Sony MZ-N505S Net MD Walkman Player/Recorder (Silver)
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List Price: $159.99
Features
• Record MP3s or CDs at up to 32x speed on affordable MD media for over 5 hours of music per standard 80-minute disc
• Up to 56 hours of playback 1 AA battery
• Easy Skip group/folder navigation in player; plays ATRAC3, MP3, WMA, and WAV files
• Music-management software ensures seamless file transfers to and from your hard drive; multi-speed transfers via USB port (4x SP, 16x LP2, and 32x LP4)
• Sony's ATRAC3 DSP encoder improves audio quality in high frequencies over previous MD compression schemes |
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Sony MZ-N505S Net MD Walkman Player/Recorder (Silver) Customer Reviews
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GREAT AND INGENIOUS INVENTION
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The Sony MZ-N505, when it first came out, was like a miracle gadget. After years of allotting the minidisc storage capacity to a maximum of 74 or 80 minutes per disc, Sony invented the LP2 and LP4 recording modes which allowed at least three hours and five hours, respectively. A great product this truly is, and it almost surprised me that there was not the marketing breakthrough that would vanquish companies who were pushing the non-minidisc MP3 players.
I thought and still think that the competitors' products were inferior; however, the latter group had a dual advantage: where Sony was limited to the seemingly obsolete ATRAC/SonicStage software, their gadgets could download and burn CDs using Windows Media Player, Real Player, Napster and the like. This lone fact is what I think discouraged MD sales. Sony apparently has given up on this great invention, which I think is a shame.
Since the Sony MZ-505, there has been the HI-MD format, which allows a greater recording storage capacity than LP2 or LP4. Also, this particular line allows PCM quality recording but at a lower storage capacity. Still, the MZ-505 is a great item with its prior NET-MD capabilities. With the minidisc-compatible technology that has been created since 2002, when I purchased this item, there is so much that you can still do!
There are companies such as Xitel and M-Audio that have come out with driver updates and products that have made this particular product compatible with Windows XP and Windows Vista so that you can access major nonsubscription MP3 and WAV file downloadable sources.
So for those who have thought of discarding their MD players and discs, I say don't!
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