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Amen!
thank you (and the list) for another R50 advocate.
I do not discount the R9x for some of it's features, but
the one that hits closest to home for me, is the interface.
using menus to get to functions that were once (and in my opinion)
should be directly accessable is a step backwards. In the computer
industry millions of dollars are spent to develop a good and comfortable
user interface (eg: MacOS), but here, Sony makes some selections harder
to get at and we have to put up with it.
ObSideNote: I'm waiting to see what happens from the petition to
get rid of end-search on the Sony portables, but if it works,
maybe this could be a good way to get our collective voices heard
and recognized.
slightly OT, but for the record I haven't had a problem with
end search as some people have, but I also read the manual that
came with my MD player :)
-Jeffrey
On Fri, 26 May 2000, Bishop FPW wrote:
>
> >From: Stainless Steel Rat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >* mjarco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Thu, 25 May 2000
> >| I have heard opinions that this model, | overall, was the best mini
> >recorder
> >| that Sony ever made. Any truth to this last statement?
> >
> >Never was. For its day it was the smallest, but that is the extent of its
> >superiority. If you want something in the same general class, the
> >MZ-R90/91 is superior in every respect.
>
> Ooh ooh, my personal soapbox!
> Some differences between the two.
>
> The R9* is smaller.
>
> The R9* uses a smaller cheaper battery & gets a slightly longer life.
>
> The R50 has a separate line-out, the R9* uses the cranked headphone jack,
> which is fine, but isn't line level, and can't use the remote as
> conveniently this way.
>
> The R50 has a barely adequate mic preamp, the R9* is hopelessly inadequate.
> (They both suck here, the R9* sucks more.)
>
> The R50 has earphones I could live with, the R9* earphones immediately
> headed for the trash.
>
> The R50 remote stays where you clip it. The R9* remote doesn't, plus the
> view angle is exactly wrong, and it's flimsier.
>
> Thr R50 has most functions directly accessible. The R9* forces you to go
> through menus for some, which isn't terrible, but not as good.
>
> *I* think the R50 is better, but really depends on you. Clearly you can get
> around the earphone & mic problems by buying new bits. These size wars
> don't do any favours, they keep cutting bits off that I'd actually like to
> retain.
> But it could get better, who knows? I thought the R55 was the lowest to
> date (sorry!), and the R9* an improvement over that, but still not as good
> as the R50. <puts soapbox away>
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