MDGB2 Posted July 26, 2005 Report Share Posted July 26, 2005 Bought a 'new' Hi-MD!Is it the MZ-RH910?Or even the RH10 with its beautiful OLED display?NO!A second-hand MZ-NH600!!!! And I must say that its not as bad as its cracked up to be. To me the build quality is better than my NH700 (although the 'silver' is wearing off on the jog-dial), and as its a UK model it has a DC input and an Optical line input! The previous owner appears to have hacked the EQ and volume settings as well!Who needs MP3 support anyway.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiesto Posted July 26, 2005 Report Share Posted July 26, 2005 a NH600 can save the day any time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sebastianbf Posted July 26, 2005 Report Share Posted July 26, 2005 a NH600 can save the day any time ←Totally right Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KJ_Palmer Posted July 27, 2005 Report Share Posted July 27, 2005 Congrats MDGB2 - I love my NH600, too. Was the first Hi-MD recorder I got, over a year back, and still manfully does the bulk of my Hi-MD & LP2 recording. The blue model is stunning and is actually really sturdy - it's survived many a flying-across-the-room type scenario....I may even get another to preserve this gem for posterity, as they're so cheap now.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMPlitude Posted July 27, 2005 Report Share Posted July 27, 2005 congrats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atrain Posted July 27, 2005 Report Share Posted July 27, 2005 Congrats MDGB2 - I love my NH600, too. Was the first Hi-MD recorder I got, over a year back, and still manfully does the bulk of my Hi-MD & LP2 recording. The blue model is stunning and is actually really sturdy - it's survived many a flying-across-the-room type scenario....I may even get another to preserve this gem for posterity, as they're so cheap now....←you never struck me as a man of temper KJ, all these unannounced passions build up to a sort of md shot put? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage Posted July 29, 2005 Report Share Posted July 29, 2005 Too bad mine didn't last a year.... The headphone jack just decided to give up the ghost.On the other hand, the NH600D (US model) did save my soul. On a whim, I decided to put it to the test vs. the iPod 40GB (4th Gen, if you're curious) on a listening test. A week later, I had a nice and shiny NH900 to satisfy my jones while the iPod did went back to wherever it came from...Then I got 2x NH1s in a span of a month... Yes, so in a sick and twisted way, the NH600D saved my soul.I'm now looking at a DH710 as a back up model of sorts...It's a never ending addiction, I'm afriad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleSwallow Posted August 4, 2005 Report Share Posted August 4, 2005 I recently bought an new condition, open-box NH600D from BestBuy (for $36!!!). At first I was very disappointed by the sound quality and the transfer speed. All of my music is either in 128kbps mp3 or wma, or 192kbps mp3. I tranfered them using SonicStage 2.0 and it took forever because it had to convert to Atrac3plus 64kbps (I later tried regular Atrac3 132kbps, but that was no better) before it would transfer the songs. Listening to the player wasn't any more fun, because the music sounded like 64kpbs wma quality no matter how much I tweaked the equalizer. I use the Panasonic HJE50 or Sennheiser PX100, depending on my mood. Not satisfied, I did some research. Seems like what I had to do was burn directly from cd to hi-md so that in hi-lp mode 64kbps will sound like 128 in mp3 format. So I decided to give it a try. Lo and behold, it worked! I heard a DRASTIC change in sound quality upon playback, and it really does sound close to 128kbps mp3 quality now. However, there's still the problem of having to take out all my CD's (which are packed away 'cause they've been ripped onto the computer) and recording them one by one onto the player. Then comes the problem of special mp3's I've made (that I've spliced and joined and cut, etc.). Do I have to make a CD out of them and rip the cd using MDsimpleburner in order to get superior sound quality? Same question about playlists and mixes and stuff. However, the good outweighs the bad when I take price into consideration. Basically I only paid $38 total for this hi-md player, and so for that price it was a very good deal; I'm really glad I jumped for it. It's tranferring that gives me a headache. Also, I basically have unlimited storage space, as I can buy as many hi-md's as I want, and that's REALLY great. Plus they're cheap! I do have Zen Micro 5gb and MuVo2 4gb (at the moment it's being RMA'd - headphone jack problem) and in my opinion the NH600d falls short of them in terms of sound, ease of use, size/portability, and interface (the micro's). But the Sony beats the Creatives in terms of price/costs and battery life (although the hdd players just need to be recharged at night, while batteries need to be purchased). But like I said before, for the price I paid, the NH600D is the best music player to have.Also, since I am new at this, what are the recording capabilities that everyone is talking about all the time? How do you record live music and stuff onto the Hi-md player? There doesn't seem to be a line in/out or anything on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenmachine Posted August 4, 2005 Report Share Posted August 4, 2005 It's tranferring that gives me a headache.Welcome to the world of Sony technology / software.Also, since I am new at this, what are the recording capabilities that everyone is talking about all the time? How do you record live music and stuff onto the Hi-md player? There doesn't seem to be a line in/out or anything on it.As you can see in the 'D' of its name, the NH600D is a downloader/player only, no live recording capabilities whatsoever. This must be the main reason why it's so inexpensive, many other Hi-MD units have line and microphone inputs, see the equipment browser:http://www.minidisc.org/equipment_browser.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROMBUSTERS Posted August 8, 2005 Report Share Posted August 8, 2005 awesome job on the purchase! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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