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Sony MDS JE520 Minidisc Recorder
Published in SOS October 1998
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Reviews : Stereo Recorder
 

Yes, it's a Minidisc machine and it's not even a multitrack, just a stereo recorder. Why on earth could you possibly want one in the studio? DAVE SHAPTON explains...

How's this for a deal: a 20-bit digital-to-analogue converter, with co-axial and optical inputs, for less than £250. Oh, and by the way, it includes a sample-rate converter so that all that stuff you mastered at 48kHz can be reduced to 44.1kHz. Even better, it comes from Sony, a company that knows a bit about digital audio. And what if I told you that the price includes a high-spec Minidisc recorder/player? You'd probably do what I did. I bought one, and am still wondering how you can possibly get so much hi-tech magic for so little.

pros & cons

SONY MDS JE520

pros
Remarkably cheap random access digital recorder.
Digital I/O.
Built-in sample rate converter.

cons
Daft and pointless SCMS.

summary

Published in SOS October 1998
Thursday 28th August 2008
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