>I am trying to help my friend buy a stereo system. Is it worth waiting for
>the lp. Do you think there is a good chance that there will be a noticeable
>difference in sound quality when you record in the lp mode. If so, I think
>it is probably not worth the wait.
More to the point - do you need the extra play-time, and are you willing to
sacrifice compatibility with everything else to do it? (and pay more for
it?) If not, don't bother.
>Also, does anyone have opinions as to md-cd combo decks as compared to two
>separate units.
>If you think the combo, which one do you recommend. I think I know which
>separate md decks are good.
They're pretty good - if your MD recording is mainly from CDs and you don't
need/want the extra frills than a standalone deck offers (fade in/out,
extra inputs/outputs, pitch control, etc.) then a combo deck is a very good
idea. The Sony MXD-D3 is a very good choice - reasonably priced (as little
as 180ukp here), the MD part has many of the features that the decks do -
time-shift recording, digital level control - plus it'll copy CDs at up to
4x quicker than normal. It also got a 5-star review from What Hifi?
magazine, with them commenting that the CD part is as good as the budget
Sony standalone players and that it makes excellent recordings to MD.
If you can find a Sharp MD-R3 (the 3CD+MD deck) cheap, they're meant to be
good as well (realtime recording though..). I've heard that several places
in the US have been discounting them.
--
Simon
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