Sony MZ-R37SP Personal MiniDisc Player
- Recordable: Recordable
- Headphones: Yes
- Remote Control: Yes
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All you need for portable audio
Pros
Recording & Playing Quality, options, included accessories, usefulness, small size, durability & skip free, battery use
Cons
No PC integration, recording battery drain
Recommended it?
Yes
I asked "Santa" for this MD player for Christmas. The unit was a little over 200 dollars and well worth it. To start off with when they say "virtually unshockable" they mean it. While I have yet to jog or skate with this player I can say that I have shaken it vigorously for over a minute and the player didn't skip once.
The unit comes with 40 sec. anti-skip and when you add that to a mini-disc's durability you almost never hear skips. In fact I love it so much that I am thinking about replacing my car CD player with a Sony minidisc head unit.
The unit comes with a remote that it too useful. If you use it while driving you can simply rest the inline remote next to you and skip, pause, or stop tracks without ever taking your eyes off the road.
Despite the small size of mini-discs I have read a few reviews saying this player is too big. I don't find that to be of great concern because the smaller Sony's are only one inch less in width but over 100 dollars more. Plus, when I place the player/recorder in my pocket I almost forget it's in there. It is slightly heavier than most walkmans and CD players but not by much.
The earphones that come with the unit are crisp and provide enough bass with the Digital Mega Bass on, despite their small size. In addition to the earphones the unit also comes with Sony rechargeable batteries and an adapter. I found the battery use on this one incredible. I play the unit during work all day long and haven't charged it for nearly 3 days. After fully charging the batteries the unit automatically shuts off the charging function so that the player and the batteries won't be destroyed.
In recording the player uses almost 5 times as much juice (about 2 hours of recording), but I rarely have recording situations that require batteries and not house current. The only situations where you may want to bring extra batteries for recording is at live events. This unit has the best recording sound than any recording device I have ever used. This includes mini and regular tape recorders and even the home studios they sell at music stores for nearly 800 dollars. In fact that has to be the best asset of this device.
Try recording a live Dave Matthew?s concert (he allows that by the way) or take it to a school band or orchestra performance. You will be amazed at the sound quality and the hours you spend replaying high-quality live recordings. To record live audio you will need a mic. (mini-mics. work best for concerts). To make exact digital copies of CDs you will need a CD deck with "Digital Optical Out", most new units have this. The optical recording function is so slick that even a monkey could be trained to do it. It also allows analog line out recordings from tape decks, computers (MP3 recording, YEAH!), and older CD decks.
All in all I really love this device. I just wish it had caught on better and that some company came out with a PC to mini-disc integration that lets you copy mini-disc tracks on the PC. Sony has a 500 dollar device but it only allows for organization and track naming.
If you are stuck between getting a portable recorder or a home recorder you really should by the portable. Live recordings don't come easy on the home decks!
The unit comes with 40 sec. anti-skip and when you add that to a mini-disc's durability you almost never hear skips. In fact I love it so much that I am thinking about replacing my car CD player with a Sony minidisc head unit.
The unit comes with a remote that it too useful. If you use it while driving you can simply rest the inline remote next to you and skip, pause, or stop tracks without ever taking your eyes off the road.
Despite the small size of mini-discs I have read a few reviews saying this player is too big. I don't find that to be of great concern because the smaller Sony's are only one inch less in width but over 100 dollars more. Plus, when I place the player/recorder in my pocket I almost forget it's in there. It is slightly heavier than most walkmans and CD players but not by much.
The earphones that come with the unit are crisp and provide enough bass with the Digital Mega Bass on, despite their small size. In addition to the earphones the unit also comes with Sony rechargeable batteries and an adapter. I found the battery use on this one incredible. I play the unit during work all day long and haven't charged it for nearly 3 days. After fully charging the batteries the unit automatically shuts off the charging function so that the player and the batteries won't be destroyed.
In recording the player uses almost 5 times as much juice (about 2 hours of recording), but I rarely have recording situations that require batteries and not house current. The only situations where you may want to bring extra batteries for recording is at live events. This unit has the best recording sound than any recording device I have ever used. This includes mini and regular tape recorders and even the home studios they sell at music stores for nearly 800 dollars. In fact that has to be the best asset of this device.
Try recording a live Dave Matthew?s concert (he allows that by the way) or take it to a school band or orchestra performance. You will be amazed at the sound quality and the hours you spend replaying high-quality live recordings. To record live audio you will need a mic. (mini-mics. work best for concerts). To make exact digital copies of CDs you will need a CD deck with "Digital Optical Out", most new units have this. The optical recording function is so slick that even a monkey could be trained to do it. It also allows analog line out recordings from tape decks, computers (MP3 recording, YEAH!), and older CD decks.
All in all I really love this device. I just wish it had caught on better and that some company came out with a PC to mini-disc integration that lets you copy mini-disc tracks on the PC. Sony has a 500 dollar device but it only allows for organization and track naming.
If you are stuck between getting a portable recorder or a home recorder you really should by the portable. Live recordings don't come easy on the home decks!
