aipg Posted May 10, 2009 Report Share Posted May 10, 2009 hello, I have a question, I´m going to buy a sony minidisc, but I don´t know what is the best option between the MZ-NH700 and the MZ-N10, because the first one works with AA battery. but I don´t Know.Can anybody help me please Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfbp Posted May 10, 2009 Report Share Posted May 10, 2009 The main difference is that NH700 is from the newer generation known as HiMD (High MiniDisc). It's 100% backwards compatible with the earlier version, and also allows you to upload recordings (NOT downloads to the instrument from a PC) to your computer via USB, which so-called NetMD (the previous generation, such as MZ-N10) do not allow you to do.There's a project going on to try to perform NetMD uploads from Linux, but until they succeed you can only upload from HiMD. There's one honourable exception to the rule, the RH1 (or M200) which allows upload of "legacy" recordings. The RH1 is just about the only one currently available for retail sale, too, being Sony's "last" model probably ever.The other difference is that the HiMD also have some much higher capacity disks. So the theoretical capacity of HiMD is (at lowest bit rate) 45 hours, whereas max for NetMD is only 5 hours 20 minutes.The MZ-NH700 is my favourite machine. The combination of features and the ability to use AA batteries makes it a winner, IMO. I think the electronics will last longer if you buy an NiMH charger rather than always charging the battery in the NH700 itself, which makes things get hot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A440 Posted May 15, 2009 Report Share Posted May 15, 2009 (edited) Get the NH700. Don't get the N10 under any circumstances. The NH700 will upload recordings to a PC. The N10 will not--the recordings will be stuck on the disc. The NH700 can also use Hi-MD blanks which hold three times as much music as the largest-capacity blank that the N10 will take.Further, the N10 was a Sony design made for looks more than practicality. To make it thin, all of its useful connections were put onto an external docking station. USB and charging connections are made through the docking stand ONLY.In other words, if you lose or misplace or break the docking stand, the unit is useless. You would have to make sure that the seller is even offering the docking stand for sale. Save yourself many regrets and skip the N10.http://www.minidisc.org/part_Sony_MZ-N10.htmlhttp://www.minidisc.org/part_Sony_MZ-NH700.html Edited May 15, 2009 by A440 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Levanel Posted May 21, 2009 Report Share Posted May 21, 2009 USB and charging connections are made through the docking stand ONLY.Not exactly. The ac adapter can hook into the external battery case connected to the unit through docking port. Just make sure you don't have a "battery" in there while recharging the N10's internal one.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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