So i got an MD shelf unit from an auction. And im now in need of a step down transformer.
Im in canada and for some weird reason it seems impossible to find one at a reasonable price. Im not looking for dirt cheap as I would like it to be reliable but the ones I find online are almost all world plugs to American plugs. I need NA to JPN
Thanks.
UPDATE
I found an UMI on marketplace
Finally had some time this weekend to do some dubbing and run this nifty cleaner through all my units. You press track 2 and it plays charming music while the cleaning operations are performed. Tracks 3-5 have classical music which is neat.
I scanned in the artwork of the little MD cleaner guy because that may be the best part of the whole package. Cheers!
Players/recorders featured:
MZ-E40 (Top left)
MZ-R30 (Top right)
MZ-NE410 (Bottom left)
MZ-E630 (Bottom middle)
MZ-S1 (Bottom right)
Still searching for my NE410 but I digress. I have a remote coming in for the 510 and maybe a cheeky little kenwood deck 🧐
I finally have justified use of my Sony ES minidisc. This album is blowing my mind.
Hey everyone!
I've shared prototypes of this project here before, and I've finally dialed in the final version to add to my shop. I had been looking to offer a storage solution that fits a more minimal, industrial aesthetic, and I’m pretty happy with how this turned out.
It’s called the "Stack 10". It’s a display tray designed specifically to hold up to 10 MiniDiscs without their slipcases. I printed these in a PLA with a tactile, matte texture, and deliberately left off any logos or branding.
I designed them with stackability in mind, so you can easily stack them vertically or horizontally to expand your archive as your collection grows.
I'm doing a limited initial run first to get some feedback from the community before making more. They'll be going live in my shop this Monday (07/06) and initially priced at $13.99 for the first batch.
Link to my store: https://www.etsy.com/shop/LessEfforts?ref=profile_header
I posted on here some time ago about this lovely piece of machinery. It had a wicked squeel when recording, it didn't eject disc's properly, and everyday just stopped working.
I can't finally say i persevered through and got it back into full working order
Thank you to everyone who gave me advice about my MZ-909 over the week. I was ready to stuff around with it this morning to see if I could get it to go. HOWEVER IT CAME BACK TO LIFE! How long it'll stay running for? Who knows. I'll run a disc in it for a while to see if it plays to its entirety, but overall I'm taking this as a win!
I got this minidisc player a while ago (Sony MZ-N420D Psyc Net MD Walkman) and I recorded music too it about 4 times, and when i was ready to make my 5th mixtape it recorded 3 of the mp3 files I put in and then it stopped, now when i try to add a mp3 file too it in webminidisc pro it always stays in 0% when it’s trying to convert the mp3 file and it stays like that forever, idk if it’s the website or the recorder it’s self. Help me out please and thank you 🙏
I'm not affiliated with this artist apart from the fact that I follow them on Bandcamp, but I thought the community might want to know that they are releasing their new album 'En Vogue' on MiniDisc! Orders will be live next week apparently.
Japanese auction, bid slightly above average per disc cost, but boy I really wanted these bit clubs...
I have an MZ-N707 that I use for all of my netMD recording, and since it goes through batteries like crazy when recording, I tried to save money (And the environment) by getting a USB adapter for the battery so it could just run off of my laptop's power (See link below). I plugged it in and it wouldn't turn on, just said "charging" as though I had it plugged in via the DC and it was charging a battery. I took it out after 15 seconds or so because there's nothing to charge, and the back was warm and I got a not-happy smell from the internals. Now it won't turn on, even after waiting for everything to cool down and putting in a new battery per the manual.
Did I just accidentally cook my MD player? I don't have the ability to fix it if so and I don't know if it would be cost effective to pay to ship it to get fixed if it's been shorted out versus buying a new one.
https://www.amazon.com/Lenink-Power-Supply-Battery-Replace/dp/B09YTVTZ1V?sr=8-8
When creating super long playlists for parties i love using iTunes. Leveling out the volumes of the tracks makes building and recoding long play runs of multiple albums easy and even easier to listen too!
10 hrs on an 80 minute disc? Sign me up to HiMD!
From what I’ve found out so far, I think Paul Palmer was a DJ on Coventry Hospital Radio.
One MD also contains a bunch of 1990s BBC Radio 1 idents/jingles.
I can’t confirm if it’s a genuine BBC MD, but I feel is more likely “Acquired by other means”.
Paid 60€+P&P for pair. Have some minor cracks on casings, but I think I still did alright money wise. Now I want more...(but not gonna pay silly money...)💽
Hello,
A little under a year ago my maternal uncle gave me a MZ-N505 along with an assortment of minidiscs as a belated birthday gift, and while I’ve been using it off and on, I’ve grown quite bored of the fact that only one disc has music that I actually enjoy.
So I recently bought myself a mini USB to USB 2.0 cable to write my own preferred music onto some discs, something that I’ve been told that this model can do. But after I installed a driver that would allow me to do that, my personal computer won’t let me run it, even as an administrator.
Is there any reason for why this is? And is there any way to enjoy or even verify the contents of the separate discs?
I've recently purchased a couple of untested MZ-R909's with very different outcomes.
First one powers up and reads like it's brand new. Super responsive and quiet. I'm leaving it alone because it's very happy.
The second one has had a life. It has only played a disc once, after it took around 2 minutes to read the TOC. Since then it would only read TOC, then not play. I did read on this thread that it might just need some love, so I used a little white lithium grease on the sled rail, worm gear and hinges just to get everything moving. Of course cleaned the lens while I was there too. Now it'll spin the disc, but won't even read the TOC!
My question is, seasoned MiniDiscers, have I killed my second player with kindness, or should I be look elsewhere? Or was it probably that the lens was on its way out and it finally died. Any advice would be great!
