New and could use some advice

[sasjf]

I am new to all this and have a few questions.

Last week I was able to get the following for $25 at a garage sale:

MDS-JE320

MDS-JE330

MDS-JE500

MZ-N505

31 used minidiscs

I hooked the decks up to my stereo via RCA and they all seem to work great except the MDS-JE330, It makes a clicking sound when there is no disc inserted, but seems to work fine otherwise, any sugestions?

The MDS-JE500 seems to be the best unit - I would like to use it to master mixes from a multi-track recorder or DAW and then make CD copies to a sony cd recorder via all via optical I/O. Will I have any problems with SCMS?

The MZ-N505 would be handy for live recordings, is the line in both analog and optical, or just optical? Could I hook a mic up to it?

Thanks!!

[bobt]

I am new to all this and have a few questions.

Last week I was able to get the following for $25 at a garage sale:

MDS-JE320

MDS-JE330

MDS-JE500

MZ-N505

31 used minidiscs

I hooked the decks up to my stereo via RCA and they all seem to work great except the MDS-JE330, It makes a clicking sound when there is no disc inserted, but seems to work fine otherwise, any sugestions?

The MDS-JE500 seems to be the best unit - I would like to use it to master mixes from a multi-track recorder or DAW and then make CD copies to a sony cd recorder via all via optical I/O. Will I have any problems with SCMS?

The MZ-N505 would be handy for live recordings, is the line in both analog and optical, or just optical? Could I hook a mic up to it?

Thanks!!

You got an incredible deal, the 330 may just need a little cleaning and lubrication. The 505 is at the end of it's life, best not play with it too much, the wiring to the record head breaks, then it will randomly erase discs, not good. I would suggest an NH-700, comes with a mic input, and can record in legacy.

Have fun

Bob