Hi there,
This year, the Sony R900 pretty much stole the limelight, being a large
renewal effort rather than the facelifts that the MR200/ST66 are. These two
are probably no less decent than the R900, but I guess we all want to get a
taste of LP2/4.
Before the R900, I had seriously considered the MR200 for one feature:
H.D.E.S. (high density encoding system) capability, which is supposedly more
accurate and generates less sparkling noise. However, the general opinion
of owners from a Japanese message board,
(http://www.puwa-net.com/minidisc/bbs/yybbs.cgi)
is that H.D.E.S. doesn't provide very much improvement. H.D.E.S. only
functions when you power the MR200 from AC adaptor, unless you DIY and make
separate power packs of over 1.2V in voltage.
Feature-wise, the MR200 doesn't allow manual recording level adjustment. Not
a biggie if you'd use it mainly for dubbing CDs, but it'll otherwise make
your task of recording more labourious.
Hope this is of some help.
Leon
> From: "Stephen Dampf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> [Stephen Dampf] Any thoughts on the Panasonic MR200?
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