For all who are bent on comparisons . . .
FWIW, I've owned 2 Sony MZ-R50s. I bought the first one at a Best Buy in
Chicago in the summer of 1998 (without the help of the ignorant sales
staff). I saw it, I'd been wanting a MiniDisc player/recorder for a long
time to record lectures at med school (the 74min discs recording in mono
are great for this), it looked cool, so I bought it, not realizing what a
great unit it would be. Unfortunately, it was stolen by some lowlife
earlier this summer (at school, no less). I was so pleased with it that I
hunted high and low until I found another one. Unfortunately, it has the
later OS (or whatever you call it) so I couldn't turn off the SCMS
restrictions like I did my earlier one :-( This second unit has also
performed flawlessly. Recording time has never been an issue (I keep the
aux power unit handy, but rarely need it, except for a full day's lectures,
~8hr). The battery has only died once since I've owned both units. The
thing is built like a TANK, as the first one was dropped a couple of times
while biking (no skips, only minor cosmetic damage). The editing controls
are straightforward (on smaller units they seem rather fiddly to use) and I
don't quite get the End Search gripe everyone has (maybe I don't record
often enough with it). I get raves every time I pull it out to record a
lecture . . . I've recommended it to anyone who asks me who is new to the
advantages of MD and wants to buy a "starter" player/recorder with no
complaints. Just my two cents' worth . . .
Frank Sanchez
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