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Sony MZ-NH900 Hi-MD MiniDisc Walkman| Manufacturer: | Sony | | List price: | $349.99 |
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Great recorder |
Having "been into" Mini-disk since it's onset, years ago,
I still have the org "portable" recorder. & still use it some.
Anyway, I am very, very happy with the 900 Hi-md. it does so much, & I am very pleased with it. the only thing I WISH it had that the old units do, is an "instant track mark" button/ switch on the unit. It would make incerting track marks sooooooo much eaiser. The digital pitch control makes it a great music study recorder. If you have ever used a recorder to study music, you'll LOVE the nearly unlimited space & quality of the sound. the stereo make repeated lisening much more joyfull & easier on the ears, esp when you are trying to LEARN a piece.
Aside from the track mark, & the fact with hi-sp you can get over 7 hours of QUALITY audio on ONE disk.... It's amazing... Just goto Eruope, Japan, etc... Minidisk is all over.. You can got to a "7-11" & find mini-disks... |
| Sony MZ-NH900 Hi-MD MiniDisc Walkman - Sony |  |
Great recorder/player, there is a learning curve |
I have owned this MZ-NH900 for about a week and I have been quite impressed with it since day one.
I purchased this model after much research both here and on other websites. There were a lot of negative reviews however most of them pertain to SonicStage software that I had already decided I would not be using. As someone else stated this is not an MP3 player it is a MiniDisc player and there are major differences. If you have wav files get an MP3 player. If you have CD's that you want to be MUCH more poratable then buy an MD!
I had a Sharp MD player for 5 years and have probably about 25-40 74 minute discs. I just replaced 6 or 7 of those old recorded discs with ONE due to the HI-LP transfer that is available with the "MD Simple Burner". I recorded 11 CD's on one 74 minute disc. I decided on HI-LP because the player runs longer according to the manual in this mode.
Someone complained about the lack of "bass boost" on MD's. There is more to life than Bass. This player has 4 options to choose from in the Surround Sound module. Take a look, fool around a bit you'll be amazed! I am loving the "Club" setting, it's as if you are in a Jazz Club listening to a live performance. There is also Studio, Live and Arena settings in the Surround Sound module. There is also a 6 band Graphic Equalizer and there are 4 pre-sets for:
Heavy metal
Pops
Jazz
Unique
And there are 2 Custom settings available so you can make your own settings. Read the manual it only takes a few moments to figure it out and play around.
I'll admit that I am normally not a manual reader but with all this thing can do you MUST read the manual to learn how to use it. If they put buttons on the remote and player to do all there is to do you'd have a box with nothing but buttons all over it.
Someone complained about the controls on the remote being "counter intuitive". Turning the knob down to increase volume, or vise a versa... Read the manual... you can change that. Also the clip on the remote is reversable so that would be an even easier fix.
Someone complained about the player beeping when paused. Again, read the manual... you can turn that off.
The thing I'm loving about it is that I am going to be able to re-record all of my CD's and go from a drawer full of MD's in about 10 or 12 boxes to probably one box with 6 discs in it. And when I'm flying I won't have to pick and choose only a couple of discs to take along because with about 12 CD's on one disc a box of 6 means I've got 72 CD's at my fingertips.
Another thing I love about this model as opposed to the old Sharp that I owned is that the Album, Artist and Track information transfers across from the CD to the MD right along with the music when using the MD Simple Burner. Does THAT ever save time!!! I did noice one CD where a track was mispelled so I changed it. It's quite simple just wait till it's done recording and double click on the name and make the necessary change and hit enter and you've just edited the track name. Also there were a couple of CD's that I transferred and the artist info said "Various" because it's either a sound track or a compilation disc. Being one who can be a bit "anal" at times again I waited till it got finished transferring and double clicked on "various" and typed in the actual artist's name.
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| Sony - Sony MZ-NH900 Hi-MD MiniDisc Walkman | |
My first MD recorder, maybe I'm easily amused, but... |
...this thing has worked for me from the beginning, with no hitches. All software installs, including Sonic Stage updates, have gone smoothly. For just ripping CDs onto the MD unit, Simple Burner works perfectly and quickly. Sonic Stage is a little clunky, but it hasn't failed on me yet. USB transfers have been seamless and fast.
The rechargable battery life is excellent for just playing music, and if you know you're going to be using it a lot on a road trip, just bring a spare AA or two and you'll be good to go for a lonnng time. I find the screw-on battery gives much greater flexibility. It adds about 3/4 of an inch to the length of the NH900 when it is attached.
Live concert recordings made with binaural stereo microphones are just amazing. Just don't use the automatic gain control (AGC), and DO set the mic sensitivity and recording levels according to what kind of mics you use and what kind of music you are recording.
The newly-released Sony wave converter utility improves upon the Hi-MD's overall usefulness by allowing you to convert material recorded on the MD unit into wave files for editing, CD burning, etc. It works perfectly.
Some improvements I would make if I were King:
1. The NH900 unit's display should most definitely have a backlight, as it is awkward to read under anything but ideal lighting conditions without turning it to get the best view.
2. The headphones Sony ships with this should be much better. They are just plain uncomfortable. They do, however, have a shortened cable which makes them better for use with the remote. I use Sennheiser PX-100's with mine.
3. Navigating the menus, both on the MD and on the remote, takes a little practice, mostly because of the very small display (i.e. one line on the remote).
4. Speaking of the remote, this one is nice and sleek and works well enough, but there is another one Sony sells overseas, the model RM-MC40ELK (Google that and you'll find it at several online sources for about $80) that has a larger, 3-line backlit display. |
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