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Review: Over the years I've bought (like most people) a lot of personal stereos of all kinds of formats. This Sony S2 MZ-S1 Net MD is the closest I've ever come to finding the perfect machine for portable music. Physically it's designed for travel, it's got a tough case, has no external buttons that can snap off or external battery compartments that open way too easily. The controls are very easy to use on the move. It has no remote control, something I see as a real boon: most of them are too fiddly/too fragile/too cumbersome to be any use. They also jack up the price of the unit, especially when its an LCD model. Let's face it, most people only want remotes for the pose factor. This machine is (for the time being) the state of the art in terms of portable audio. You can pay more, but you can't buy better. Anyone who does any kind of lengthy travelling to work doesn't really to look for anything else. Of course the real power of this machine is it is a real go-anywhere, record from anything device. Whether you want to use analogue cable, fibre cable or USB, this NetMD machine is happy to accomodate. This is something that NO other MP3 device can do. You can pay £££ for the Apple iPod and it will choke if you try and connect it to anything other than a Mac. This baby doesn't care what you use. Apart from the great sound and build quality, it's important to value just how practical this unit is. You don't need a CD burner to create disks with MP3s on, you don't need to use clumsy CD-R disks and you won't be hampered with the truly laughable battery life of things like iPod (and other hard drive derivatives). This machine will last at least 50 hours on a single AA battery! This machine is (for the time being) the state of the art in terms of portable audio. You can pay more, but you can't buy better. Anyone who does any kind of lengthy travelling to work doesn't really to look for anything else. |
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