The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #118564 Message #2565772
Posted By: treewind
13-Feb-09 - 07:13 AM
Thread Name: Field Recording Equipment
Subject: RE: Field Recording Equipment
My Sony MZ-R30 is still going. I used it for the first time in years a couple of weeks ago, when someone had music on minidisc to play for a show. The battery was dead (you expect that if you leave a Li-ion battery uncharged for months) but it was fine on external batts or power unit. I've read about somebody who knew a Sony engineer that claimed the MZ-R30 was one the best engineered MD units they ever made. It's more bulky than the newer, cheaper MDs, same size as the old tape Walkman.
You can't beat the convenience of internal mics and rapid file transfer to computer, but the MD recorder isn't going in the bin yet.
Anahata