This thread makes me want to buy an MD player again. What's a good model to look for? There are a million NetMD-era Sony's on eBay but they look kind of light and cheap. I had a Sharp MD-MS722 which must've weighed about half a pound. It was so cool, but I always wanted to get another unit just to see how other manufacturers did things. I'm not entirely nostalgic for MD - I found it to be kind of a pain in the ass, but for its time it was such a massive improvement over the reliability of CD players and, at least from my time with MD, fit into a very finite period of early 2000's Japanese technology and aesthetics that I'm nostalgic for.

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Posted by substance J on December 01, 2016 at 13:22:44 EST in reply to Does anyone have any Minidisc stuff they want to get rid of? I'm mainly interested in home units, high end portables, pro gear, and blanks. Not at all interested in those cheap pieces of shit they sold at Target during the NetMD era. (n/t) from SignOfZeta.

This thread makes me want to buy an MD player again. What's a good model to look for? There are a million NetMD-era Sony's on eBay but they look kind of light and cheap. I had a Sharp MD-MS722 which must've weighed about half a pound. It was so cool, but I always wanted to get another unit just to see how other manufacturers did things. I'm not entirely nostalgic for MD - I found it to be kind of a pain in the ass, but for its time it was such a massive improvement over the reliability of CD players and, at least from my time with MD, fit into a very finite period of early 2000's Japanese technology and aesthetics that I'm nostalgic for.

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I honestly haven't used very many players but I can certainly recommend the MZ-R90. It's not the smallest but it's getting there. All metal. The MZ-R900 is pretty cool too, basically the same thing but with MDLP added and a few annual improvements. My favorite player only portable is the MZ-E44 but I'm going to try some of the newer ones with the more ridiculous battery life. I recently discovered a Kenwood with over 300 hours of battery life. Suck on that, iPhone.

(SignOfZeta)

(16:01:42 12/01/16 EST)

This thread makes me want to get a MiniDisc player again, too. Actually, I wonder if I still have my old one at my mom's house somewhere. I'll have to check.

(Jeurja)

(22:05:48 12/26/16 EST)

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