I've only owned one R50 and apart from breaking the remote while biking, I
haven't had a single problem with it. Being a recent buy, I never had one
that could disable SCMS, but I don't have the need to just yet since I
don't have any other MD equipment. I broke the remote during a biking
accident, but other than that I've never had a problem with the unit
itself. After I wiped out with it I was surprised that it didn't even
skip in sympathy for my bleeding leg!
I bought the R50 after doing a lot of research and comparisons between the
various models, but before discovering this mailing list. The main things
that appealed to me about it were the jog dial for titling and the size.
There were smaller models (like the R55) when I bought mine, but I avoided
those for the same reason I avoid the really small cell phones - I'd
probably end up losing it or something! I find the size to be a perfect
for a jacket or pants pocket and the remote fits perfectly on my backpack
right above the length adjuster for the shoulder strap.
Does Sony still make the R50? Or has it been discontinued in favor of the
insanely small R90/91?
-- Dave Kimmel
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On Sun, 13 Aug 2000, Francisco [iso-8859-1] José[iso-8859-1] Sánchez wrote:
>
> 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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