MitchMonson Posted October 23, 2004 Report Share Posted October 23, 2004 Hi guys, I'm in the market for a new minidisc recorder and I'm here to decide whether to go with the Sharp MD-DR77 or the new Sony NH1. I like the recording features and quality of the sharp much better than that of the sony (particularly the speed control, I don't mind the pitch change - I'd rather preserve the sound quality and transpose), however I don't know if the ability to upload digitally gives sony the big advantage. I'm going to be recording concerts, instrumental rehersals and performances, and any other stray events as a trombone major - mostly for my own private use - but putting recordings on cd and archiving my computer is definetly something I'll be doing. So I guess my question is, does Sharp's legendary recording quality and reputation still make it the better choice considering I'll have to upload to my computer via analog? Also I will be doing my fair share of playing on the recorder too, but putting the songs on the unit in real time isn't that big of a deal to me. Thanks alot guys for your opinions. -Mitch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mutant1345 Posted October 24, 2004 Report Share Posted October 24, 2004 Hello and welcome to the forums...... well i would say that if you have no problem with uploading via analog then sharp would be better seeing as how the wuality by most iopinions is better and uploading through sonicstage is not the most fruity way of doing the upload so my choice would be the sharp only if you really dont need to upload or need higher storage capaccity, or uncompressed music. MAX rcording time on regular md = 5 houres MAX time on Hi-MD (that can be recorded live) = 34 houres capacity is also an issue here......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MitchMonson Posted October 25, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 25, 2004 So if I really wanted to upload my recordings, how much of a difference are we talking about between a sharp uploaded via analogue and the sony uploaded digitally? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KJ_Palmer Posted October 25, 2004 Report Share Posted October 25, 2004 Quite a bit, I'd say, at least in principle. The Sharp upload will have to be an analogue recording of compressed data. The Sony upload will be digital and (potentially) uncompressed. I'm also not too keen on the Sharp's 'Line' output via it's Auvi amp - the output voltage has been halved compared to earlier Sharp MD units and there's a 4-3 pole conversion stage. Of course you could copy digitally if you had a suitable deck... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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