Andersonfm74 Posted November 19, 2004 Report Share Posted November 19, 2004 Dear friends , I´m new to this list and I´m writing from Brazil . I am trying to buy a MD walkman but I could not find the right informations about them yet . I fact a friend of mine will buy this equipment in Miami , where she lives , and bring it to me in Brazil . But I need some help first . I would like to buy an MD walkman to record bird songs from my country . To do this I need to find an equipment with has an Mic entry ( plug in power ? ) , where I could conect a directional microphone and record the songs I want . Detail : I have only u$ 200,00 to do it , and I do not know nothing about MD players/recorders . I found some models from Sony . MZN 420D and MZNF 520D at Bestbuy.com . They had a good price , but they could not answer my questions . Can someone help me ? Regards , Anderson Monteiro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dex Otaku Posted November 19, 2004 Report Share Posted November 19, 2004 You could start here: http://minidisc.org/portable_table.html This is an equipment browser that shows the features of different units. Also, you could browse through some of the microphone-related threads in the live recording forum, here: http://forums.minidisc.org/viewforum.php?f=18 I'm not sure that you'll find a recorder with microphone input for less than $200USD, but then, I'm not really well versed on what the prices are in the US. I would actually recommend looking at the equipment browser I linked to above, then checking for some of those models on eBay. For standard MD [not HiMD] equipment, this is probably your best way to go to buy equipment on a budget. I'd love to hear some of the recordings you end up maknig of birdsong and such. Good luck in your search. Cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aeriyn Posted November 20, 2004 Report Share Posted November 20, 2004 Try looking for a Sony MZ-R700. They appear on eBay all the time, have quite good sound quality (ATRAC 4.5 for SP mode recording) and generally sell for around 80USD. You could then use the remaining 120USD to locate a decent microphone. The R700 is good for the recordist as it has both a microphone input (with plug-in power) and uses standard LR6 type AA cells. The units you quoted, the N420D and the NF520D, do not have microphone (or even line) inputs. They are NetMD downloaders only and are thus useless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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