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This is definitely the best price on the web or elsewhere. It looks pretty good, definitely fitting into the ultra-mini category. The sound quality is pretty good at low to medium volumes. This is not a system for someone wanting big volume. But with surround sound (which works) and X-Bass, it is more than adequate for small houses/apartments. The 2x recording is obviously one of the strongest features of this system. Probably the only features lacking are jog-dial titling and some of the connections which audiophiles would appreciate (which I am not). Bottom line = If you are an above average music freak who wants a good basic system, this will suffice.

Do not buy a minidisc player that only records/plays for 80 minutes. MDLP units (this is not one of them) give you 5 hours and 20 minutes-at 128kps...even the MDLP units are old technology. I guess this unit would be okay if you just wanted to burn it on a regular cd. I prefer mp3 discs just to save time and money.

This unit is perfect for me to use in teaching dancing in smallish classrooms. Almost all my music is on minidisks; the rest on CD's that also work on this machine.

It isn't for audiophiles or for use in larger spaces.

This is a good system for recording your blank MD's. You can enter TOC with the remote fairly easily and record from CD's in half the time the CD is (i.e. a 60 minute CD would take 30 minutes to record). I wasn't too thrilled about it's lack of MDLP mode which allows recording of more than 80 minutes on an 80 minute disc. Also, you cannot enter Japanese TOC's nor can it display Japanese. Other than that, this little guy works just fine ^_^