Looking For MD Player/Recorder with certain features....

[Guest Anonymous]

Hello-

I am looking to find a minidisc recorder for my brother, as a gift.. I have one myself, a Sony MZ-R37, which i am happy with, except that it doesn't have a digital out.. We use it for recording music lessons as well as recording ourselves practicing, so transfering this to another format is very useful. I will list the features i am looking along with the necessity of the feature. If there is one with all these features that would be best, but the last two are not absolutly necessary.

Digital In & Digital Out: Needed

Mic. In: Needed

Electric Line In: Needed

Must be a portable size; can fit in one's pocket

Abilty to recharge batteries through a dc in: Desired

Mp3 playable: Desired

Thanks alot-

Ben

www.drums-anya.com

[usuario_usable]

Hello, Ben:

I believe you can´t transfer music digitally from MD to PC. But today I´ve read that there is a machine wich cans do it:

http://www.xitel.com/product_mdpio.htm

Any case, it´s better if you wait for somebody who knows more than me about these themes

Sorry for my bad english!!!

Greetings.

[mAjEsTiC]

that device will NOT allow you to transfer digitally from MD -> PC...i think if u absolutely need this then u're better off getting a deck with optical inputs and outputs...the only portable MD recorder i've seen with an optical output is the Sony MZ-R1 (the very 1st MD model released by Sony in '93)...i haven't seen a unit with one ever since...

[Guest Anonymous]

I had no idea that there were so few portable md recorders w/ a digital out.. seems to me it would be useful. Oh well.. In that case, could you recommend any good md recorders with the same specs i had placed previouly? Take away the digital out, of course. There seems to be quite a number on the market, and with my limited knowledge, i'd love to be pointed in the direction of a quality one.

Thanks again for your help-

Ben

[mAjEsTiC]

in that case i would suggest that you take a look at the Sharp DR420 or DR580 (if u can stretch the budget)...these 2 models should keep u happy for years to come...=) they have all the features that you desire...

[JayX]

i saw usuario spammed that link in practically every thread so thought i'd click it finally....

are they having a joke or something?! $70 for a piece of plastic crap that doesn't actually do ANYTHING you can't do with your minidisc from out of the box!

i feel sorry for anyone who actually buys one. looks like its packaged like its worth $20 too. quality

[mAjEsTiC]

that unit basically just creates an easier connection to the PC for users without the luxury of having an optical output from their s/c...that and it also has ports for u/l to the PC via analogue cables...it's just a device that makes things easier to d/l and u/l to the PC without having that many cables lying around...