DATfan Posted August 14, 2007 Report Share Posted August 14, 2007 (edited) I just decommissioned my MZ-NH900 in favor of a MZ-RH1.I often listen to radio shows, and use the speed control (SC) feature. What a difference! The MZ-RH1 on speed control provided totally smooth, pitch-controlled audio. Listening at +100% (2x) was not only actually possible, but EASY!I've used speed control on the regular MD business players, and they shared the same problems with audibility that the Hi-MD MZ-NH900 did ... you really can't go past +50% without losing audibility, and there are sharp "cracks" in the sound that are annoying. You really have to work at listening.In fact, I had stocked up with 2 MZ-NH900s back when we learned that the second wave of Hi-MDs had dropped the SC feature.But, shortly thereafter, the MZ-RH1 arrived and re-implemented SC, but I soldiered on with the MZ-NH900, because I didn't believe Sony would change the speed control algorithm.Boy, was I wrong!!I now have 1 MZ-RH1 and 2 MZ-M200s and have decommissioned that MZ-NH900, and have a 2nd new-in-box that I just won't be needing at all. Edited August 15, 2007 by DATfan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KJ_Palmer Posted August 14, 2007 Report Share Posted August 14, 2007 Excellent news - it's also a great feature for practising tricky music passages, but as you say, earlier implentations were far from satisfactory. Presumably slowing down gives just as good results - I must give it a go on the RH1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted August 19, 2007 Report Share Posted August 19, 2007 (edited) Perhaps it is because the RH1 uses Digital Speed Control? Edited August 19, 2007 by Sparda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rayzray Posted August 19, 2007 Report Share Posted August 19, 2007 i use my Hi-MD900's a lot AT my piano lessons (i go to their houses).. i can slow the songs down so thei can play along or slow down the scales and arpegggioss.. *can never spell that word* and don't care to look it up.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobS Posted August 21, 2007 Report Share Posted August 21, 2007 I doubt it is because it is a "digital" speed control (I am sure the 910s worked at the digital level). This was not an uncommon feature on some cassette recorders that were office oriented. I have 3 with this feature, all keep the pitch from changing while speeding up (or down) playback Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KJ_Palmer Posted August 21, 2007 Report Share Posted August 21, 2007 Well, the NH900's etc speed control is also described as digital pitch control (DPC), so it's not the 'digital'-ness that makes the RH1's version any better. If indeed that is the case (I haven't checked it yet)... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobS Posted August 21, 2007 Report Share Posted August 21, 2007 Seemed odd to me that the speed control of the business oriented MZ-B100 did NOT do pitch control. I got an MZ-NH1 just to get a speed control with pitch control. Very useful feature Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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