cjvtwin18 Posted July 15, 2008 Report Share Posted July 15, 2008 I have owned my NHF800 for over 3 years and absolutely love it!I am looking to add a deck as a component on my home system.I use mostly 1 GB discs. Would they work on any model deck?I have seen many Sony JE330's on eBay and it seems like it may be the most plentiful model.I'm not looking to break the bank but would like to pick up a unit for as little as possible.Any sugggestions would be greatly appreciated.Thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strungup Posted July 15, 2008 Report Share Posted July 15, 2008 Only Onkyo is making a HiMD Deck http://www2.jp.onkyo.com/product/products....CB?OpenDocument Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kino170878 Posted July 15, 2008 Report Share Posted July 15, 2008 If you can live with standard minidiscs, why not record in SP and buy those Sony decks off ebay? I have 8 (last time I counted) Sony decks which I use frequently. My Sony store down the road even sells new MD decks, can you believe it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjvtwin18 Posted July 15, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2008 Do you know if the 1 GB discs would play in standard MD decks (like the Sony JE330)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THIS SUCKS Posted July 15, 2008 Report Share Posted July 15, 2008 no they will not! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kino170878 Posted July 15, 2008 Report Share Posted July 15, 2008 (edited) ^ Ahaha, makes you want to throw the disc at the wall sometimes doesn't it? Edited July 15, 2008 by kino170878 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjvtwin18 Posted July 15, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2008 Thanks everyone. So I'm stuck either plugging in my portable as a component, using the tape deck and cassette adapter or shelling out big bucks for an Onkyo Hi-MD deck? Well that sucks. With the beauty of mini discs why can't Sony make a affordable Hi-MD deck? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfbp Posted July 15, 2008 Report Share Posted July 15, 2008 The last trick that I learned was (when I have something that won't fit well on SP disk) to use an MD deck (not the HiMD!) as a glorified D-to-A. This means no dependency on the electronics in your HiMD portable.So I have my JE630 hooked to the stereo system, take OUT the minidisc, and press "RECORD". It now pops into a mode that shows "D-to-A" on the lighted display. Then optical cable to the HiMD recorder.Hope this helps. Regular decks are available and cheap. The Onkyo (HiMD deck) doesnt have digi-out.If you can live with standard minidiscs, why not record in SP and buy those Sony decks off ebay? I have 8 (last time I counted) Sony decks which I use frequently. My Sony store down the road even sells new MD decks, can you believe it.Now that is hard to believe. Where do you live? Presumably they are selling the 780. What is the voltage required?Stephen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KJ_Palmer Posted July 15, 2008 Report Share Posted July 15, 2008 Thanks everyone. So I'm stuck either plugging in my portable as a component, using the tape deck and cassette adapter or shelling out big bucks for an Onkyo Hi-MD deck? Well that sucks. With the beauty of mini discs why can't Sony make a affordable Hi-MD deck?Perhaps you could think of getting a Hi-MD unit with a line out (mode) for use as a play back 'component' with your stereo. The NH900 springs to mind, and would at least be cheaper than the Onkyo deck. Obviously there's the RH1 too but then we're talking mega-bucks again. Not ideal, of course, but Sony have sold us a bit short with Hi-MD in general. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wouldvebought Posted July 28, 2008 Report Share Posted July 28, 2008 Perhaps you could think of getting a Hi-MD unit with a line out (mode) for use as a play back 'component' with your stereo. The NH900 springs to mind, and would at least be cheaper than the Onkyo deck. Obviously there's the RH1 too but then we're talking mega-bucks again. Not ideal, of course, but Sony have sold us a bit short with Hi-MD in general.Indeed. And for what reason really? Why do we deserve this treatment?Onkyo, nh900, rh1, mzm200, NONE of them have a DIGITAL out. So no bit accurate copies of your HiMD are possible without using windows and sonicstage. I think it's just one more nail in the coffin that didn't have to be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A440 Posted July 29, 2008 Report Share Posted July 29, 2008 (edited) Onkyo, nh900, rh1, mzm200, NONE of them have a DIGITAL out. So no bit accurate copies of your HiMD are possible without using windows and sonicstage.USB connection to Windows/SonicStage or Mac/Mac Transfer is a digital out. And a heck of a lot faster than realtime. You can upload files digitally from Hi-MD, convert them and listen to them on your bit-accurate stereo with your analog ears all you want. Why you would demand the ability to also copy them as slowly as realtime is beyond me. Is your DAC lonely or something? All the nails in the coffin are from the layer of encryption built into ATRAC and the buggy, unintuitive, unreliable version upon version of SonicStage. Sony should have done simple drag and drop when it introduced Hi-MD, if not years earlier with NetMD. Sony engineered its own coffin with an almost magnificent stupidity. But a digital out? it's important to such a minuscule minority of users that I'm glad it's not built in, because it would probably have required more processor load, bulk and/or battery power. Now, backlighting on the MZ-NH700--that would have been a useful feature. Edited July 29, 2008 by A440 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kino170878 Posted July 29, 2008 Report Share Posted July 29, 2008 (edited) Some people - who are admittedly a minority - just prefer to keep the PC totally separate from their main audio equipment. Audiophiles, studio professionals, etc. Real time doesn't really bother them given their setup. For these individuals a dedicated digital out is a necessity in order to integrate with other units. Edited July 29, 2008 by kino170878 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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