http://www.viewpoints.com/aboutme/metalhawk Sat, 10 Jan 2009 23:53:14 GMT Reviews by metalhawk http://www.viewpoints.com/Sony-MZ-NH700-Mini-Disc-Player-review-b61a3 Too bad that Sony didn't try harder to market Mini-Disc (MD) players. While other companies put out a model or two, Sony lead the way on this front. Always one to do the opposite of the masses, I didn't want to join the masses in the early days of the iPod and decided to go in another direction. Flash memory MP3 players were still very small 5 years ago, and so a MD was a great alternative. Sony had just come out with the hi-MD discs and players, which allowed for 1GB of specially compressed music (using the ATRAC proprietary technology) rather than the previous 74 minutes original format. The best model offered at my local electronics store was the MZ-NH700, and so that's what I settled on for about $300.<br/><br/>In the package came the players itself, a velvet pouch, a wired remote, the player's rechargeable battery, the power cable, cheap headphones, a USB cable and the manual. No disc though, which was disappointing.<br/><br/><strong>Pros</strong><br/>- Very good audio quality (224 kbps) despite the proprietary compression...... Sat, 10 Jan 2009 23:53:14 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/Sony-MZ-NH700-Mini-Disc-Player-review-b61a3 metalhawk 5