Sony Walkman MZ-R70 Personal MiniDisc Player

Pros: Excellent portability, sound quality, and fun to use.
Cons: A little fragile. Can be a little confusing to use at first.

Hopefully this review will help clear up a few questions about mini discs you might have and guide you toward being able to make an informed decision as to whether a mini disc is right for you or not, and also, is this the right model for you?
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Pros: Small, records just about anything, great sound quality, the list goes on.
Cons: Haven't seen a single problem as long as I have owned it!

Throw out that old cd player and get this great mini disc player. This is top of the line. You can record from cd players, mp3 players, and it has a pc link so you can even take songs off your computer and put them on it.I have had my mini disc...

Pros: Beautiful,remote,large display,MDLP
Cons: Horrible earphones

As a second year audiovisual student having already bought a digital videocamera I realised I couldn't stay behind on sound.My teacher said that as a cheap alternative they use portable Mini Disc recorders.I looked into it and decided to buy the MZ-R700....

Pros: Back-lit LCD wired remote, rechargeable battery/adapter, PCLink, much more!
Cons: No digital line-out to transfer to computer

As a classical musician, my interest in minidisc recorders began with the idea of being able to record my practice sessions and recitals easily without lots of equipment. After trying out the MZ-R500 (see my other review) I settled on the MZ-R900DPC and...

Pros: ultimate portability. small size. exceptional quality. the future of digital music.
Cons: long recording times. eats batteries.

This is the future of digital music. Its small it fits in any pocket. It has reusability like no one's business. Each disc is good for approximately 1000 rerecordings. The discs themselves are cheap as compared to memory for MP3 players. The only...

Pros: Small sleek design, LONG playing time, LONG battery life (40+!!!)
Cons: Whole computer connectability, TMARK feature thinks it's too smart.

Hesitating whether I should buy one of that new fangled mp3/cd player, or that 64mb mp3 player, I decided to go look at the "Audio Oddities" of today. That's where I came along this minidisk player. When I asked for information on this unit, I couldn't...

Pros: Size, Battery Life, Quality sound, Lots of Music
Cons: If you choose to title each song it is time consuming

First and foremost let me start out by explaining my "need" for some sort of portable music storage device. I purchased a Suzuki Marauder motorcycle (see "Marauder.....Great bike" for more details) a year ago and I have spent 15,500 long miles using a...

Pros: Size, Battery Life, Quality sound, Lots of Music
Cons: If you choose to title each song it is time consuming

First and foremost let me start out by explaining my "need" for some sort of portable music storage device. I purchased a Suzuki Marauder motorcycle (see "Marauder.....Great bike" for more details) a year ago and I have spent 15,500 long miles using a...

Pros: Portability, sound quality, ease of recording, battery life
Cons: Battery Lump, PCLink records in realtime, No LCD on remote

I recently updated to the MZ-R700DPC, after my Sharp MD-MS702 couldn't record anymore, and thank god for those 4 year service plans at Best Buy, because that's how I got my new MZ-R700DPC with an additional 4 year service plan for free. First thing...

Pros: Small And tidy compact well made piece of equipment. sounds great
Cons: a bit fidily to name tracks

I went out and bought this because the portable cd Player i had kept skipping while cycling. This machine is just so compact and smooth, it also sounds great and never skips. now that sony have relesed the new pc link it makes it so easy to transfer mp3...

Pros: Portability, durability, MDLP, battery life
Cons: Pricey (was)

Upon the release of MDLP technology I knew I had to get into the mini disc scene. I chose from the most reliable brands (from experience) and the most affordable price with the options I needed. What I ended up with was the Sony "700" model.
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Pros: Battery life, size, sound quality, remote, durability, MDLP, eq, digital pc link
Cons: selecting play mode, little pricey, and headphones

this minidisc changed the way minidiscs players should be with features such as long battery life, compact and light weight, MDLP and pc link. the pc link costs around $100+ itself. the remote is very easy to use and very useful, but this should be...

Pros: Battery life, portability, skip free, lightweight
Cons: Real time recording, headphones, software

I have recently bought a Sony MZ-R700 to have a portable music player. It is a solid piece of equipment made by Sony, as usual. All of the features you could want are in it; small size, over 20 hours on a single AA size battery, and over 5 hours of music...

Pros: Great sound; Light weight; Ability to store 5 hours of music on one disc!
Cons: Not enough memory on disks to store lengthy titles for all tracks

I had just gotten into burning my own CD mixes when I purchased a Sony mini-disc player, and I have not burned a CD since! CD's only hold approximately 76 minutes of music. With mini-disc, you can store up to 5 hours of music on one disc! There's a...

Pros: easy to use interface, records almost anything, extremely clear, ....MDLP!...
Cons: song naming takes forever, the standard headphones are horrible!

for christmas of 2001, i received an IROCK digital music player with FM tuning capabilities. by some chance it wasn't working and i ended up getting some major credit at a local electronics store. having owned for a while a really nice SHARP md...