JesterHead1651 Posted December 17, 2005 Report Share Posted December 17, 2005 hi, im new to the whole minidisc thing and it seems really really cool. i need help though on what player/recorder i should buy. is the MZ-NF520D sony, the right thing to buy? can it record and play? i need more elaboration on this thanks alot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrazyIvan Posted December 17, 2005 Report Share Posted December 17, 2005 MOst models with a "D" at the end of the model name means that it is a downloader only. This basically means that you will be limited to transferring via USB and Sonic Stage or Simple Burner. You do not have an input to record directly from other sources. The "NF" part of the model number means that it is A NetMD enabled unit and it has a radio tuner. To be honest, you could probably do better with a MZ-NH700 or if you really want the radio, a MZ-NHF800. The prices you can get them for are really good compared to the NF520D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JesterHead1651 Posted December 17, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2005 ok im sorry but i have NO IDEA what your talking about ive just heard about this technology, english.well actually im not really concerned to much about being able to record from other devices like a cd player or something, computer is fine. i just wanna make sure that one is able to like upload music onto it and it will play Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JesterHead1651 Posted December 17, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2005 the MZ-NF520D is pretty cheap on amazon? do you think i should go with it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobt Posted December 17, 2005 Report Share Posted December 17, 2005 The 520 is probably a good entry level, but I would go Hi MD if I were you, 600's are really cheap at minidisccanada.Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A440 Posted December 17, 2005 Report Share Posted December 17, 2005 The MZ-N520 is an old unit. The most you would be able to put on an 80-minute minidisc is 320 minutes of music, maybe 4 or 5 CDs, and it would be in very low quality. But that unit does have a radio if that matters to you. The really low-priced one, the $49 one, is used--I wouldn't get it, it could wear out quickly. The MZ-NH600D does not have a radio. But because it is Hi-MD, it packs a lot more music onto a disc: about 12 albums on one 80-minute MD in decently listenable quality. It also plays Hi-MD discs (1 GB storage) that hold 34 hours (yes hours) of music. (The MZ-N520 cannot play the new Hi-MD disc.) And you can find them on Amazon for $95 and maybe even cheaper elsewhere. I've had one that has taken a lot of use with no problems. It's a real bargain for a music player. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JesterHead1651 Posted December 17, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2005 yea im checking out the 600 at that site, its amazing. do you think i should go with it?yea thats so cool, there on amazon for real cheap i think im going to go with it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A440 Posted December 17, 2005 Report Share Posted December 17, 2005 It really depends on what you want in a music player. MD units are twice the size of little flash units, like this one:http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00066EK2...5Fencoding=UTF8MD does sound good, though, and I haven't heard what that Sandisk sounds like.The other advantage of MD is that the discs are removable storage, so you can have more than 1GB of stuff ready to go, or different discs for different moods, etc. If you have friends with minidiscs you can trade them (but don't expect to copy them--it's possible but it's a pain). And to get technical again: If you are copying CDs directly to MD, you will get good quality. If you are copying mp3 files to MD, they have to go through a conversion to get onto MD, so if the original mp3 files are low quality (128 kpbs or less) they will lose something on the way to MD. I have the MZ-NH600D because I do a lot of MD recording, and I want to save wear on my recorder, so I use the 600D for playback. I do think it's a great bargain for a player, especially if you have any friends who also use MD. But if all I had wanted was a player, I might have started with a flash player instead. Not a 256K one, which would mean swapping music in and out all the time, but something with at least 1GB capacity. Decisions, decisions.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JesterHead1651 Posted December 17, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2005 yea i think im going to go with the 600 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A440 Posted December 17, 2005 Report Share Posted December 17, 2005 Then welcome to Minidisc Land.One word of advice: Don't install the software from the disc that comes with the NH600--it's more than a year old. Go to Downloads here and get the latest SonicStage 3.3 installer. You'll also find that for transferring CDs, Simple Burner (either at Downloads or on your disc) is much easier and better. But SonicStage has to be installed for Simple Burner to work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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