sescoscuba Posted June 5, 2011 Report Share Posted June 5, 2011 Hi all What is the md with the best sound in reading and writing excluding the MZ-RH1? Thanks to everyone for the help. Sergio Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickyJay Posted June 5, 2011 Report Share Posted June 5, 2011 Hi all What is the md with the best sound in reading and writing excluding the MZ-RH1? Thanks to everyone for the help. Sergio For Hi-MD I rate the MZ-RH710. Very good full sound indeed. The best sound I have ever heard on any MD unit though has to be the MZ-R37. It took two batteries and had all metal casing. The sound of the in-built amplifier to my ears is better than a CD player playing uncompressed audio. Then again I recorded through the analogue input thereby making full use of the superior A/D converters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfbp Posted June 5, 2011 Report Share Posted June 5, 2011 For Hi-MD I rate the MZ-RH710. Very good full sound indeed. Interesting. Not one I have tried - there was a DH710 in the local Sony Store before it closed, but the staff didn't even know what it was, and the price was way up there, so I didn't bite. I think the RH710 might have never surfaced here in N.America. Which *other* units have you tried, NJ? I think the 710 is the same generation as the 910/M10/M100 i.e. second generation. But if you look at the schematics there's an awful lot of stuff the same up until the RH1. I really like the sound of my RH910, but it has problems (unrelated to sound): a. there seem to have been an extraordinary proportion of these go out of alignment after a year or two. This is quite unusual for Sony's MD products. b. It won't record SP c. The MP3 playback (which replaced SP recording capability I think) is reputedly poor. I actually don't know since I haven't even tried to use MD units for MP3 myself. Stephen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickyJay Posted June 6, 2011 Report Share Posted June 6, 2011 That's Sony's policy of regional differences for you. You're right there the 710 is a UK model. I don't care much for MP3, which was crippled for the usual reasons. The way I think about it though is that Sony may have deliberately tried to boost the quality of Atrac on these units Oddly enough I don't listen to portables anymore that much. Mostly it's decks and hi-fis. When I start my new job that may soon be changing. I have first and second generation Hi-MDs in the pipeline. But I will also keep the R37 close (I have two new ones stored because they are just so friggin' awesome). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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