"Eric Woudenberg, Minidisc.org Editor" wrote:
> Actually I'm a bit sad to see it, Aiwa's were always somewhat unusual
> in their feature set (e.g. AGC *AND* on the fly recording level
> control, program play mode, backlit main body display, etc.) and I
> thought of them as the real "hacker" (or "MD nerd") machines. So, does
> this spell the end of Aiwa-unique units?
>
Hi. I have an Aiwa FM70. The backlit controls are neat, but I don't find it an
intuitive unit. I like things where you don't have to keep reading the
instruction manual to find out what they can do. Every once and a while I can
actually make the unit go into the mono mode, just by pure luck.
This is a totally subjective opinion, but I just don't think that the sound
quality is as good as my older Denon R70 or what ever it is called (Sharp MS200
clone). The Aiwa came with very poor earbuds too. Of course the Denon's
original remote arrived from Japan DOA (I substituted one of their diamond
shaped LCD remotes-one of the few remotes that actually has a metal case).
In a way it is strange that Aiwa should be one of the first to be dropping out
of the MD arena. For years their mini systems (even most of the modestly priced
ones) featured an input for MD and a TOSlink out.
Larry
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