Julian Moray wrote:
> Could anyone recomend a dual Mini Disc / CD Player?
> Or a combination of seperates for a reasonable price which will offer
> better quality.
> Also thinking of replacing my SONY MZR50, whats the best portable at
> present?
> Regards, Julian
If you can find them the Sharp MD-C2 is a good choice. It is a full mini
system complete with one cassette deck, an AM/FM receiver section, amp
and 2 speakers. In addition is has a 3 CD and 3 MD changer. With this
unit you can place 3 CDs in it and 3 blank MDs. Press one button and it
will copy each CD to MD.
In the end you will have 3 MD copies of the three CDs. The unit
automatically starts to record on a new MD once the CD is finished. If
you CD's time is shorter than your blank's, you will have space left at
the end of the MD.
You can record on this space, just like you can with any other recorder,
but like other recorders, you have to do it manually. There is no way to
make the MD fit as much on it as it can hold until it uses up all of it's
space and then automatically continue on the next MD. The important word
here being automatically.
If you think about it this makes sense. You wouldn't want the CD to be
continued on the next MD in the middle of a song. I like to use the
extra space at the end of an MD (if I have copied a full CD to it) to
record favorite songs of mine even if I have them on other MDs.
If you have songs that you really like and like to hear over and over,
it's nice to be able to fill the MD with them, rather than waste the
space at the end. This is not such a big deal some of the time but, for
example, if you are using a portable MD unit connected to your car's
receiver, it's nice to have it play for as long as possible before having
to change it.
You can add songs to the MD manually, just like any portable.
There are no digital in or outputs on the unit. It is designed to be a
self contained recording machine. But the interface between the CDs and
MDs is digital.
There is also one auxiliary input, which accepts the standard line out
from audio and video equipment and a headphone jack. The unit comes with
a kind of cheap looking, but fairly full function wireless remote
control.
The MD section also has full editing and titling, similar to a portable
unit. I would estimate that the quality of the CD and MD units that are
built in are comparable to Sharp's portable units.
For under $200.00 don't expect a Sony ES. But the MD-C2 copy of a CD
played back on a Sony ES unit through a high end stereo system would
probably sound as good to the human ear as a copy made on the ES unit.
With CDs we are approaching the limits of human hearing and often even
measuring equipment. Oh you can always design more sensitive equipment
so that you can measure the flutter and wow of a CD, but would the human
ear be able to hear it?
It's like giving specifications lower than 20 HZ and higher than 20K HZ.
Unless you are a dog that really appreciates great sound and can also
read, the numbers are useless.
As for the portable, from everything I have read, the Sony 900 sounds
like it is great. The 700 has almost as many features (both are MDLP
units) and I believe only lacks things like back lighting of one
section. Most of the features are the same.
Larry
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