MD Recording Solution

[SoulWax]

Hi everyone, bit of a noob question, but I've read a few posts and ain't satisfied with the answers...I'l try to keep it quick:

My Situation: Sharp MD-MS 722 which I love to bits.

My Problem: Impatience, I was almost gonna replace it with an MP3 player (Gah!). More specifically, I hate separating, naming and waiting for real-time recording with the digital input.

Solutions??? Well this is where I was hoping you come in. First I'll lists a few I've come up with:

1. Some way to track-mark - This attempt at a solution has really fallen through though because I don't want 3 second gaps (every second counts!) and I'd still have to wait in real-time.

2. A net MD-Drive: Haven't seen any for non-sony laptop! and....

3. A net MD minidisc.

If I was to buy a net MD minidisc recorder the only reason would be for it's net MD capabilities. The aim would be to use the net MD as a super-faster recorder and keep my Sharp for playback and Mic recording

Is there any consensus on the best low-price net MD?

Any sites with bargain price MD's?

I also realise times have changed since I bought my Sharp. What should I be looking out for in today's MD?

Finally can I have some clarification about the whole mp3 thing. It sounds like I can't simply drag and drop an MP3 into the MD (Is this true for all Net MD or just Sony?). People have talked about messing around with Nero, but can't I simply convert the Mp3 to wav and drag those files? Net MD software does accept WAVs riiiight???!

Thanks!

[actorlife]

Try Ebay lots of deals there. Sharp are the best to get. This unit DR420 has been getting alot of praises for quality and price:

http://www.minidisc.org/part_Sharp_IM-DR410+DR420.html

You can buy it here, the lowest i've seen it: http://www.teamdigital.net/store/customer/...74&cat=5&page=1

MD resource: http://www.minidisc.org

Yes it accepts WAV, MP3, WMA & Astrac3