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Sony MZ-N510 Blue Net MiniDisc Walkman
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Sony MZ-N510 Blue Net MiniDisc Walkman
(5 out of 5) by Amazon Customer on Mar 21, 2003This minidisc is really good. The sound quality is excellant. The software that accompanys it is fool proof. The buttons are not too small. It only takes seconds to download the music from the computer. It also looks great and really colourful.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
Almost a year on and still excellent.
(4 out of 5) by Amazon Customer on Oct 25, 2004I got this minidisc player for my christmas last year after getting a really good deal on it from here. I works amazingly well and is very robust as it was be thrown around and still is it almost perfect condition.
I am 15 and find both the software and player itself very easy to use. And now that I've read the instructions I have found functions I love - especially the shuffle!
The sound quality is excellent and I am amazed that a single battery lasts for so long.
Other reviews say that transfer takes a long time but I feel it is only putting it on to the computer that takes a few minutes. After that it only takes around a minute to put an album on to minidisc.
The only slight critiscisms I have are that the software of stops responding and crashes my computer (But that may just be my computer) Also the earphones and remote thing are rubbish so I bought new headphones (which have also improved the sound quality) The rechargable battery & charger have both broken but because a single AA battery lasts for so long it doesn't affect me much.
So anyone looking for a minidisc player I would encourage you to buy this one.
I am 15 and find both the software and player itself very easy to use. And now that I've read the instructions I have found functions I love - especially the shuffle!
The sound quality is excellent and I am amazed that a single battery lasts for so long.
Other reviews say that transfer takes a long time but I feel it is only putting it on to the computer that takes a few minutes. After that it only takes around a minute to put an album on to minidisc.
The only slight critiscisms I have are that the software of stops responding and crashes my computer (But that may just be my computer) Also the earphones and remote thing are rubbish so I bought new headphones (which have also improved the sound quality) The rechargable battery & charger have both broken but because a single AA battery lasts for so long it doesn't affect me much.
So anyone looking for a minidisc player I would encourage you to buy this one.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
Mp3 Support my A$S!
(1 out of 5) by James Livingston on Jul 24, 2004 (New Jersey)I bought this because it was supposed to support mp3 files. It is a tad misleading. The mp3 files have to be CONVERTED to Sonys own format before transfer. Very sad since I have 20+hrs worth of important speeches in mp3 format taking up 30MB total, yet are converted using LP4 (the smallest file size) and then take up over 180MB!!! Pathetic! Should have bought a CD/CDRW/Mp3 player... or an Ipod!
Don't buy this if you want to play mp3s... they are not supported as one might expect!
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
Not all its cut out to be
(3 out of 5) by Amazon Customer on Dec 23, 2003Iv just read all the other reviews from customers and I must say Im surprised this MiniDisc walkman has a rating so high.
I am a 17 year old student and dare I say it I am quite capable using computers. The software, Sonic Stage, supplied with the walkman is a nightmare to use and far from simple. It took me two hours just too manage to transfer music from my computer to the walkman and that was whilst using the instruction manual. The software does not really support a drag and drop method, as you can only transfer music that is in the softwares "Music Folder". You can of course copy your own music into it but this is again far from easy. I would say that if you want something QUICK then go for an MP3 player. It is not a simple matter of just copying over to the minidisc, every file has to be converted into a suitable type, which doubles the amount of time taken transfering. I must say i thought the transfer rate would be a lot faster.
The headphones I have had supplied with mine have a fault in them, so Iv had to buy new ones.
On the plus side, the minidisc player is light, compact and colourful. if this is what your after great, If your not I advice you try something else. For only another £10-£20 you can get the next model up, which a friend has, its far better.
I am a 17 year old student and dare I say it I am quite capable using computers. The software, Sonic Stage, supplied with the walkman is a nightmare to use and far from simple. It took me two hours just too manage to transfer music from my computer to the walkman and that was whilst using the instruction manual. The software does not really support a drag and drop method, as you can only transfer music that is in the softwares "Music Folder". You can of course copy your own music into it but this is again far from easy. I would say that if you want something QUICK then go for an MP3 player. It is not a simple matter of just copying over to the minidisc, every file has to be converted into a suitable type, which doubles the amount of time taken transfering. I must say i thought the transfer rate would be a lot faster.
The headphones I have had supplied with mine have a fault in them, so Iv had to buy new ones.
On the plus side, the minidisc player is light, compact and colourful. if this is what your after great, If your not I advice you try something else. For only another £10-£20 you can get the next model up, which a friend has, its far better.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
TOTAL QUALITY
(5 out of 5) by Amazon Customer on Dec 28, 2003This piece of kit is awesome i have read all the reviews and I was not convinced that one 80min mindisc can hold 6 decent albums in LP4 Mode, how wrong i was i recorded 70 5 min+ songs on one disc.
The sound quality diffrence is very neglible the only difference is that the sound seperation on orignal is slighty better. The software is a bit hard to get to grips with but after a hour your be flying. I wrote this review in the time it took to burn 6 albums onto 1 minidisc, thats pretty quick if you ask me. Damn it if you love music look no futher, this was the best christmas present i have had since transformers first came out. my only downside is my parents bought this in a retail outlet they could of saved £40 buying it from here.
The sound quality diffrence is very neglible the only difference is that the sound seperation on orignal is slighty better. The software is a bit hard to get to grips with but after a hour your be flying. I wrote this review in the time it took to burn 6 albums onto 1 minidisc, thats pretty quick if you ask me. Damn it if you love music look no futher, this was the best christmas present i have had since transformers first came out. my only downside is my parents bought this in a retail outlet they could of saved £40 buying it from here.