dkijc Posted January 2, 2007 Report Share Posted January 2, 2007 Hello guys!Happy new year =)I tried to search the forum but couldn't find anything..(i'm kinda slow..) so sorry if I'm being redundant with this topic.I owned about three MD/HIMD units and all were made in Japan. I recently purchased MZ-RH1 from B&H and it says it's made in Malaysia.I heard somewhere that there is a difference between Japanese models and other models made in other countries.I was wondering if any of you knowledged people in the forum might know what the difference is? If so is it a big difference that I should get the Japanese one?Thank you so much in advance and God bless!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superbaldguy Posted January 2, 2007 Report Share Posted January 2, 2007 MiniDisc units are no longer made in Japan, including the flagship models such as the RH1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkijc Posted January 2, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2007 wow.. thank you so much, m8! THat was the fastest reply ever! That clears things up for me =).I wonder why they stopped making'em.. Hopefully the quality is not changed. hehThanks again and cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharpsony Posted January 2, 2007 Report Share Posted January 2, 2007 I wonder why they stopped making'em.. Production costs in Malaysia are presumed to be much lower than they are in Japan.Hopefully the quality is not changed. hehIn my opinion, the quality of the RH1 is on Japanese level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tekdroid Posted January 3, 2007 Report Share Posted January 3, 2007 I owned about three MD/HIMD units and all were made in Japan. I recently purchased MZ-RH1 from B&H and it says it's made in Malaysia.http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archiv...1/26/2003290837Cost-cutting, basically. First-generation Hi-MD models like the MZ-NH700 were also made in Malaysia. MZ-NH1 was made in Japan, tho. But basically it's nothing new now, and I wouldn't be too worried. Seems to me every model has its 'personality'; more design issues than quality control ones, IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sector001 Posted January 3, 2007 Report Share Posted January 3, 2007 i bought a second hand used RH1 and it's been working perfectly. mine is made in malaysia as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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