Sony Walkman MZ-R70 Personal MiniDisc Player

Pros: Small, lightweight, highly portable, ability to record live music, excellent battery life
Cons: No drag-n-drop transfer, slightly outdated and only available used

Music... it's a big part of my life. Not that I really listen to that much music—I'm more into performing it. Singing in a choir or playing my flute in a small ensemble is one of my favorite ways to take a break from real ...

Pros: Portable, plays mp3s, has a PC link and it records
Cons: None so far

I have for a long time wanted to get myself an MP3 player or a Mini Disc player. So one fine day it was time for me to buy one. So I went to Circuit City and looked at MP3 players then it dawned on me that Mini Disc Players might be a better choice. ...

Pros: extremely compact, easy to use, records and rips mp3s, no need for extra memory sticks
Cons: no AM/FM

Looking for a cool mini-disc player? Torn between whether to buy an MD player or an MP3 audio device? Then let the Sony MZ-R70 be your answer. This MD player excels on my list because of it's small, compact size, recording capabilities and the fact...

Pros: Built to last, quality recordings, Metal case. Does the job at a nice price.
Cons: Cheap remote. Missing newer features like MDLP and NetMD. Some don't like the noisy motor.

I've had my R70 since early 2000, and I still use it every day. I estimate that I've used this MD unit for about two hours a day since the beginning of my college career, and now I'm about to graduate. That says something about the robustness of a Sony ...

Pros: Light, easy to use, inexpensive
Cons: Nothing

I run four miles every day, rain or shine. After the run I walk back to my house as a sort of cool down. I like to listen to music while I am running, and I like to listen on the long walk back too. My bedroom closet is filled with audio devices that...

Pros: Size, Battery Life, Quality sound, Lots of Music
Cons: If you choose to title each song it is time consuming

First and foremost let me start out by explaining my "need" for some sort of portable music storage device. I purchased a Suzuki Marauder motorcycle (see "Marauder.....Great bike" for more details) a year ago and I have spent 15,500 long miles using a...

Pros: sound quality impressive, lightweight and miniature, great for concert goers!
Cons: easily damaged if dropped, fragile

This review would most likely help people that want to buy this product to record live shows. I purchased this minidisc recorder about 6 months ago and did not know what to expect at first because at that point I knew nothing about minidisc...

Pros: The way it uses only one AA battery.
Cons: Um, no jog-dial, no LCD on the remote.

So this is one of the Sony Minidisc that I think falls on the line of a good MD player, and a bad MD player.

I say this because this Minidisc player has some really good features, and also has some bad ones, and all for a low cost.

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Pros: Battery life, size, will impress your friends
Cons: Transfer rate, bump on back, no light up screen, labeling

I have always been a big fan of Sony. I think their products are almost always better than other brands, not that I don't buy other brands occasionaly. Sony has a way of making their products more appealing to me, and for this player it had to be...

Pros: size, sound qualtiy, skip protection, battery life
Cons: diffifult learning curve, cheap headphones and remote

After much thougt on whether to purchase a minidisk player or and mp3 player, I finally worked up enough courage to purchase a MiniDisk player once sony started bundling and MP3 to minidisk converter with their players. I hopped on over to CircuitCity...

Pros: Light, Functional, Long Battery Life
Cons: SLOW, LOUD, Ugly

First off, I'd like to say that I cannot believe how highly recommended The R70 is on epinions. Either people are just making up their reviews, or they simply don't know anything about minidisc. This is an extremely SLOW and LOUD MD player; Minidisc...

Pros: Great Design, battery life, performance, sound, quality of construction
Cons: Some inconvenient features - rec. volume, stop button

This is the second Minidisc recorder I have had, and by a not so wide margin it is the better. The other one was a Sharp MD-MT88. The Sharp is a teensy bit more solid, having an all metal body and rather sturdy metal buttons, but the Sony is also well...

Pros: Great sound; Light weight; Ability to store 5 hours of music on one disc!
Cons: Not enough memory on disks to store lengthy titles for all tracks

I had just gotten into burning my own CD mixes when I purchased a Sony mini-disc player, and I have not burned a CD since! CD's only hold approximately 76 minutes of music. With mini-disc, you can store up to 5 hours of music on one disc! There's a...

Pros: Superb sound
Cons: Bit noisy at times

The MZ-R70 is quite a handy piece of kit as it sports a number of excellent features but has since been very much outdated by the new 'MD-LP' minidiscmans. When searching for a minidisc recorder I decided to choose Sony, the leaders in the field and the...

Pros: small, sexy, great sound quality, good battery life, easy control
Cons: does not come with mini disks and no analog cable supplied

I've been wanting a MiniDisc Player/Recorder for about a year. Recently my best friend got an MZ-R37. It recreated my want for an MD. So after doing tons of research right here on Epinions I decided to get the MZ-R70 from Etronics.com for $170. Well it...