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Difference between MZ-R30 and MZ-R35?

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David Glover

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Jun 21, 1998, 3:00:00 AM6/21/98
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I've been looking at Sony's portable Minidisc page:

http://www.sony-europe.com/cons/md/walk_intro.html

and saw the MZ-R35. I've never heard of the 35 before, only the 30. What's
the difference?

Also, is it really worth paying extra for a 50?

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Harri Koski

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Jun 21, 1998, 3:00:00 AM6/21/98
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David wrote:
>
>and saw the MZ-R35. I've never heard of the 35 before, only the 30. What's
>the difference?

As far as I found out, the R35 has 40 secs of shock-resistant memory. Not
any other updates.

>
>Also, is it really worth paying extra for a 50?

I saved mine and bought the R30

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BDeGrande

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Jun 22, 1998, 3:00:00 AM6/22/98
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>Also, is it really worth paying extra for a 50?
>

I bought the 30. The 50 gives you smaller size and 40 second anti-skip vs. 10.
I haven't found skipping to be a problem at all, but the smaller size could be
useful for live recording.

Denis Dubuisson -- NO SPAM

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Jun 22, 1998, 3:00:00 AM6/22/98
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In article <6mjndt$2...@idefix.eunet.fi>, ha...@kosket.pp.fi says...

>
>David wrote:
>>
>>and saw the MZ-R35. I've never heard of the 35 before, only the 30. What's
>>the difference?
>
>As far as I found out, the R35 has 40 secs of shock-resistant memory. Not
>any other updates.

no, actually, there are no differences beside a little cosmetic update of the
hood between the R30 and R35. THe R35 doesn't even have the R50's remote.
it's still the old one without display.

Denis

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mid...@netaxs.com

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Jun 22, 1998, 3:00:00 AM6/22/98
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In article <6mj66g$8oo$1...@soap.news.pipex.net>,

"David Glover" <david....@dial.pipex.nospam.com> wrote:
>
> I've been looking at Sony's portable Minidisc page:
>
> http://www.sony-europe.com/cons/md/walk_intro.html
>
> and saw the MZ-R35. I've never heard of the 35 before, only the 30. What's
> the difference?
>
> Also, is it really worth paying extra for a 50?

David,

I believe one of the differences is battery life. The MX-35 can play for
some fantasticly good number of hours. Difference in sound? I have no idea,
but since I find the sound of the el-cheepo EZ-40 to be perfectly good for
portable use, it's not an issue to me in this case.

Chris

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Trevor BROOKES

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Jun 22, 1998, 3:00:00 AM6/22/98
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>
> I believe one of the differences is battery life. The MX-35 can play for
> some fantasticly good number of hours. Difference in sound? I have no idea,
> but since I find the sound of the el-cheepo EZ-40 to be perfectly good for
> portable use, it's not an issue to me in this case.
>
> Chris
>
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The battery life with the recharable battery for the 35 is recording 5
hours : Playback 8 hours
`
I cannot seem to find the Buffer time but if I find it I re write

These are the information that is given with the operating manuel

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John McCabe

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Jun 22, 1998, 3:00:00 AM6/22/98
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"David Glover" <david....@dial.pipex.nospam.com> wrote:

>and saw the MZ-R35. I've never heard of the 35 before, only the 30. What's
>the difference?

The 35 comes ssupplied with a TosLink cable from what I've read.
That's it as far as I'm aware.

Best Regards
John McCabe <jo...@assen.demon.co.uk>

Steven Van Weynsberghe

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Jun 23, 1998, 3:00:00 AM6/23/98
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David Glover wrote:

> I've been looking at Sony's portable Minidisc page:
>
> http://www.sony-europe.com/cons/md/walk_intro.html
>

> and saw the MZ-R35. I've never heard of the 35 before, only the 30. What's
> the difference?
>

> Also, is it really worth paying extra for a 50?

I once put the both of them on a scale. The MZ-R35 weighed 275,.. gr and the
MZ-R30 weighed 281,51 gr.

BTW, it was for a contest, you could win your money back on your latest
purchase when you could guess how much an MZ-R35 weighed. In the store they
said it was 275 gr but we had to guess the milligrams. I thought the MZ-R30
was exactly the same, but when i put it on the scale, I noticed the
difference, so there must be something different.

Steven..

mid...@netaxs.com

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Jun 23, 1998, 3:00:00 AM6/23/98
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In article <1db1jz3.1hp...@cergy10-149.abo.wanadoo.fr>,
cdm...@ate.tm.fr (Trevor BROOKES) wrote:

> The battery life with the recharable battery for the 35 is recording 5
> hours : Playback 8 hours
> `
> I cannot seem to find the Buffer time but if I find it I re write
>
> These are the information that is given with the operating manuel


Trevor,

And there is also something about the battery life being extended when the
recharge pack is used in conjuction with another battery? Or, is that the
figure you just mentioned there?

Hey! Eight hours of playback isn't bad.

Martin Kautz

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Jun 23, 1998, 3:00:00 AM6/23/98
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Im Beitrag <358FA069...@chem.kuleuven.ac.be> , Steven Van Weynsberghe
<steven.van...@chem.kuleuven.ac.be> schrieb:

I think the difference is the 40 sec shockbuffer. The prior version mz-r 35
supplies only a 10 sec buffer.

Martin

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Jun 23, 1998, 3:00:00 AM6/23/98
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Trevor BROOKES

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Jun 23, 1998, 3:00:00 AM6/23/98
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Eight hours of play back is just for the recharagable battery pack, this
is what's stated in the operating manuel, I haven't had time to test it
and see if the 8 hours are correct or not

Must of the details as well as the photo of the MZ35 can been seen on my
web site as well as over 300 pre recorded Mini Discs

www.cdmail.fr

The site is in English and French
(we are a mail order company (CDs & MDs) in France since 1987)
>
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Cees Visser

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Jun 30, 1998, 3:00:00 AM6/30/98
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Dirkjan van Ittersum <dir...@hotmail.com> wrote:

>
> The MZ-R35 has only 10 seconds of shock-resistant memory. The R50 has the 30
> seconds extra.
>
Can anybody explain to me why 30 seconds, instead of 10 seconds, extra
shock resistance leads to a better product. From this point of view the
upcoming Sony MZ-R75 with a 95 seconds shock resistant memory beats the
R50... In my opinion the shock resistance buffer is a great invention
but it does not really matter how big this buffer is.

MCC...@my-dejanews.com

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Jun 30, 1998, 3:00:00 AM6/30/98
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In article <1998063020...@vp196-16.worldonline.nl>,
what is the MZ-R75, do have a website with specs or features. i have never
heard of this product anywhere. when is it coming out

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Anahata

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Jun 30, 1998, 3:00:00 AM6/30/98
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In article <1998063020...@vp196-16.worldonline.nl>
cees...@worldonline.nl "Cees Visser" writes:

> Can anybody explain to me why 30 seconds, instead of 10 seconds, extra
> shock resistance leads to a better product.

The memory buffer in my MZ-R30 is described as a battery saving
feature, because it enables the disk motor to be powered on in short
bursts with longer off periods between. Increasing the memory may
improve this power saving further.

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George Leroy TireByter

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Jun 30, 1998, 3:00:00 AM6/30/98
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cees...@worldonline.nl (Cees Visser) wrote:

> > Can anybody explain to me why 30 seconds, instead of 10 seconds,
> > extra shock resistance leads to a better product.

> > From this point of view the upcoming Sony MZ-R75
> > with a 95 seconds shock resistant memory beats the R50...
> > In my opinion the shock resistance buffer is a great invention
> > but it does not really matter how big this buffer is.

then MCC...@my-dejanews.com wrote:

> what is the MZ-R75, do have a website with specs or features.
> i have never heard of this product anywhere. when is it coming out

You're much better off waiting for the MZ-R95. While reading the TOC,
it is supposed to play "Start Me Up" by the Rolling Stones, from ROM.

-glt

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Deniz

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Jan 17, 2023, 3:43:16 PM1/17/23
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Hi, all.. I found this convo after 25 years I hope everyone is doing well and fine.. I just got into MD Walkmans so I was reading about which unit to get and found this convo that is literally internet history.

Michael Charney

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Same here, 2023 must be the new year of the minidisc. I'm tired of streaming and wifi and just want something that always works and isn't in the cloud. I didn't realise the conversatioon was 25 years old until I got to your post!
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