nrand Posted October 23, 2009 Report Share Posted October 23, 2009 Its nice that the prices on these old top of the line units have now dropped to the level of new household stereo gear - I lashed out and bought one of each, and offer feedback as promised in an earlier thread. Firstly the Sony is much more versatile as a recorder as it has LP capacity where the Denon only has SP or 148 min Mono. So, for my work project for the church, where I need two hour continuous music programmes - the Sony fits this bill the best and the sound played through a basic PA in a large space is very good. Buuuut... Side by side, through the same mixer in my home studio with SP recordings the Sony is no match for the sound quality of the Denon - its not even close. Listening through the Denon is downright addictive - much more detailed than the Sony. So for my archival material the Denon becomes my first choice and for versatility the Sony still gets a lot of work. Seems fair to me - Its just a pity Denon is not producing MD recorders and players anymore. My two cents worth. If you find one of these Denons in good shape you can hear for yourself! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilippeC Posted October 23, 2009 Report Share Posted October 23, 2009 Since I have a pro Sony MDS-B5 with such an incredible sound (for listening), I would like to compare one day with the MD Denon sound, opportunity I does not have yet. one thing I does not know is does someone can tell me if - a solid and heavy machine - any (or only high-end one, ES serial?) type-R deck is better than any portable type-R machine ? I have some Hi-MD and MDLP type-S portables machines so I would like to know if decks (see my other post) I can buy here in Vietnam are opportunities yes or no (1) for listening(2) for recording. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfbp Posted October 23, 2009 Report Share Posted October 23, 2009 FWIW, for any LP modes it is **essential** to have have Type-S for playback. LP2 is amazingly good (considering the low 132kbps bitrate), but only with proper replay chip. I had recordings I made with Type-R machine that really sounded no good until played back on a Type-S deck. There's not so many Type-S decks, though. For a portable, it's less critical, you can fudge it with the equalizer. However even the cheapest machine with Type-S sounds amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilippeC Posted October 24, 2009 Report Share Posted October 24, 2009 FWIW, for any LP modes it is **essential** to have have Type-S for playback. LP2 is amazingly good (considering the low 132kbps bitrate), but only with proper replay chip. I had recordings I made with Type-R machine that really sounded no good until played back on a Type-S deck. There's not so many Type-S decks, though. For a portable, it's less critical, you can fudge it with the equalizer. However even the cheapest machine with Type-S sounds amazing. I don't use LP2 and LP4. Only SP and HI-MD modes. I understand that LP modes sound much better with type-S but it is not important for me. I come back little by little to SP mode so my music can be listened on my SP mode only MDS-B5 deck. But as I never have a deck before, I don't know if non professionnal deck sound very good. Which ones can be trust (amazing sound criteria) ? Denon DMD-800 (222 US$) Sony MDS-JE640 (250 US$) Sony JA3ES (266$) DENON PMA-510AE (?) Sony MXD-D1 (266$) Sony MXD-JE700 (222$) Pioneer MJ-D5 (211$) Sony MDS-S35(216$) Sony MDS-302(216$) Sony MDS-503(216$) Denon DMD-1500 (105$) Kenwood DM-7090 (83$) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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