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The JB920 is a Sony QS deck, which guarantees a certain level of performance and definately one of quality, nothing on the unit feels cheap, apart maybe for the remote.
It is very easy to connect to the rest of your steroe system, especially if you have Sony components which have Control ... Read review
Advantages: Solidily built, exceptional sound quality for the price Disadvantages: none really, No USB connectivity?
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The JB920 is a Sony QS deck, which guarantees a certain level of performance and definately one of quality, nothing on the unit feels cheap, apart maybe for the remote.
It is very easy to connect to the rest of your steroe system, especially if you have Sony components which have Control AI functionality. Even not there are plaenty of connections on the rear, both coax and optical digital In/Out and also Analogue RCA In/Out as ... ...addition to these connections you can purchase the PCLK-MD1 which allows you to directly connect the unit to a PC and using the software you can edit table of contents, set options and best of all, title discs with a keyboard. 2 problems with this though, good luck finding one and secondly, it connects using a serial connection and I haven't managed to find a USB version.
The performance of the deck is excellent with little or no audible ... more
I bought myself a portable minidisc player years ago when they had first come out and used it to record my CDs via direct optical link purely because the MD format is much more durable than CDs, and also because they are a lot smaller (discs and players).
Problem is though that the portable player is limited in functionality when recording tracks and also the quality is adequate at best. So I went out and got myself a component MD deck, and I couldn't be happier.
The JB920 is a Sony QS deck, which guarantees a certain level of performance and definately one of quality, nothing on the unit feels cheap, apart maybe for the remote.
It is very easy to connect to the rest of your steroe system, especially if you have Sony components which have Control AI functionality. Even not there are plaenty of connections on the rear, both coax and optical digital In/Out and also Analogue RCA In/Out as well as a headphone jack on the front. In addition to these connections you can purchase the PCLK-MD1 which allows you to directly connect the unit to a PC and using the software you can edit table of contents, set options and best of all, title discs with a keyboard. 2 problems with this though, good luck finding one and secondly, it connects using a serial connection and I haven't managed to find a USB version.
The performance of the deck is excellent with little or no audible difference between the CD recording to the MD, especially if you use a digital input. Therefore the final product is far superior to using a portable deck for recording.
Using the deck is very easy, basically chuck a MD in, press record then press play on the connected CD player and the deck will start recording when it realises there is digital input and will create each track without you having to do anything.
Want to copy MP3s on to it? Well if your computer has digital audio output, basically its the same process as above if you connect it to the deck.
I'm not going to go into techno babble about the unit, but the fact remains that these days you can buy these decks pretty cheap on ebay or secondhand and if you are into your MD's, then you can't go wrong.
Advantages: mono/stereo recording, recording quality, special features Disadvantages: nothing
I’ve owned this awesome MD recorder/player for a year now and am still very impressed. This unit has superior recording quality and the option to record 74 minutes stereo or 149 minutes mono. You can hardly tell the difference, so if you want to make a long mix or you want to make a copy of a double CD then use mono. I think it’s really cool that you can name, move, combine, delete, or erase tracks without losing all of the others. There’s one very ... ...that changes from a headphone jack into an a/v plug. This enables you to record from a computer to the track system and make really good mixes. I can’t think of any bad thing to say about this product. It’s absolutely amazing!! There are several cool features. For example: it can automatically detect the proper recording volume level depending on the output from the source. There are several more!
This is an absolutely superb technical product and ...
betsy 14.06.2000
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: somewhat helpful Review of Sony MDS-JB 920 QS
Advantages: Convenient, good price, features, appearance Disadvantages: prone to need repairs
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I purchased the Sony MDS-JB920 about 3 months ago. Before I actually bought it I researched the benefits of minidiscs on the internet. I haven’t been very satisfied with the sound of cassettes for a long time. Especially after going digital with CDs over a decade ago. Until recently, I was stuck with analogue cassettes, because DAT or DCC never really grabbed hold of the market. But now there is minidisc! Minidiscs bridge the gap between ... ...the fact that you can edit them as you wish. You record, label, move, edit and erase tracks with the push of a button. There are two possibilities when you record: you can either record up to 74 minutes of material in stereo, or 148 minutes in mono. What’s pretty good about the minidisc itself is its size, like this it’s extremely portable for MD walkmans or car decks … and since it’s digital, the sound will be brilliant the first time you listen ...
Nellie 14.06.2000
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: somewhat helpful Review of Sony MDS-JB 920 QS
Awesome sound quality, Brilliant bass and treble capability,Brilliant recording facilties onto the new "medium" of writing MP3S on to portable audio, available in stylish colours such as balck and metallic silver, Easy to use
In terms of mini disk players on the market today can seem quite expensive (£240) - as you can see not the cheapest around, remote control is a little confusing, especially for the technophobic first time user (all of the buttons, seem to be in IT Jargon) (*)
