Need recommendation on MD Recprder with Atrac Type R

[egg]

Md portable is fragile than cd discman. Buying a legendary old model is more or less a gambling. One of my friend bet a old sony md portable r50 and he found out it has playback error.

Now, I am using sony Mz-n1 using type-r technology. Product outlook and build is nice. SP recording quality is good(same quality to my desktop md player). Lp2 playback with type-r is not very amazing. SP win lp2 a street. It think lp2 can never get close to sp.

The latest technology Type-s is only very very slightly better than type-r. Sony md 10 years anniversary model Mz-n10 will using type-s. It may be another legendary product after many years.

I borrow my friend's md last week. His md is sharpMD-DR480 which has a 1bit internal amp. I test it with my two headphone hd600 and hd25, I found the sound quality is better than mine! So regret for buying sony

 

[D-EJ915]

sorry to break your bubble, but the N1 has had far more doa units than any other MD model, it has a VERY faulty head...

The R50 is one of the most reliable units out there...with a very high-quality head

Your friend got a lemon R50, and you got lucky

 

[ProFingerSk8er]

egg, i have both type r unit (r909) and type s (n10), andi can honestly tell you LP2 and LP4 sounds better on my n10 then r909..(although not by much)

type r improves live-time recording quality on SP mode. type s contains type r AND improves playback audio quality on LP modes (both LP2 and LP4)

 

[andy2667]

Dear all,

Thank you for your advices. I just completed a deal on a used Sony R50 and will buy a Type R model for recording. The lattest Sony are too expensive. I may buy a N505 or N707.

Thanks

Andy

 

[egg]

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sorry to break your bubble, but the N1 has had far more doa units than any other MD model, it has a VERY faulty head...

I have heard that too (both n1, n707 has many dead head....

) If I have a chance, I will definitely choose sharp, not sony!

Sony has better outlook design anyway.

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egg, i have both type r unit (r909) and type s (n10), andi can honestly tell you LP2 and LP4 sounds better on my n10 then r909..(although not by much)

Jealous

Which headphone are you using?
For me, I use Hd25 (nice combination), hd600 (make Mz-N1 sound like home audio, but it is not a good idea use it on the go), senn mx-500 (compact, fair sound but a bit bassy). sony ex70lp(sony +sony=bad sound)

I always detach the remote stick cos it degrade the sound quality.

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Thank you for your advices. I just completed a deal on a used Sony R50 and will buy a Type R model for recording. The lattest Sony are too expensive. I may buy a N505 or N707.

My pleasure. Md is my favorite product and wish you enjoy your new md player.

 

[skyther]

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The R50 is the best SP recorder

Over my dead body. ATRAC v4 + a 16-bit ADC isn't going to make it anywhere close to the best recorder out. I dare say that the DR7 makes the best recording portable, be it SP or LP.

On a side note, ATRAC-R is only ATRAC v4.5 that does dual-pass filtering by using a more powerful ARM processor.

 

[Rumz]

Ahh, I keep meaning to A/B a recording done with my DR7 vs. my Type-R JB940 deck...

Come to think of it, I've never done an optical digital recording on my DR7, i've only used it a couple times to record from a mic... I'd have to do some tinkering to figure it out, hehe. I'm so spoiled with the deck...