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Review: I had an MP3 player (Rio 600). It was my friend. I took it around with me. Then i saw this, and the MP3 is no more. Minidisc is truly an excellent format. The discs are robust, cheap and offer a huge amount of storage (buy sony's own and you get 80 mins per disc - that's 320mins compressed). But the true beauty of this player is the Net MD feature. For those of us with large mp3 collections, instead of a measly 64mb or 128mb - 2 hours tops - of music on the go, the mindisc allows you to take around 320mins PER DISC. and these discs are tiny. Transfer is really easy to do, and while the software isnt pretty, and can often be dam' awkward to use, it does do the job with very few hitches (and is certainly better than the stuff you get with the rio). The battery life must be mentioned. The battery included is rechargable (charger included), and gives at least 70hrs of playing time even now, after 6 months of heavy usage. Beats the socks off the 10hr battery life of most mp3s. Its resilient too. Mine survived being dropped onto concrete. A friend of mine dropped his into the toilet. It survived. Wonderful stuff, this technology. Lastly before the (few) negative points, with an optical cable, you can take music from your CD collection too, if you want the very best quality. Personally, I can't tell the difference. the bass boost is excellent, msuic transfer is fast, it sounds good. However, the MZ-N707 is about. And more [money] on amazon gives you a digital "microphone in" jack - noticeably absent on the MZ-N505. However, the visuals of the NZ-M505 are (in my opinion) far nicer, and having used both, I'm glad I saved a bit of money and got this one. | 
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