up to my "outdated" MZ-N10 (yes, I still use NetMD) and let 'er rip. And my suspicions were confirmed: mp3 players still sound like crap next to MD (and I typically transfer in LP2). Actually, the iPod sounded worse than a Creative Zen Extra 60GB that I had also tested. If you actually strap on some good headphones, it's easy to tell who has the edge in qualtiy. And then of course, the N10 is magnesium, has survived a drop from my second-story dorm room to the sidewalk with not but a single scratch, looks better, has an internal battery worth 22 hours plus a single AA expansion case for another 20+ hours, has optical and mic/line inputs, has an EQ, is half the size of an iPod, has a remote, and cost me all of $170 Apple, you may have drawn half the population into your little world, but you have yet to impress me with anything... Here's to MD!!!!!

Ok, this just started yesterday after 4 months of flawless usage. I have an MZ-N10, and when I connect it to my computer, it no longer recognizes the connection by turning on and displaying the little PC->->MD thing. Likewise, my computer doesn't recognize the connection either (in any of my USB ports), and the player doesn't show up in SonicStage (2.3) or the device manager. Then, when I disconnect the player, the little PC->->MD thing comes up and stays on no matter what I do (short of turning the battery off). It won't play or anything. If I try to reconnect it to the computer, the PC->->MD thing goes away and the normal display information comes up, and it plays normally WHILE connected to the computer. I'm wondering if there's some sort of hardware reset in the NetMD players that I can just do to completely reset it. At this point, any suggestions are worthwhile. Thanks a lot.

Allright, this is probably one of the more redundant posts on here, but I couldn't find another one that addressed my issue. I've got an MZ-N10, and I love it. When I first got it, I installed S-S version 1.5 that came with it, but I had a strange problem. Whenever I would try to transfer any number of songs, the conversion process would eventually stop somewhere along the line, the CPU would max, and it would pretty much render my comp useless (but not frozen) and force me to manually power down. Well, after searching google for such a problem, I found S-S 2.0, which I downloaded and installed, but it didn't fix the problem. So, after searching again, I found a solution. Fixed it and everything was gravy for months... until yesterday. Yesterday, while trying to transfer a couple songs, it suddenly started doing the same thing (conversion stopped at 74%, CPU maxed, etc.) Uninstalled S-S and reinstalled it, but that didn't fix it. I searched around, but couldn't find anywhere that addressed this issue (odd, since I had found it before). The only reason I'm looking for a solution again is that I forgot what I did to fix it the first time around. I just installed S-S 2.3, but it still didn't fix the problem. So, I am hoping that someone, in their infinite wisdom, can offer me some assistance. Please don't suggest RealPlayer (it doesn't work either...), and I seem to have a very foggy memory of it being something codec-related, but I really have no idea. PLEASE HELP...