Customer Reviews:
 Great player/recorder March 21, 2002
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
This is an excelent little machine. I bought mine from a friend... with 20 disks, and it's worth every penny. This little rig is small, light weight, and has excelent sound and battery life.
To start, it's small. It's about the size of the palm of your hand, with a bump on the back where the batery goes. it fits in ANY pocket, unlike most CD players. it weighs very little, so it doesnt bother you by pulling on your cloths like some CD players.
The sound is great. The only problem is that it has a low record volume, and gets fuzzy when you turn it up too much. If you have the mega bass on while you recond on high, it gets fuzzy also. At low and medium volumes though, it's got crystal clear sound (that also depends on your headphones, and what kind of music... rock is less fuzzy than Rap) I like my music LOUD. I ride a bus one way to or from school, and that gets awfull loud. I have several "buss disks" that are recorded on high volumes, and they work fine when you are being bombarded by background noise, but are a little fuzzy when you run it through a car kit or stereo. This machine has over all good sound though, and with a little fine tuning of bass and volume you get great sound.
Battery life... what can i say, it lasts. Even on regular duracells, i can get almost a whole school week on and off, and the provided rechargable battery last even longer.
Besides the sound glitches here and there, it also makes some noise. When skipping tracks, rewinding a few seconds etc. it has to think for a couple of seconds. It's not a major problem, but it is somewhat slow here and there. It will skip too. If it is riding in your pocket where it can bounce, it'll skip. Not as much as a 40 sec asp cd player though. it'll freeze for a second, then you will stop, wondering what went wrong, then it goes again. not a mojor problem, but if you jog or run, i suggest you upgrade to an MD with the same G-protection of a CD player. For the money... it's a great buy for people who want small portable music, that can come from anywhere, (even MD to MD.)Hope this helped
 the best March 11, 2002
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
this pruduct works great it beats my old sharp 722 md. it will please you
Awesome but Fragile. September 6, 2001
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I've had this model for a little over a year, and here are my thoughts:There is simply no other way to carry music around. I am a college student, and I wanted to listen to my blossoming MP3 collection. However, at the time, MP3 players could only hold something like 4 songs, and if you went on a trip, there was no way to put in new songs! I ended up recording a majority of my music onto minidisk and took it with me to summer camp (I was a counselor) and I was able to listen to the majority of my MP3 collection without a hitch. In fact, I was even able to make recordings of some rare bootlegs of a buddy of mine, and I have the disk to this day. Minidisks don't scratch, and they have the versatility of tapes with a much improved sound quality. An audiophile friend of mine says that minidisk's sample at at a lower rate than CD's, (theoretically producing inferior sound) but I couldn't tell the difference. Minidisks themselves round about 2 dollars/disk. The big advantage over CD's is the portability. The MZR70 is smaller than my wallet! Furthermore, the battery life is incredibly high, and the fact that they give you a rechargable battery helps this immensely. The version of this model i purchased did not have the USB interface, but I plugged in male/male stereo cord (a cord with headphone plugs on both ends) into my computer and I had no problems. To record I used winamp with the "Pause between songs" plugin to space the tracks out correctly. (The MD tries to space tracks out automatically based on dead air) So why didn't I give the item 5 stars?
After a little over a year of admittedly heavy use, my MZR70 no longer records. Instead, it simply creates errors on the minidisks. Even editing existing tracks causes this problem. For a couple hundred bucks, I want to be able to use this thing for a couple of years. Unfortunately this is not the case. I currently have an older (supposedly more durable model) being shipped to me.
In summary, the minidisc format is fantastic. There is currently no better way to take your music with you. However, if you think that the MZR70 is for you, be sure to get some protection for it, and perhaps consider getting an extended warrenty.
GREAT FOR SIZE AND PRICE September 3, 2001
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
This is perfect for people who cant seem to figure out a cd burner, or who are just still stuck in the past with tapes. Its easiest when you just link the mini disc player to the head phone jack and play the music and flick the record switch on the mini disc player. although some might think that the fact that it records in real time is a draw back, i think it just adds to the simplisity of it. its a great buy not only because its simple, but if you're a computer person it can be linked with ease to the computer and you can rip all your favorite mp3's onto a couple mini discs. and for the people out there who think that they'll just stick with their cd players, it might intrest you to know that most cd's you buy are only about half filled, you can pretty much fit two cd's on one 80 minute mini disc, its a great ease and conveiance.
i smashed my cd player August 8, 2001
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
minidisc players are good to make your own mixes.I make them off both cd radio and computer.
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