Binding: Electronics Brand: Sony Color: Gold EAN: 0027242600461 Label: Sony Manufacturer: Sony Model: MZ-N505 Publisher: Sony Sales Rank: 26385 Studio: Sony Variation Description: Gold Warranty: 1 year warranty
Features:
Record MP3s or CDs at up to 32x speed on affordable MD media for over 5 hours of music per standard 80-minute disc
Easy Skip group/folder navigation in player; plays ATRAC3, MP3, WMA, and WAV files
Music-management software ensures seamless file transfers to and from your hard drive; multi-speed transfers via USB port (4x SP, 16x LP2, and 32x LP4)
Sony's ATRAC3 DSP encoder improves audio quality in high frequencies over previous MD compression schemes
Includes USB cable, headphones, AC adapter, Open MG Jukebox Windows installer CD, manual
GREAT AND INGENIOUS INVENTION
The Sony MZ-N505, when it first came out, was like a miracle gadget. After years of allotting the minidisc storage capacity to a maximum of 74 or 80 minutes per disc, Sony invented the LP2 and LP4 recording modes which allowed at least three hours and five hours, respectively. A great product this truly is, and it almost surprised me that there was not the marketing breakthrough that would vanquish companies who were pushing the non-minidisc MP3 players.
I thought and still think that the competitors' products were inferior; however, the latter group had a dual advantage: where Sony was limited to the seemingly obsolete ATRAC/SonicStage software, their gadgets could download and burn CDs using Windows Media Player, Real Player, ... Read More
The advantage of the MD player is...
If you can stream it, you can record it. Anything that has a headphones output can be recorded into the MD. I'm talking about real time recording. Yes the Mp3 player can download music files more quickly but you can not record in real time with the Mp3 players. For example, I like to record internet radio stations. Also I have an internet music player service for $10 a month that allows me to listen to a HUGE selection of music all day long but I can not transfer any song to an Mp3 player with out actually buying the track for $1. Well as I said above... if you can stream it you can record it to MD... you know what I'm sayin? Also the long play of the MD allows about 150 minutes per MD. I use this rate for everything. Most of the internet DJ ... Read More
Just remember, this is not an MP3 player
I've been using MDs for almost 8 years now, and I can honestly say that, though they might not be for everyone, they're still better then either CDs or cassettes, portability-wise.
The biggest deterrent to these is that people read reviews of consumers who didn't know what they were getting into and completely slammed the product. THIS IS NOT AN MP3 PLAYER. It can't do all the things that MP3 players can do. You register it on one computer and all the files you download from that computer, you can upload them back on that SAME computer. You can't download from one computer, then upload onto another computer, or from cd to computer, or voice to computer, or MD to computer. But of course with the cheap MP3 players available, you can't ... Read More
Fantastic!!
The greatest player I have ever purchased. I own two models. The MZ-n505 & the MZ-nf610 (type s) The MZ-n505 I use at work while I am on the job. I have had it for 2 years and it is still going. I have dropped it and god knows what else. I love having the option to put all of my music on a mini disk. Unlike the mp3 players where you have a limit or have to pay a fortune to expand it. And not counting these Ipods that are so small and delicate. The other model (MZ-nf610) that I have I use at home and comes with the fm tuner, I don't use it. I am not a big fan of FM radio anyways. Both models are great players. Also the option of having one rechargable double AA battery is the best. You can recharge the double AA while it is still in the player! ... Read More
indestructible
I have had this MD player for about 3 years now, and love it. At first, I thought it wouldn't be as good as an MP3 player but how wrong I was. I purchased an MP player for my 13 year old a year ago and it died in less than a year. First the casing wore out and evenutally the player was unusable. Meanwhile, this MD player kept on going. Both of my kids have used it and I have dropped it at least 50 times, usually it just keeps playing. I have had no issues with it. And, I haven't experienced the battery issues or software issues that people complain of. But I like to mix my MDs and then rarely change the music on each one, so there's not a lot of uploading once I get it onto my mini discs, it's basically there for good.
