Atomsk Posted February 22, 2004 Report Share Posted February 22, 2004 After about 3 years of almost daily usage, my trusty R90 has developed a rather severe "hiccuping" problem while recording - when a newly recorded disc is played back, about 3/4 of the tracks cannot play at all, and the tracks that do are marred with skips and gaps. I figure it isn't worth the time or the effort to go repairing a model this old, so now I'm looking for an equivalent replacement. -I'm really looking more for a straight replacement, than for the newest model (don't really care about UMD right now). Since the R90 was discontinued quite a while ago (and I don't want to buy used), I guess I have to look at the newer models. -Model must have line-in and line-out (don't care about NetMD). I can live without a mic-in. -Preferably output levels from the headphone jack would be similar. -Looking at under than $200, preferably ~150. -Sony or Sharp, either one is ok by me. Thanks for any recommendations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mystyler Posted February 22, 2004 Report Share Posted February 22, 2004 I'm going to assume you're in the USA, Atomsk. Are you willing to import? There is a much larger selection to be had if you do. For starters, there is the DR7(DR480)/DR420/MT888/MT899 from Sharp and the R909/R910/N1/N707/N10 (maybe to pricey) from Sony. Also there is the Panasonic MR220 and MR230. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mAjEsTiC Posted February 22, 2004 Report Share Posted February 22, 2004 if u can wait a while i suggest that u wait for the new Hi-MD's to come out and see how they compare with the current units...if they're not as we've expected then u can grab urself a good deal on the current units as the prices would've gone down due to the retailers selling off old stock... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkfusion Posted February 22, 2004 Report Share Posted February 22, 2004 If NetMD is no concern, then Mystylers suggestion of the Sharp MD-DR7 would make a great unit for you. The unit itself is small, very robust and will sound miles ahead of your R90 due to Sharps signature 1-Bit Digital Amp. You really can't go wrong with the DR7... it's a pretty much perfect MD Recorder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alucard Posted February 22, 2004 Report Share Posted February 22, 2004 my first md unit is r90, it really kills me when i try to record from my cd, mAjEsTiC is right, i'm going to buy myself a Sharp DR80 after the release of HiMD(sound strange :wink: ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atomsk Posted February 22, 2004 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2004 Any good deals on the DR7? Cheapest I've seen is at audiocubes for $239. edit: $18 shipping on a *<1lb item? Rrrghh! if u can wait a while i suggest that u wait for the new Hi-MD's to come out and see how they compare with the current units...if they're not as we've expected then u can grab urself a good deal on the current units as the prices would've gone down due to the retailers selling off old stock... If there's one thing I've learned about minidisc, it's that old models almost never discount appreciably :x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mAjEsTiC Posted February 24, 2004 Report Share Posted February 24, 2004 u'll be surprised actually...here in Aus sometimes retailers sell off old stock pretty cheaply...and that includes MD's...like Harvey Norman for example...i've managed to pick up a great deal on a few older model MD's for my friends... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superbaldguy Posted February 29, 2004 Report Share Posted February 29, 2004 I think it makes perfect sense to still stick with some of the "conventional" MD units, and one should be able to find pretty good deals on the likes of a DR7 or something similar. BTW, there's a new MZ-N920 just out that looks pretty decent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
actorlife Posted March 1, 2004 Report Share Posted March 1, 2004 I would also recommened trying the sharp or sony netmd as they are getting cheaper...cheak ebay, i've gotten some great deals recently and on the minidisc forums, got the Sony N1 for under $200.00 Hey SBG, What happened to the T-board? been trying to get on to no avail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superbaldguy Posted March 1, 2004 Report Share Posted March 1, 2004 The T-Board was down most of yesterday, but it's up and running this morning. :smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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