[Superbaldguy]

FWIW, MD players do not have line outs. Never did.

 

[Tina]

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Originally Posted by purk This could be the best sounding portable audio ever!!

on what grounds?

$1900...what the *&%^*&. rocket metal????????

 

[saint.panda]

For that money you could buy yourself a cd / mp3 player, an external dac and a xp7 and you'd still have 1000$ left for headphones.

What is Sony thinking

 

[Superbaldguy]

There's no reason to think this MDP has exceptionally good sound, certainly no better than the E720, and maybe not as good. It's more of a status symbol.

 

[Megaman]

1900 dollars???

I sure hope that's Hong Kong dollars they are talking about

 

[chiefroastbeef]

maybe the casing is partially made from moon rocks

 

[mecano]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Superbaldguy FWIW, MD players do not have line outs. Never did.

Wrong.My Sony MZR50 has line out and its a very good one

 

[ampgalore]

What is Sony thinking these days!

For 2K more, I would rather get a pair of R10s!

Stepping back a bit, I'm sure casual visitors to headfi would also be stunned that anyone is willing to spend 3-4K for a pair of headphones.

 

[redshifter]

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Originally Posted by mecano Wrong.My Sony MZR50 has line out and its a very good one

it's true, mine does too--dedicated.

 

[Daroid]

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Originally Posted by chiefroastbeef maybe the casing is partially made from moon rocks

Not only that, the material underneath looks plastically - it could very well be magnesium, but I don't remember that something like that remote plug would look like that mirrored in the magnesium/silver plastic. One thing is for sure though. In many areas they have chosen plated metal, like it was seen on the IMP-400. It looks nice, but not on a $1900 player

Atleast they could have made it solid aluminium or magnesium and drill and work the case out from that - see that would look nice, and hard work would have been put into it.
Yes - why not HiMD ? This should be the top-of-the-line product - but not with their own tech ?

BTW. Just think if you had one... I wouldn't wear a $2k player on the street and wave it around - so why make it portable ?

 

[tbdoah]

Wrong! SBG was referring to players, not recorders. Indeed, several recorders had dedicated line outs, 1/2/30/35/50/37/etc. The only player to feature a dedicated line out was the first player, the 2P, which was both optical and line.

 

[ampgalore]

Sony had a golden opportunity here, they could have made this player their HiMD statement player, like the SCD-1 was the statement SACD player. Instead they chose the old MD format for this player. What a waste.

 

[tbdoah]

FYI, the entire Qualia line has been underway for quite a while now, in development before Hi-MD was. They should've waited though, and I like your point.

 

[D-EJ915]

Quote:

Originally Posted by tbdoah FYI, the entire Qualia line has been underway for quite a while now, in development before Hi-MD was. They should've waited though, and I like your point.

Yeah, but the thing I keep noticing is that the Qualia line is like a luxury line whereas the ES is the quality line and the regular stuff is the performance line (works+cheap).

 

[austonia]

the whole point of this qualia BS is to get people talking about Sony again... and hey, look, it works

i guess they subscribe to the "any press is good press" thing.