i have had a minidisc player for a few years. my first one was a netmd recorder, but my computer couldnt support it so i just hooked the md recorder to my cd player and hit record. then i got a computer and found i hated netmd, so i got a SHARP dr7, and gave the netmd recorder to a friend. as a matter of fact quite a few of my friends got netmds because tahy liked the convinence of havinga small music player, cheap media and INSANE battery life.
i personaly dont like the iPod because of the battery (8 hours life and after a few years you have to get it professionally replaced). with most md players today you get about 40 hours battery life on one AA or rechargable AA. all this being said, i wouldnt mind having an iPod.
the fact that i can get a seven dollar disc and put all the albums by steely dan on it and still have room to spare to put lyrics and album art on it is just cool!
the discs are very durable, i remeber playing frisbee with one and then stomping on it while twisting my foot! and all i had to do was dust it off and put it back in my md player. can you do that with a cd or flash memory card?
the sound quality from my dr7 is stunning! when there is no music playing you cant hear ANYTHING, i cant hear the noise floor!
i remember back in about '98 i saw a minidisc player with a special headphone socket, it was really small and you had to get an adapter to use it with a normal set of headphones. which reminds me that my dr7 minidisc recorder uses a newer more efficient headphone output that uses four leads instead of the standard three, but it is backward compatable.
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i have had a minidisc player for a few years. my first one was a netmd recorder, but my computer couldnt support it so i just hooked the md recorder to my cd player and hit record. then i got a computer and found i hated netmd, so i got a SHARP dr7, and gave the netmd recorder to a friend. as a matter of fact quite a few of my friends got netmds because tahy liked the convinence of havinga small music player, cheap media and INSANE battery life. i personaly dont like the iPod because of the battery (8 hours life and after a few years you have to get it professionally replaced). with most md players today you get about 40 hours battery life on one AA or rechargable AA. all this being said, i wouldnt mind having an iPod. the fact that i can get a seven dollar disc and put all the albums by steely dan on it and still have room to spare to put lyrics and album art on it is just cool! the discs are very durable, i remeber playing frisbee with one and then stomping on it while twisting my foot! and all i had to do was dust it off and put it back in my md player. can you do that with a cd or flash memory card? the sound quality from my dr7 is stunning! when there is no music playing you cant hear ANYTHING, i cant hear the noise floor!
i remember back in about '98 i saw a minidisc player with a special headphone socket, it was really small and you had to get an adapter to use it with a normal set of headphones. which reminds me that my dr7 minidisc recorder uses a newer more efficient headphone output that uses four leads instead of the standard three, but it is backward compatable.