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Summary: Do your research first
Review: I recently purchased the MZ-N510 after doing a lot of market research and research on the benefits of MD over solid state memory MP3 players, and I have been fairly pleased with the results so far.The advantages of the Sony MD are that you can iterally keep a magazine of discs for a reasonable price when compared with the alternative jukebox style MP3 players. It is also more battery efficient than its competitors. Finally, it is a Sony designed system so it's a pretty thing to look at. The disadvantages of the MZ-510 are the bundled software which never seems to work properly. I have tried it on three different machines (Windows 98 SE, Windows ME and Windows XP and none of them seemed to want to run the software. This disadvantage can be eliminated by transferring all MP3s, MPEG-A and WAV files through Real One (no hassles at all). It is also a Sony so you know within 2 to 3 years the system will have a minor failure which is either unrepairable or is so expensive to repair that it is more cost effective to replace the unit. Until then, it is a relatively inoffensive system with some quirks that no doubt will be fixed with future interations.
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Summary: awsome all-round
Review: i was thinking of getting an mp3 player about 3 weeks ago. i was going to get the 64 mb muvo from creative. seemed pretty good. cheap, 10 hours battery life, 30 somgs in wma format and you could drag and drop. the day i was going to buy it, it went up 30$ from what i saw online. i was ... (eventually turned out to be a good thing). i was also having a hard time finding free software that could change mp3 into wma which made me mad cause wma is about 1/2 the size. but i started to look for other mp3 players online. my friend who sits next to me in physics (the most boring class in the world as u could imagine) got a sony mz-n505. it looked awsome to me. i looked at reviews and got really good. it was about 60$ more than i was going to spend but it seemed worth it. when i went to futureshop (im canadian), they didnt have the 505, they only had the 510 and some super expensive ones. the 510 came with a bit more but costed an extra 50$. i though oh well, if im going to get something good, might as well go all-out. WELL WORTH IT! i got home, installing was a breaze and so easy to use and best of all.............56 hours of batter life!!! the thing hasnt skipped once, it came with a free 5 pack of minidiscs and each minidisc can hold about 2 and a half cds at GOOD quality. the thing shows name of song, who sings it, has sooo many features such as various levels of bass and treble looks cool, a perfect size easy controls and pretty good transfer speeds at Lp2 (which is the best quality vs space format). pros -battery life
-size
-change mini discs, cant do with mp3 or will cost major money
-lcd screen has song, singer etc..
-software easy fast
-2.5 cds per mini disc at awsome quality
-does not skip, ever! cons -backlight would be nice, not worth an extrat 50 bucks though
-headphones could be better but still pretty good (im not a fan of earbuds)
-could have slightly faster tranfer speeds
-expensive (worth it, dont get me wrong)
-dont really care about the car kit, i will probably never use it nice to have though
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Summary: hesitant at first, love it now!
Review: I was a big fan of the mp3 players that use flash memory and the memory cards. I decided to go with the minidiscs becuse they [don't cost much] per disc. Sony's discman is also very versatile. I absolutely love my minidiscman and won't go back ever again.
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Summary: Good hardware, horrible software.
Review: The Minidisk unit itself works well, it is compact, lightweight and feels kinda sturdy my only gripe with it is theres no back light and the lcd/data screen is sooo small, so its a pain to read file names. The add-on items with the exception of those horrible headphones all are very cool. But thats where my praise ends; the Sonicstage software that you use to transfer files from your computer to the MD is absolutely the worst. You actually have to take any file that you want to transfer and import them on this virtual "music drive" which is just a playlist, then, convert them to the MD format, then save them to the MD. And worse still.. the software is constantly refreshing the menu screen while its uploading/converting, so you cant really add any more files to the conversion list while its working. this all adds up to a very very time consuming process. i hate the software and im really considering retuning this MD system and just buying a more user friendly albeit more unstable cd/mp3 player.
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Summary: In Response to joewaiian
Review: In response to joewaiian's review, he should have researched a little better before purchasing his player The MZ-N510 makes no claims to be able to record with a mic, for that you need the MZ-N707. Also, Sony says explicitly in its manuals that NO MiniDisc is able to transfer files from the recorder to the computer. The MZ-N510 works perfectly when used APPROPRIATELY, and not for functions it was not made to be able to do
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Summary: Flush that mp3 junk, Minidisc is the tops!!
Review: I am so glad I did not buy into mp3. Just a few days after having the md player/recorder I knew it was right choice. I can not understand why this format is not more heavily advertised. It has it all. Sound quality, versality, convenience and did I mention sound quality? You can move tracks, title tracks, delete tracks, re-record the discs as often as you like. You can create groups of tracks and playback the groups instead of having to select individual tracks. I can put the player in my shirt pocket (can't do that with a cd player). Record your minidiscs and leave the expensive CDs at home. It won't skip and the discs are very rugged. So far what I see are all pluses and no minuses. Well, nothing's perfect. The ability to upload md tracks to my desktop computer would be nice. Prove it to yourself. Go to minidisc.org and educate yourself then pick a unit. You won't be sorry.
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Summary: Does NOT Record!
Review: The product name, "Sony MZ-N510CK NetMD Walkman/Recorder with Car Kit" (...notice how it says "recorder"), is very misleading - I would go as far as to call it "False Advertising" - It DOES NOT have a mic input! I had a Sony MZ-R70 and I was looking to upgrade. I am a student & a musician, and my old MD player worked great for recording both lectures and gigs. The "Sony MZ-N510CK NetMD Walkman/Recorder with Car Kit", again DID NOT have a "MIC INPUT" and it was NOT able to record with the microphone plugged into the "LINE IN". Furthermore, the accompanying software did not allow me to transfer files to my PC that I had previously recorded with my Sony MZ-R70 - it kept throwing back error messages.
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Summary: Great player
Review: I had a Sony MD recorder for about a year before I bought this one, but it recently broke just out of warrenty, and I decided it would be less expensive to buy a new one rather than repair the old one. I like this player, it has all the features of my old one (MZ-R500PC, look up my review ; ), plus some new handy ones. The layout of the face is alot better too.
Here are some pros and cons: PROS
- VERY small, and light
- Comes with excellent accesories (car kit, AC adapter, Car remote, protective case)
- Good layout of controls
- Many play options
- Hi-speed rcording (PC only)
- Mac compatible (only with a USB adapter. I'm not sure if they sell them anymore, I had mine from my old player)
- Remote input (does not come with a remote, though you can buy one cheap from an accessories dealer if you like. That's what I'm doing. The stick-style remote that comes with the MZ-N707 is [a good buy]
- Good battery consumption (even better because it come with an AC adapter for use when recording!)
- Many many more CONS:
- Does not come with remote
- Menu system a little confusing
- No backlight (it would be nice...) There you have it. A great player for [the price]
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Summary: WORTH MORE
Review: Well I just got this product today and what can I say except WOW! I mean alot of peolpe were complaining about the software with the first line of NET MD Walkman but I think Sony got it right this time. I have about 200 songs on one mini disc. The remote command rocks because I have my player in my pocket and I can change songs without taking it out of my pocket. Plus it lasts 56 hours on 1 AA batterie ...The sound quality is great but just get better earphones. Overall this player is the BEST!
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Summary: REDICULOUSLY GOOD
Review: This product has to be the best music player I have ever bought. I got a pretty good mp3 player but I was so dissatisfied with it I returned it. It could only hold like 80 songs! I have 2 mini disks and they both have just over 80 songs. I've had this since christmas and I think I've used it every day since. The software was a little confusing at first, but it only took me like 5 minutes to figure it out. Just recently I took all my good songs off my old cds and transfered them all to 1 mini disk. It probably took no longer then 5 minutes for about 60 songs. This md is also really durable. When I've walked down the steps at my high school, it's fallen out of my pocket and tumbled all the way down. I picked it up and it was still playing, it probably didn't even skip. There are other ways to record songs to the md other then your computer. If you buy a $30 cable (of course it doesn't come with the md player), you can connect your md to a portable cd player! There is seriously nothing wrong with this product. BUY IT.
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