Happy Hopping Posted April 27, 2004 Report Share Posted April 27, 2004 What exactly did they do to make a Qualia MD over $1900? And going to their web site, it didn't say much about Qualia. The slide is a landscape show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jadeclaw Posted April 27, 2004 Report Share Posted April 27, 2004 Well, it's the name, the image, the design. Think Leica cameras. The japanese Qualia site is here. After some clicking, I found the specs: Clickediclick. Yes, it doesn't even record... But the production of these is quite expensive, as the whole case is machined out of a massive metal block. See here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Hopping Posted April 29, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 29, 2004 The custom name plating and the gold plate idea is very good. The design of that unit is very slick. But it's not even a Hi-MD? And the remote sucks. NH1 remote looks much better, 3 lines instead of the stick remote, in which I hate. So set aside the price for a moment, even the function and feature doesn't come close to NH1. One thing about brass, doesn't the color change after a few years? And my old MZ-R3 is made of metal, so does that mean that old unit should worth $1900 then? I don't really care what kind of metal it is. The other thing is, for features like 017, in which the same feature is available to the current MD players, how long will it last before it becomes obsolute? Anyhow, if this unit is available to view in USA, I would be interested in seeing it. Also could some mod. move this topic to MD? I don't know how did I start a topic at NetMD, it's a mistake, I meant to put it at MD section. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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