campekenobi Posted December 17, 2004 Report Share Posted December 17, 2004 Initiation is complete... had it only one week, and I've already dropped my new hi-MD player on the floor... CONCRETE with only THIN carpeting (basement). Thing bounced a few times, it was all in shocking slow-motion. Still works... no little pieces fell out or any strange sounds of moving parts inside. Slight scuff on metal cover now... it's officially mine :grin: "broken in". Shared this because this was a key concern of mine when I was debating buying this. I know I'm clumsy, and I was so concerned about breaking my unit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
streaml1ne Posted December 17, 2004 Report Share Posted December 17, 2004 I dropped my NH1 this week too. The coiled headphone cord dragged it off my desk and onto the floor. Still works. I also demo'd MD media durability by throwing one into the wall. HARD. Put the metal piece back on and pop it in, plays fine =) Usually gets a few "Hmm that's durable" from the crowd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tytt Posted December 17, 2004 Report Share Posted December 17, 2004 at least you guyz didnt get nottin. I get static whenever i record. My fall was only 2 and a half feet drop onto the ground (plastic ground around the computer...for the chair) while recording. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
campekenobi Posted December 17, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2004 ... Put the metal piece back on and pop it in, plays fine =) What do you mean, the whole unit's FACE came off??? what piece of metal? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunge Posted December 17, 2004 Report Share Posted December 17, 2004 the little metal shutter on the minidisc. he's not talking about the unit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
campekenobi Posted December 17, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2004 at least you guyz didnt get nottin. I get static whenever i record. My fall was only 2 and a half feet drop onto the ground (plastic ground around the computer...for the chair) while recording.Hmm... well, I've actually never RECORDED w/ my unit yet. Plus I dropped it from like 4ft up (I'm 6-2) while walking! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KJ_Palmer Posted December 17, 2004 Report Share Posted December 17, 2004 I've dropped my NH900 - about four feet onto concrete. My heart nearly stopped, but the unit still works (including recording) fine. At least it's been truly 'initiated' now... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave_bass5 Posted December 17, 2004 Report Share Posted December 17, 2004 must be the time of year. after having MD for years and no accidents i droped my 900 on Tuesday. all seems ok. Dave. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bananatree Posted December 17, 2004 Report Share Posted December 17, 2004 I think us protable audio folk should bring back the thick shag carpet! We need some defenses against gravity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobgoblin Posted December 17, 2004 Report Share Posted December 17, 2004 or learn to secure the hardware to your body properly... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
palaceagles Posted December 17, 2004 Report Share Posted December 17, 2004 dropped my NH700 from my lap onto the brick drive getting out of the car - ouch, i was worried, but all been fine since... pheww Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
campekenobi Posted December 17, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2004 must be the time of year. after having MD for years and no accidents i droped my 900 on Tuesday. all seems ok. Dave.LOL!!! :laugh: Wow, it must be drop nh900 week!!! Thanks for sharing. And Zombietycho, love the shag carpet idea - great point. I wonder how an iPod would have survived... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doomlordis Posted December 17, 2004 Report Share Posted December 17, 2004 Weird my boss dropped mine, slow motion job as well , unfortunatley there was a chair leg between it and the floor, small dent on bottom corner edge , hardly noticable and no problems with it after. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROMBUSTERS Posted December 17, 2004 Report Share Posted December 17, 2004 Weird my boss dropped mine, slow motion job as well , unfortunatley there was a chair leg between it and the floor, small dent on bottom corner edge , hardly noticable and no problems with it after.haha and you cant reall call him an (insert bad adjective) with him being your boss and all can you? that sucks. i hope he at least gave u a bonus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doomlordis Posted December 17, 2004 Report Share Posted December 17, 2004 Strangly enough the next saturday morning out of the blue i did get a letter through the post giving me a rather large raise, not related to md though just my sterling hard work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidrobe10 Posted December 17, 2004 Report Share Posted December 17, 2004 I kicked my Nh1 ? :S i was walking away from my comp and the usb was pluged in or the charger cant remember and it wacked my foot then the table !! no scratches / problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aeriyn Posted December 18, 2004 Report Share Posted December 18, 2004 Back when it was still among the functioning, I dropped my R900 more times than I can count. One drop was from sixteen feet in the air on a high second floor deck. Hit the ground below (grass). No damage, no problems. I haven't dropped my new pink iPod Mini yet, but I'm sure I will eventually. From what I've heard, however, the iPod Mini is a very tough little unit. So I am not nearly as worried as I was with, say, my DS8 or the N10 I had. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raintheory Posted December 19, 2004 Report Share Posted December 19, 2004 After 3 days of having my new NH900, I can admit that I haven't yet dropped the thing. I have been *extremely* careful with it. It's good to know that it seems that it could handle a drop if it came down to one. While I've been out and about I've actually been keeping it in my pocket/bag/etc. and controlling it completely from the remote, so far. I still remember a couple years ago the day I got my N707 it took a very nasty spill down a loong set of concrete stairs, finally slamming into a brick wall at the bottom. o_0 The battery came out during the fall, and the disc flew out, but I can honestly say that the unit still works fine to this day. And i think it may have helped in some way because I am probably the only one I know that hasn't lost any of the screws from the face of the N707. Since that first drop, I couldn't count with two hands how many times it has fallen, been kicked, left out in the rain/snow, stepped on, etc. I am very excited about the NH900, I still haven't used it enough to utilize all of the features and such, but so far I am in Hi-MD heaven. --- raintheory Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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