[access-uk] Re: Well, What do you know! Sony MZ HR1 MD recorder

  • From: "Steve Nutt" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 18:49:04 +0100

Hi Ray,

To be honest, I know nothing about the functionality of the R-9, but I will
get my hands on one one day.  Are you saying it is more menu driven?  What
brings you to that conclusion?  I was able to learn the R-1's menus from the
excellent PDF manual, so if the R-9 has the same type of manual, it should
be do-able, though maybe not easy.

All the best
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Subject: [access-uk] Re: Well, What do you know! Sony MZ HR1 MD recorder

Yes Steve, but my posting was just for interest's sake.  Quite why Sony
appear to be staging this last ditch attempt I cannot imagine.  Sure Hi-MD
blank media prices are somewhat below flash or SD memory, but these are
falling very rapidly, 1GB of flash or SD now selling for around £20 on the
net.

I know all about the R1 and yes, its a great little recorder, in spite of
the mini-jack connectivity, a thing it shares with MD.  I dare say Steve you
will see it as a challenge to get using the R9 which is much smaller and
even more menu driven, I think.  To me its just another step towards
pointless miniaturisation.  So, if you feel like I do, get your hands on an
R1 while they are still around - and they are already getting to be scarce.

In many ways the MD system was well conceived, and for its time a quite
stunning feat of innovation for Sony, pre-empting the demise of cassette
Walkman machines, which Sony itself created as a consumer category.  Just
such a pity that MD with all its facilities got caught up in digital rights 
management.   Part of the tragedy of Sony's latest effort is the, by and
large, 
abandonment of such irksome idiocy by Sony.  Tragedy because its too late
now to make a difference.


Steve writes:
Hi Ray,
Personally, I wouldn't bother now, I'd sooner use something like the Edirol
R-1 or the new R-9, which are flash-based recorders.  In the case of the
R-1, it records to ComptacFlash card, and in the case of the R-9, which I
believe will be out soon, if not already, that will record to SD cards,
which are even smaller.  I have a 4GB CompactFlash card in my Edirol R-1,
and even its built-in mics are superb.  It can record up to 24 bit wave, if
you really want insane quality, but it will also record in various bit rate
MP3'.  It's default of 192KB is more than adequate for most casual
recordings.
I think it's time MD died for good, especially as you don't even have to buy
much blank media, if you record to compactflash, just transfer the MP3s to
your computer and re-use.  I can't speak highly enough of the Edirol R-1,
and before anyone asks, I don't sell it, I just love the thing.
All the best
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