>Does anyone know anything about the Pioneer MJ-D707? I'm seriously
>thinking of buying one this week from Richer Sounds (149.95 GBP) and just
>wondered if anyone out there had one and/or knew of any problems with the
>unit. From the stuff on the Pioneer website, it looks pretty good -
>especially the digital connections - optical & coax in & out, which will
>be very useful for me.
My brother got one of these about a year ago (Richer Sounds, iirc it was
about that price - maybe try to talk them down a bit more? :) ), and I
think it's a great unit. No problems to report, it's recorded about 70
discs with a fair bit of editing in between. The remote isn't that good -
it's got the letters for titling grouped ABC, DEF, mobile phone style
unlike the earlier Sony deck remotes with one letter per key, making the
jog dial a much easier thing to use for titles.
>The other 2 options for me would be the Sharp MD-R1(H) for 139.95 GBP, but
>it doesn't have as many features, and is a mini-sized unit, or there's the
>Sony MDS-JE530, but I'm not too keen on the Sonys as I've heard about
>loads of problems with them, and I think Sony's quality has gone down hill
>lately. I've played with both a 510 and a 520 and they both have problems
>with the loading mechanism, which I was not impressed with...
I haven't heard that many bad things about the 530 - it seems to be an
improvement on the previous 5xx models. It's also got a (iirc) more recent
ATRAC version (a Type R one), pitch control, 6 sec time machine, S-Link
connector, etc. The other big draw to the Sonys is the 3rd party titling
aids that are available like EasyTitle and WinRemote, that send IR codes to
the deck.
I'd go for the Sony deck myself (if they were the same price), but if the
Sony's features don't appeal then I can recommend the Pioneer as a solid
choice, even if I can't vouch for it's long-term reliability.
--
Simon
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