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Here's a hint: LASER = Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation Ever heard a 52x CDROM drive spool up? Back on topic - In my listening tests, the RH1 does justice to the mp3 format, sounding better than any other mp3 player I have, including the 30GB black iPod. The reverse is most certainly not true IMHO. cheers

By sheer dumb luck, I clicked on "Pro Audio" and then "Portable Recorders"

It's all here (where they belong in my opinion): http://bssc.sel.sony.com/BroadcastandBusin...;p=10&sp=83

...and it'll sound just as sweet (have both)...

It seems to me to be purely a software issue, not a hardware one. Sony will provide updates to SS (they always have)...

Whoa partner! Keep in mind that legacy modes were never engineered for uploading - and Sony has never promised to provide this functionality. Back when the format and these modes were conceived, personal computers had nowhere near the specs for uploading lots of music - the Minidiscs themselves had often higher capacities than most people's hard drives! The RH1 includes this capability as an unexpected gift... cheers

It charges from the computer very much more slowly - and I find mine stops charging prematurely. With the charger, the charging indication goes out at around 80% total charge, but continues to charge (no display) after that for a couple more hours! From full depletion to full charge = 1hr with display until 80%, + 2 hrs until 100% = 3 hrs total with charger Last week I was able to go close to 7 hrs recording on one full charge...

Exactly. Although I've found you can get by when you use shielded, very short cables.

The second part, with the MDS series decks explains it more clearly: Type R + ATRAC3 = Type S DSP. All are 24-bit internally. The portables use Sony's old "Super Bit Mapping" - i.e. 20-bits on input, 24-bits processing and output. The decks (I have the JB980) are all 24-bit; input, processing, and output. Why not 24-bits on the input for the Hi-MD portables? My guess is too much power. I remember the SBM-1 adapter needing it's own power supply, and that was only a 20-bit ADC too. My M-Audio 24/96 flash recorder barely gets 3 hrs at 24-bits, and its battery is three times the size and capacity of the RH1's. Cheers

It's easy to add speed to an optical recorder - increase spindle speed. The RH(9)10 goes to 3000 RPM whereas the RH1 redlines at 3600 RPM cheers

The RH1 may be the best pocket recorder out there right now. LIP-4WM = 370mAh capacity This means that it can supply 370mA current for one hour... Did that answer your question? cheers

Type-S specifies 24-bits. The input may be limited to 20, but that has nothing to do with the DAC. cheers

It's part of the DSP integrated into the CPU. The chip number is cxd2687. The DSP on all Hi-MD machines is of type S: 24 bits resolution. Much better than CD. cheers Edit: DSP = Digital Signal Processor

What model recorder? What kind of mp3 files (sample rate, bit rate...)?

Get one, and then ask it. cheers

Actually, all Hi-MD portables with mic/line-in have this chip. However, it appears that with this revision at least, the inputs are not as easily overloaded. Anybody else notice this as well? Both my RH10 and RH910, when receiving line-level signals, could clip just over the -12dB mark. The RH1 doesn't appear to do that... cheers

I read the service manual and then Googled for the part number. The 20-bit resolution complements the ATRAC DSP perfectly, in my opinion. Playing back MZ-RH1 test recordings on a 24-bit deck makes for some sublime sounds.

Just in case you were wondering what makes the RH1 such a fine portable recorder, please meet the AK5356 20-bit Delta-Sigma ADC by AKM Semi. Not only is it ultra-low power, it incorporates ultra-low noise mic pre's. Here's a little review by analogZONE: http://www.analogzone.com/avp_0804.htm Best $5.40 I ever heard (1000 quantity) Cheers

It's not a tired old argument. No real pro uses them for long term storage. Weeks, months maybe. A year, and you're taking chances. "Plenty" is not good enough. If you treasure your recordings, you're wanting closer to 100% reliability. A440/atrain helped me remember now about the iRivers: HDD noise, and those glitches at regular intervals! Anyway, they're no longer being made. Yes, the glitches were eventually fixed, I guess... after we dumped them. Kuuan, I'm still not sure what you're looking for. Read A440's, greenmachine's, and of course atrain's posts, and you can see that they're talking about quality. Pure quality. Not storage quantity, or drag'n drop convenience. These are real experiences. If you want both extremely high quality and storage capacity (short term), take a look at: http://www.sounddevices.com/products/7.htm It will cost you, though. Let me repeat from personal experiences, as you seem to have missed my earlier posts: Any HiMD recorder will blow away any iRiver - be it flash based or HD - when it comes to sound quality. If you want to record, it's just natural to assume you're interested in the sound. For someone to assume something else, well, ... I was all enthusiastic about taperssection as well, until I started listening to their "tapes." Bootlegging is not my cup of tea. Poor quality takes of shot speakers overdriven by PA systems are not my idea of a good time. Also, I couldn't help but notice how the few HiMD users were being mobbed. Most of them are now gone. cheers

I noticed that as well. The RH(9)10s do that too...

That's the constructive post we're looking for! Let me be as specific as I can (dumped the iRiver HDD many months ago): I recall the iRiver HD player Rockbox combo sounding much better than the R50. It should be, as it was a much newer product and recorded to WAVs vs compressed ATRAC1. I also seem to recall it introduced noise into the recording every time the HDD spun up. Can anyone tell me if that is still the case? Other than that, since they are out of production for over a year now, well, I haven't thought of them as any competition to current recorders. To tell you the truth, I haven't thought of them much at all - they were simply players that could be forced to record in an emergency... If you want to go used, HD-based, the JB3 would be a much better solution. In my opinion. As always. Of course. You get the idea. I have no need to self-promote or "rant" ( = differing opinion?) on an anonymous forum. In the real world I get paid real money for my opinions every day. Here I'm just sharing my experiences/opinions in the hopes they may be useful and even spare pain since recorders are not that cheap. Nobody is forced to read what I write. The list of knowledgeable people in these forums is very long indeed: dex, A440, atrain, etc.... Listen to them instead, and maybe learn something... cheers

How interesting. Thank you Unignal! I might just need this handy tool! Cheers

But seriously, I don't expect anything like my old Japanese-built R50 (my first MD!) quality-wise in the future. The RH1 comes close enough in my opinion. The R50 was not as sexy...

I owned a Rockbox flashed iRiver HD player. I still own and use the MT, PCM-M1 DAT, 2 RH910s, 1 RH10, and of course a brand spanking new RH1. I also on occasion use the iFP-895 and iFP-799 I own for voice recording. Aside from these pocket size recorders, I'm proud to use a Sigmatel based 24-bit 192kHz hard drive recording system - close to $3000 right there. I use Pro Tools and many other things. I base my opinions on my personal experiences. I share these freely and willingly. If it's too much for you to handle, tough. Yes, I mean to sound harsh here. Cheers

Same experience here. No problems on the RH1 FW rev 1.0. Sony engineers must've been working their butts off fixing bugs on this one.