Sony MD player Minidisc deck MDS-S39 (Recorder)

 

Description: - High sound quality delivered by wide bit stream technology.
- Built-in sampling rate converter.
- A-B Erase function.
- Time Machine recording function: starts recording up to 6 seconds before your radio program begins.
- MD editing functions.
- Monaural recording/playback capable.

 

This MiniDisc recorder is the Midi-version of the MDS520. That means that the remote control is a much better editing tool than the MDS530 one. It doesn't mention it on the manual, but it has a BitRate converter, which is very useful if you use it to record from Digital Radio (48khz). Quality is not bad compared to a Sony MDS-JA50ES. In direct comparison with an MDS530, the display is (too) small and the insert-mechanism is not its strongest point. I like its size, but not the design, which only makes it fit to the similar StereoSet.