vilasman Posted February 28, 2004 Report Share Posted February 28, 2004 I have a MZ-R90 that still works great even though it is 4 years old. I havent used it alot though. Recently, like yesterday, I got the Milwaukee Jobsite radio, which has Rockford Fosgate electronics and is really making my Mini-disk sound great. I cant wait to get it all to a job site so I can blast it. I have been reading through some of the forums and learned that some of the MD Players sound better than others. At times I like to listen to TV if I am working late and was considering getting the AM FM TV tuner MD , which i could then plug into my radio and then I would be able to listen to everything. At almost $200 though I am really leaning towards waiting and getting a HiMD and finding another way of getting my TV audio. But does any one have one of the AM FM TV MD's ? do they sound any better or worse than mt MZ-R90? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Posted March 3, 2004 Report Share Posted March 3, 2004 Sound better? Do you mean in terms of reception or overall sound quality? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vilasman Posted March 4, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2004 Well, while i am now pretty sure that I will just wait until Hi-Md comes out and get pretty top of the line one of those... On one hand I would like to be able to listen to my favorite tv shows, if I am out working late. On the other hand, I have never really listened to any of the various compression schemes, so I dont know if they sound notice-ably different from a regular old mini-disk. And until i start reading reviews on here, i wont know if the Hi-Md sounds a lot different from the MD that I have now. But, to my suprise, from reading here , I have learned that not all of the MD that are out now, sound a like. My preference, what is most important to me, is the quality of the sound that I have recorded on my mini-disk from copying CD's or from live recording. And I am willing to pay to get the best quality along with the best battery life and the longest recording time. Whether it has TV sound or not is optionally. There are other ways to get that...I am really thinking that I am going to get the top of the line Sony CD player, the sports model that has TV sound and optical out put to use to play CD's that I will be copying to Mini disk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Posted March 4, 2004 Report Share Posted March 4, 2004 Believe me when I tell you this that there is an amazing world outside Sony's standards, although recently Sony has caught up to the times. Sharp's latest Minidisc units with digital 1-bit amplifiers have a sound unmatched by just about any portable [even iPod'ers have said this, numerous times] - same goes with the newer generation Kenwoods [check out the review in my sig]. There's actually two types of digital amps in this era, one mostly for better power consumption/etc, and one that has that AND better sound. For example, a unit like the Sharp MD-DS8 [review in my sig] has an advanced digital amp. A unit like the MZ-E10 has a digital amp, but mostly for the power consumption. Sony recently introduced the E720 which has a HD digital amp and is supposedly on par with newer generation Sharp and Kenwood's, and it'll be featured again in the new NH1 I believe. You haven't heard a Minidisc unit you've heard it through one with the aformentioned amp. Seriously. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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