ggabriele3 Posted July 21, 2015 Report Share Posted July 21, 2015 I got back into this hobby recently and I love how the Sony player/recorders look and sound. Hitting eBay hard the past few months, I now own:-MZ-R70 (new condition)-MZ-R70 (good condition)-MZ-E55 (very good condition)-MZ-E90 (good condition)-MZ-R90 (very good condition)and yet, I kind of want an E44, R50, and a better-condition E90 if I can find them. Also the red/blue versions of all of these.Tell me to stop? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fourbanks Posted July 21, 2015 Report Share Posted July 21, 2015 yes i would stop as there is no point in just hording these units. I myself have stopped with 5 portable units and 2 full size machines and although it is tempting to just carry on iv'e decided to call a halt and trust you will do likewise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggabriele3 Posted July 21, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2015 yes i would stop as there is no point in just hording these units. I myself have stopped with 5 portable units and 2 full size machines and although it is tempting to just carry on iv'e decided to call a halt and trust you will do likewise Sensible. Part of the excitement is that I can actually afford to buy a bunch of units now, whereas I was 18 and broke when they first came out. So it's like I'm on some teen game show and I won a shopping spree inside a Best Buy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluecrab Posted July 22, 2015 Report Share Posted July 22, 2015 Stop? Pick up some MD decks first! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggabriele3 Posted July 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2015 Stop? Pick up some MD decks first!Why decks? There are a million J330s out there I keep seeing, but I never really considered them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfbp Posted July 22, 2015 Report Share Posted July 22, 2015 Decks seem to do quite a lot of cleanup especially of analog signals that portables do not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearBoy Posted July 22, 2015 Report Share Posted July 22, 2015 Funnily enough I have found myself in the same boat. Since getting back into MD a month or so ago I have picked up an MDS-JB980, MZ-E909, MZ-N910 and an MZ-N710. The perils of eBay.Had a number of other units on watch lists too but have decided to call a halt to my buying before it gets out of hand Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azureal Posted July 22, 2015 Report Share Posted July 22, 2015 You need to stock up on blanks too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearBoy Posted July 22, 2015 Report Share Posted July 22, 2015 Good point. All of the units I bought, bar one, came with blanks too. Many of which were still sealed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggabriele3 Posted July 23, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2015 Funnily enough I have found myself in the same boat. Since getting back into MD a month or so ago I have picked up an MDS-JB980, MZ-E909, MZ-N910 and an MZ-N710. The perils of eBay.Had a number of other units on watch lists too but have decided to call a halt to my buying before it gets out of hand I get this feeling like it's all going to disappear some day...and i should have backups. It's like I'm playing Fallout 3 carrying 40 assault rifles just so I can repair my main one.I have, however, made a pact with myself not to bother with any of the NetMD units. I'm only looking for the MZ-R and MZ-E models through the *90.Decks seem to do quite a lot of cleanup especially of analog signals that portables do not.I've actually just been recording from lossless --> optical --> portable recorder so far.And if I got a deck I'd want to get at least one of the units has keyboard input, and i should probably just stick with portables. You need to stock up on blanks too!Oddly enough 2 of the units I bought were purchased only because they came with a lot of blanks. This includes the beat up R70 (actually in pretty good shape, except that the FFWD button is kind of mushy)......and the comically-large Sharp MD-MS722 which was advertised as being in "great condition" but was dirty, had a huge dent in the top that prevented discs from loading, a non-working battery, and 2 missing screws. I fixed all those things, and now I have a like-new totally functional MD-MS722 that I can't bring myself to carry. It's more than double the size of my E90. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennyzee Posted July 24, 2015 Report Share Posted July 24, 2015 A good deck to get with a keyboard input is the MDS JB930.. and there`s a good MiniDisc group on Facebook.Guys with nice MD collections. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freddyjollo Posted August 1, 2015 Report Share Posted August 1, 2015 hello you need atleast 2 decks - sony JB940 or JB980? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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