kokoshka

Before I start hunting for one of these units, I really need to know how they perform with Macs. I had given up on MD all together after my last one died, and it seemed that the format was about to be shelved entirely. I was going to buy an ipod, I do need Mac compatability. But the new MD has caused me to hesitate. Unfortunately none of the staff in my local Sony shop knew very much about how far Sony and Mac have gone towards talking to one another. Ideally, I would like to be able to get about 20 albums onto a single disc, for holiday use, apart from some higher quality recordings for other times. Is this going to be possible? And easy...I'm no techie! On my previous HiMD I was able to get about 4-7 albums onto a single disc, recorded directly from my CD player in real time. If I can't do better than this, at reasonable quality ( I found LP unacceptable), then I'm afraid it's back to plan B, the ipod.

This is wonderful news...I've just been through 6 months of torment trying to decide on a new format, fully believing the md to be on the verge of extinction. I have one question, and would be more than grateful for a non-technical reply: How will the Mac compatability affect me, a Mac user? Is the implication that I can organise in itunes, or will I finally be able to successfully compress and record more than half a dozen albums onto a 1gb disc?

I have many compilations recorded on my old MZ-R900 which I would like to record onto a 1 gb disc using my new MZ-NH900. The recordings are either standard or LP2, never LP4. I would be recording directly from one unit to the other, or via my amps input and output. If I want to avoid further compression on the new recordings, which setting should I use, HiSP or Linear PCM? I should maybe point out that I never use a PC to assist recording, as I use a Mac. Has anyone had any success with virtual PC on a Mac, running Sony software?