| |  | Electronics Sony MZ-N707 Net MD Walkman Player/Recorder (Blue) |  | | | | | | | | | | Rating:  - A Wonderful Device
I have owned this product for eight years now.I use it mostly in my car to listen to what I want to hear rather than what the radio stations are forcing me hear.I am a professional musician and am highly critical of my choirs as well as any recordings - pop, classical, folk, etc.Having capability to record via a microphone, the live recordings are supurb.Copies of CDs, records, & tapes are near CD quality at normal speed, very good at LP2 and not all that bad at LP4 - especially if you're just listening to music while driving.I use this player daily and have yet to have a single problem with it.I have even purchased an additional 5 of these to give as gifts over the years.And now, with most auto makers including an input for mp3/ipod players, you don't need to use a cassette adapter or radio tramsitter to use this player in your car via the radio.
I am friends with people in Eurpoe where minidiscs are very popular.Why they never quite caught on here is beyond me.I hope Sony will continue to make and support the minidisc system.
Rating: - Great
quite honestly i can see what all the fuss is about!
sure there are some cd where the software has some trouble but you can just rip them with windows media then import them.
apart from that minor fault its a very nice player/recorder
well worth buying.
Rating:  - Great for the money
I have happily used my MZ-n707 for several years now, either recording my voice lessons/DMA recitals/other performances, or various live performances.I have gotten around the copy protection prohibiting uploading recordings to my computer (and to CD) by recording them into Cakewalk (or some other audio editing program), then converting the files to .wav format.
Sony has recently changed its policy, however, with its new models (I just bought a MZ-RH10).If the recordings are made on HD disks--this model is capable of both regular and HD disks-- live recordings can be transferred ONCE and converted immediately to .wav format (or other formats, I believe).If cost is an issue though (this one set me back 250 bones), then stick with the n707!
Rating: - No problems ...only solutions.
I have owned this model for 2 years.
I have mostly used it for self recording voice lessons, practice and also recording a live ensemble through a mixer.The sound quality is excellent both ways and there is good sound separation with a bi directional mike.
The only major problem was the digital rights management which meant I could not transfer self recorded material to my computer using their software, which is a crock.
My solution was to use line in and bypass the software and record direct to the computer in real time. I used creative recorder supplied with my Dell. I only used the Sony software supplied to delete unless unnecessary tracks prior to recording.
The files are huge so it is necessary to convert to a usable format.For this, I use Cool Edit 2000 available at www.syntrillium.com.
This is a top notch audio editing software, which can amplify, reduce, adjust and remove or reduce any glitches, dead time etc., and separate your large audio file into single tracks, which maybe saved as mp3 files to burn to cd.You can then delete the original audio file to save space.
I have also used the player to listen to mp3s on long trips, and it is perfectly fine, although I would never buy it just for that reason.You can check mp3s in and out of your computer. It is easy.
For a microphone, I do recommend the Sony ECM-DS70P stereo microphone.With its longer cord you should not pick up the initial whirr of the machine which starts about 5 secs after you start recording and lasts for 2 seconds.This an excellent microphone, with good bidirectional separation and gives genuine stereo separation even though L and R Mic are close together.
I did recently lose my recorder so now I am thinking of replacing or upgrading to the Sony MZ-NHF 700 or 800, or the MZ-NH1.
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Rating:  - Good Product Bad Software
The Net MD is a really great for listening to music once you get it onto the player. The problem is Sony decided to make getting songs really difficult with their software OpenMG. The program is barely functional on my brand new pc. To make thigs even worse the program has anti-piracy parts in it. Who actually buys a MD player to transfer songs they bought? Anyways if you have any problems with the software don't depend on any support since OpenMG website is closed. OpenMG is the only software you can use to transfer songs. I think you can use realplayer to transfer the songs now too but you can only put mp3s on it. Because of Sony guarding its ATRAC technology so closely they have taken away their user's rights to pick which program they would like to use. Unless you want to spend an hour changing the songs I suggest you don't but this product.
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