Newbie Introduction

[grasshoppers]

Hello All, I would like to introduce myself on this forum. I have been a lurker for

a long time now and felt compelled to finally register. I finally decided to bite the

the big one and ordered a mz-rh1! I had been contemplating getting an i-pod

or one of the new sony mp3 units but i've got a large investment in MD's.

It started for me in Dec of 1998. I ordered (from Crutchfield) a mini disc bundle

consisting of the md deck mds je-320 and a portable the mz-e40. I followed

these purchases several months later with a 6 mini-disc changer (mdx-62).

I got the mini disc changer for my '93 Formula Firebird becuz it fit neatly in

the glove box. All of these legacy units still work great!! The home deck

makes a ticking sound when there is'nt a disc in the unit but that's it.

In 2004 I was at a Best Buy when I spied a HI-MD unit (mz-nh600d). I had to

have it.This opened a new world of managing music on my computer using

sonic stage. I even purchased some music from the connect store.

I've been wanting the rh1 for awhile but haven't gotten around to pulling

the trigger til now. The biggest reason is i have noticed the availibility of

these units slowly drying up and I wanted a back-up for my 600d.

I recently have redone my home stereo system and have been using md's

a lot more now.

I have some opinions that I would like so share with Everyone.

1) Sonic Stage: I have NEVER had any issues using SS to manage music

and transfer to md's. I think it is very simple and easy to use. I import

my cd's in atrac lossless and then convert them to atrac3+ 192 onto

mini-discs.

2) Atrac sound quality is superior to my ears. My son got me a 2 gig i-pod nano

for x-mas a few years ago. It's pretty cool but I can hear a difference in the sound.

When I downloaded some music from i-tunes (connect had closed RIP)

I was very unhappy with the sound quality! I like the way my HI-MD's sound

on my home stereo,not so much the i-pod. The difference is'nt quite as noticeable

using ear buds.

Sorry for the long post. I hope to be a regular contributer to the forum.

[thered_basshead]

Hi grasshoppers

welcome to the forum

I also managed to pick up a MZ-NH600 for pennies when a local electronics store that sold this kind of gear, along with higher-end mp3 players was going out of business (I wish I had gotten there in time to the the MZ-RH1 they had!) I also have a deck at home ad one in the car, as well as the first MD player I bought, a Sony MZ-R700, which I still sometimes use for recording.

I mostly use MDs for making digital copies of vinyl albums to play on the move, as well as copying the songs I bought from the iTunes store so I can play them in the car.

I've always thought they were a great idea, and will continue to use them for a long time yet, despite having an iPod and an iPhone.