Sony Psyc Net MD Walkman Digital Music Player

Rating:
Summary: Perfect for Me
Review: The Sony Net MD was the perfect gift, I could have ever recieved for Christmas. It came with an 80 min. disk, a cd-rom with the programs needed to run it, and some really crappy headphones(only downside to this product). I found the Net MD very easy to use....and I'm not too smart when it comes to technology. I was looking at MP3 players, like the apple ipod, but was blown away at the price....and i could never use up that much memory. The mini-disk player it very convenient. It holds just enough space for people like me who don't have 3,000 songs to put on the darn thing. I took it on vacation and it was great in the car, and the battery is still working. The only thing bad that I found about this product was that the head-phone were pretty bad, and that you have to upgrade a program they give you to use your free connect.com downloads. I would reccomend this to anyone who wants plenty of music at their finger tips.

Rating:
Summary: Good palyer for the $ but recorder almost useless
Review: This is a good little player with MDLP,but pointless as a recorder.
As a recorder:
IT HAS NO INPUTS but a usb.No line in or microphone.The Net MD simple burner software used to load a CD onto MD will only work in the downright bad sounding LP2 or even worse LP4 format.This will sound just fine to the tone deaf people who think that MP3 sounds anything but horrible.The Sonic Stage program compresses WAV down to 192 kbs even if you want to record the MD in SP mode.This makes the SP mode sound just as bad as LP2.What a shame Net MD dosen't use the MD format to it's full potential.On SP mode MD sounds quite good.
1/10

AS a player:
Six stage bass and treble are a very nice touch.The sound through a good set of phones is pleasant.As usuall with almost all modern walkman type gear there is a pathetic lack of volume.That's just the way it goes today.If you like it loud like I do,pick up a good headphone amp.
sound quality 9/10
output power 4/10



Rating:
Summary: Tainted Average
Review: You get you pay for. the output through the supplied headphones is tinny and lacks bass. However it is very simple to use. A major problem comes to surface when used with a home-built comupter. The provided software will not allow transfers b/w computer and MD. Sony customer support simply says that there is no fix, and that we should either return product, or buy a dell, gateway, etc... Easiest solution is to uninstall Sony software and use Realplayer. It has the option to add a device, and they recgonize Sony MD players. All other options are great for $100. Would like a backlight, however...