Re: what's the best mini disc player/recorder these days?

on 5/28/05 2:20 PM, Clint M. Sand at clint@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> On Fri, May 27, 2005 at 09:50:42AM -0400, Sébastien Dalphond wrote:
>> I wanted to buy the Sony Hi-MD MZ-RH10 but eventually bought a iRiver mp3
>> player/recorder instead (the HP140 records in uncompressed wav, using one of
>> internal mic, external mic, line input, optical input).
>> 
>> Here is a link to the RH10:
>> 
>> http://www.minidisco.com/mz-rh10.html
>> 
> 
> I have one of these. The recording on it sucks ass. No matter how great
> a mic you plug into it, it records the sound of the drive spinning up
> and down in with what you're trying to records.
> 
> bah.
> 
> 
>> Hope it helps,
>> 
>> Sebastien
>> 
>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: jeff Birgbauer [mailto:jeff@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>>> Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2005 11:50 PM
>>> To: do id
>>> Subject: [idm] what's the best mini disc player/recorder these days?
>>> 
>>> 
>>> thanks! do they come with stereo microphones or do you have
>>> to get that 
>>> separately? if so what kind is the best?
>>> 
>>> jeff
>>> 
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why would anyone even consider buying minidisks these days?

Edirol and Tascam have portable flash recorders equipped with high-end
connections and 192khz recording capabilities using + gig storage?
I personally would save a bit and get one of those.