physya Posted June 1, 2005 Report Share Posted June 1, 2005 I am sure it was discussed somewhere - I apologize for the repetition.Anyway, there are many topics discussing recording of a CD to MD and then uploading it to PC. What is it good for? Isn't the direct rip and encoding just on a PC better? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zerodB Posted June 2, 2005 Report Share Posted June 2, 2005 Direct rip and encoding on a PC is better. Plus, if you use an ATRAC codec to record your music on to MD (ie Hi-SP, Hi-LP) and then transfer to PC, you will incur a quality loss when you re-encoding to another lossy format - you're compressing the music twice.Plus if you are recording a CD from an analogue input, you loose out again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
physya Posted June 2, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 2, 2005 Just what I thought...The reason I am asking is that I was considering purchasing either MZ-RH910 or MZ-DH710. As far as I understand, the only difference (in addition to price) is that the MZ-DH710 does not have mic and line-in recording (and only 3 lines of LCD). Since I never encountered a situation when I need to record something outside of my house, I chose MZ-DH710.(... and ordered it today for $145... with $0 s/h) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indeego Posted June 2, 2005 Report Share Posted June 2, 2005 hey physya,for me you would be the first known DH710 ownerplease report on this Hi-MD walkman when you receive it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
physya Posted June 2, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 2, 2005 I will. Here is what I am getting (hopefully):Sony MZ-DH710 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pata2001 Posted June 3, 2005 Report Share Posted June 3, 2005 (edited) In the past (NetMD units), people prefer units with optical in because that's the only way to get true SP quality recordings. Today, with HiSP, that won't be much of a problem anymore. Some people still prefer the higher end units because they have mic-in, which is crucial for those that do field/live-recordings, and the only $50 difference is worth it to get the RH910. If you will only going to transfer AudioCDs to your HiMD via PC, then IMO the DH710 is probably a decent unit. 1 thing I notice is it uses the older type of menu display (similar to 1st gen HiMD units), while the RH910/10 uses menu display more similar to Sony's HD walkmans.And yeah, give us a review, and some pics if you can. Edited June 3, 2005 by pata2001 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
physya Posted June 3, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2005 Sorry, folks ! after reading on, I decided to cancel the 710 and get 910. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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