Mznh800, Golden

[Static]

Well I just got my first MD player and have had it for a week and decided to leave some of my impressions. First off I love this thing. It amazes me storing 7+ hours of high quality music onto one disc in Hi Sp. PLaylisting is not really a concern for me as I can just put all of my favorite songs on one disc and just set it to shuffle. Transfer speed is a gripe, but oh well. I'm not directing jets or selling stocks so I got a lot of time. All my music is ripped from cd, so mp3 support isn't such a big deal to me. I prefer to buy my music. Although connect could use a few more titles, it would be great to download a Moloko album rather than pay high import prices to get it at the local record store. The remote....People say this thing is confusing? Maybe for someone who has never used anything with electricity, but come on it seriously only takes about five minutes to figure out. Most HD players also take five minutes to figure out too. One of my main reasons for buying was durability, and not wanting to buy a product that has like 80 percent marketshare. I noticed with my friends HD units one has a Zen touch and another has a 20g ipod, that they too my ears just didn't sound as good as the net MD that my brother let me borrow. If this seems like it's rambling it definately is. Also my friend went through a previous HD player from dell before she got the zen, because she took it jogging. She doesn't use the Zen for exercising now. No complaints from the ipod though as far as durability goes...It is a standup unit, besides short battery life, but I hate the idea that if its broke your data (music) is all gone. As long as Sony continues to make backwards compatible products I'll have my md's for years to come, assuming that I dont accidently drop them in a fire. And even if sony abandons the format, It would be awesome to stock up on some Hi Md players at 100 bucks a pop, and cheaply be able to replace them when they break.{edit} forgot to mention that i do love to tape shows at clubs, and I can't wait to use this, I used to just use a $20 tape recorder with an external mike, so this is definately a bonus for the 800 {end edit} Also Battery LIFE wow, how can someone really buy something that doesn't play for at least 12 hours with good sound at a decent volume. I have put one AA in my 800 since I got it and it only reads half full at about five hours or so a day for 6 days 35 hours and going people...ahh the miracles of duracell, and also once i get some good rechargables I won't even have to spend a fortune replacing one AA every two weeks or so, just use them till there gone and recharge baby.... And lastly i really don't need 20 GB of music or 40 or 60, cause well really I dont think there is that much truly great music and I dont need to put all my albums tapes cd's onto one unit and have them with me at all times. If you read this you are definately losing your mind by now. By the way I did not re read this for corrections.{edit} I lied I just re read it and added that thing about recording {end edit}

Later,

Reg

Edited January 9, 2005 by Static

[ROMBUSTERS]

lad you are enjoying your new HiMD! And i have to agree with you that there's just something about minidiscs that are sooooo cool! and im tlaking about above and beyond all of the great features