The Best of the Best"."
Written: Oct 20 '00
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Pros: the best in everyway
Cons: minor personal preferences
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| sadpoti's Full Review: Sony Walkman MZ-R900DPC Personal MiniDisc Player |
This being my eighth mini-disc player, I think that I am knowledgeable enough to talk about the mz-r900. I can honesty say that this is the best mini-disc player that I have had in my hands. It is the one with the most features and the one that I think that I will like the most. It is not the best value but if you want unit that is small as hell, record in standard mode, LP2, and LP4, the coolest remote, extra long battery life (53 hours!), and many other new features. This the most innovative unit that Sony has released, hence the jump from mz-r90 to mz-r900. It has MDLP (mini-disc long play), defeatable end search, countdown timer, personal disc memory, and brand new remote. All of these new (remote is kinda new) to the mz-r900.
Here’s what minidisc.org has to say about the mz-r900:
Features: First MDLP mode portable recorder. Record-breaking battery life as of its release. A unique "disc based settings" feature remembers program play, treble & bass, repeat mode, playback speed (80-110%), and volume settings for up to 20 discs within the unit. 'Double' jog dial. First Sony portable with program play mode. Shock proof memory capacity depends on record mode-- LP4: 160s, LP2&mono: 80s, SP: 40s. Date stamp, digital REC level control, 8 step bass and treble settings, 1-99 minute melody timer. Aluminum body. Unit can be set to do END SEARCH automatically (no more accidentally erased recordings!); this setting is in NVRAM and remains even when batteries are removed. Available in silver, white, blue and red. 9 character backlit remote display. Other features (noted by Leland Mcarthy): Beep on remote is defeatable. Offers auto track marking at selectable time intervals 5 min, 10 min, 15 min. Mic sensitivity low and high are user selectable via software switch (not physical switch on the unit as with MZ-R50 and earlier). Line Out mode will not drive headphones, leading me to believe it differs from the Line Out mode in the R90, which will. Might be quieter? LP2 mode sounds quite good. LP4 mode is useable for music, but not for the most demanding listening. Unit's startup, track switch, and esp. FF/REW times are improved over the MZ-R90, though still not offering the responsiveness of the older (e.g. MZ-R50) class machines.
I personally haven't found anything that will make me not like it.
Recommended:
Yes
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