Sony MZ-N505 Net MD Walkman Player/Recorder (Gold)

As described. Brand new condition, everything works. I can FINALLY transfer my old minidisks!

The player is in very good condition. I was surprised actually! Very easy and straight forward to use, and small enough to fit in your pocket! Plays minidiscs great! I haven't had any skipping so that's good ^^.Overall I'm very pleased.

Mini disc great work with

When I first got this, I wanted to record mix tapes( discs) from it, it took some trial and error, but now I've got a collection of mix tapes( discs) and all sound amazing. Recorded right off my phone from YouTube or Spotify apps using only a really good aux cable plugged into the headphone jack of my phone. You don't need a computer or fancy software, just a good quality aux cable and some patience with recording songs or albums off your phone. I am now obsessed with the minidisc aesthetic!

when i went to purchase this product it said that it "was like new". so with the seller saying that on the page makes on believe that the only things that could be wrong with it is a mark in tha paint or screen, stuff like that. well when i got the product here. i can't hear sound out of the left side unless i use a rubberband to press the plug towards the backside of the device just to maybe hear full sound if i don't move once i get it to work. so needless to say i'm a bit unhappy with what was told to me and what i recieved.

If you are planning to use this unit with a computer as I did, you will regret. I bought this unit in June 2002. Since then the software give me endless trouble. Don't get me wrong, I have no problem with other softwares at all. Actually I have been playing with linux for 8 years.The software is called OpenMG Jukebox. To install it you need to install the whole CD, which takes FOREVER to install it. And don't do anything while it installs, otherwise you have to start over again. After the installation, you will find OpenMG jukebox and Simple Burner. The former is for converting other music format (mp3, wma etc) to SONY's music format (ATRAC3), and the latter is for recording the CD to the MD player using the USB cable.Easy of USE:To use OpenMG is frustrating, it's too slow to start up and even slower to response to my inputs. Sometimes it can't even start. Then when you want to put your MP3 to the player, it will convert it first, and store the converted file on the harddisk, which occupied a lot of space. And if you want the highest quality (the SP mode, since all my MP3 are highest 320Kbps), it takes forever to transfer it to the unit. (SP mode = 292kbps bitrate, LP2=132kbps) Actually at SP mode, it record at 1x speed, which means the time to record it is the same as to listen it up. I tried to use LP4 mode, but the quality is unbearable.After that, I turn to the Simple Burner, which is said much more robust than the OpenMG Jukebox. I create a virtual audio cd using Nero's imagedrive. And then use that to burn the "audio cd" to the MD player. The problem with that is you can't get highest quality (SP mode), all you can get is only LP2 and LP4.Software Quality:The OpenMG Jukebox's quality is among the worst application software. It crashed my desktop 2-3 times in 2 months. The USB driver also crashed my machine 2 times. Sometimes I can't even start the Jukebox, then I have to re-install the software and do all the conversion again. SONY seems doesn't care about the software at all, since the updates on its website openmg never get updated, which is always the version 2.2. No Patch, No Updates, Buggy Software. I'm really tired of this.If you plan to use it with a computer, don't expect too much.

If for some reason you are just looking to record and play minidiscs, then if you get one in good shape, there is no reason you can't use it for those purposes.Just don't expect to easily rip MiniDiscs to your computer. Not going to happen without a serious upgrade in peripheral hardware (laptops) or a proper professional quality sound card in a PC.The software required to use this with a direct digital connection is not only super outdated and no longer supported but in fact, is very risky to install on any modern machine. There is nothing new to make this work.In an attempt to make this work I managed to destroy the OS on two new machines including a brand new Surface Book 3. (note: I have a 25-year background in hardware and software engineering)Proceed with extreme caution.

good but it's out of date because you have to carry mini discs