Sony MZ-N707 Net MD Walkman Player/Recorder (Blue)

I had been looking into buying a new mini disc player for a few months. My last one had broken due to amny drops on my part and I find my mile and a hlaf walk home from school rather unbearable when their is not music encompassing me. After reading many revies and comparing the features... the N707 was the obvious choise. I didn't really need anything all too fancy... just something that was small, lightweight, had a mic-in and supported fast speed ording via the USb port.

The unit is very small.. just barely wider than a disc about and fits nicely into my pocket. I had done recording on all four modes and quite personally they are sound prety good. LP4 mode does sound a bit tinny.. but to have about 5 hours woth of music... I think that is a small sacrafice. I think that LP2 msot is the best choice over all. The sound is still superb and you are given about 2 and a half hours worth os music.

My only small complaint is the software.... I have foun that the best way to get around the copyright protection is to use nero to mount a virtual Cd-drive and then use simple burner and record from the mounted image. You can tehn use OpenMG jukebox and edit the files in any manner you see fitting.

In the end I speak very highly of this product and recommend it to anyone who desires a small portable music player which is relatively to expan and delivers topnotch digital sound.

I bought the NetMD (MZ-N707) as a replacement for my portable CD player (that gave up on me after 7 good years of service). I have an extensive collection of CDs and I was going to start burning track selections with my PC's CD writer to listen on my portable. I would have to carry the bulky CDs and player around (AGAIN!) and they could only hold up to 72 minutes of music.
The greatest feature of the MD for me is the software that comes with it. Both allow you to select tracks, download its names and write straight to the MD.
I am very happy to carry such a small and light device, totally skip free, with 5-6 songs selections from 6-7 different CDs, in my commute back and forth from the office. My MDs have about ~35 songs each.
Battery never runs out as I let it to charge everyday overnight.
The software is very intuitive and has never given me any problems.
I have a Pentium II-400MHz/256MB/Windows 2000, quite old box, and it works properly. Each minute of music translates into 15 seconds of recording, what I don't find it bad at all. Just like when burning CDs, you can't do anything else while burning an MD. It is fair to say that each MD holds, on average, up to 2.5 CDs; and they are tiny!
I am not giving 5 stars because the price of the device is a bit too high. Although MDs are not (a lot) at all, and for now they are cheaper than blank CD-Rs. Even when you buy the recorded ones, that most of the time come with EXTRA tracks not available on the CDs.
The only portable players that can match or even be considered a better buy are the hard disk based players. But they are (a lot) and don't have half of the audio features, i.e., fiber link, microphone attachment etc.
I think Sony came a long way and now the MD is ready to "cross the chasm" and reach the general public and stop being perceived as an enthusiast's toy. It is definitely mature and very competitive.
My last piece of advice: If you are considering a memory based player, don't pull the trigger until you evaluate the MD. In my opinion, memory based players will perish soon and just the MD and the hard drive (5GB+) based will stay.
I am very passionate about the NetMD, but I did compare apples to apples before buying it. Great CD player replacement, beats any memory based device.
Don't listen to the mambo-jambo about proprietary ATRAC3 or whatever. The end result is what really matters.

I never thought that I could become good friends with a piece of electronic equipment, but it has now happened. This little minidisc player is great and definitely worth the price. Even though the software was a little annoying at first, it ended up being really great. The minidiscs don't ever skip, and the sound quality is amazing! I've heard parts of songs that I never could before, even on a really good CD player. I recommend this product to anyone in the market. Plus, it's super cute! The only bad thing I will say is that it doesn't come with a clip, so you can't clip it to a belt or pocket. Oh well!

The n707 is awesome. I've had it for a couple weeks now and I love it. I used to have an ancient sharp 702. the mdlp and the computer connectability is great. The software is great and easy to use. My minidisc player/recorder has replaced my discman. the recording is easy, less of a problem if a disc is lost or damaged, which has yet to happen, and i haven't been able to make it skip on my bike, in the car, on rollerblades, or running. shop around for the best price and get one. it comes with everything you need except the cable with two stereo minijacks on it. The only complaint i have for it is my sharp's inline remote was backlit and this one isn't.

I had recieved one of these as a father's day gift and I was VERY excited about using it. I had done some research on it before I broke the seal and I was quite enthused about making my own minidiscs full of Mp3's. I was quite wrong. First It doesn't record MP3 tracks to the minidisc, it converts it to the ATRAC format (so you can just forget about using the MP3PRO format). The documentation that came with it said that each minidisc is able to be re-recorded over at least 1million times before the quality starts to degrade, but my minidisc actually quit recording tracks in the middle of a song transfer after about 3 re-recordings. I was just put off by my experiences with the player, and if you plan on using the enclosed Sony Software package be well prepared to read "Engrish". You would think that a company as big as Sony would at least localize the software for release in North America, but maybe I had an early build. I really LOVED the size of the player and the ease of it to fit into my shirt pocket. The remote could have been a lot better also, I've noticed that on some of Sony's other minidisc remotes it has an LCD display. Maybe i'm asking for too much but it would've been nice to have that.