Kenwood MD 2070 Minidisc Player Reviews


Kenwood MD 2070
MSRP:
$ 700.00
Capable of recording 74 minutes of music at CD-like quality, MiniDiscs are a great choice for home recording. And Kenwood's recorder has pushed the standard beyond the typical digital bit rate, all the way to 24-bit recording. The results are recordings that capture the subtlest details of any CD, right down to the ambiance of the room in which the recording was made.

   
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Reviewed by:
westcoastaudiophile
(AudioPhile)

Review Date
September 11, 2002

Overall Rating
 4 of 5

Value Rating
 4 of 5

Used product for
Less than 1 month

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Review 1 of 2 , from San Diego, CA, USA

Price Paid:  $300.00 from Crutchfield

Summary:
After sitting on the fence for years waiting for the right MD recorder (and at the right price) along comes the MD-2070 with ATRAC 4.5 and 24 bit conversion. This is the same as the model DMF-9020 in Europe (the owners manual is for both models). I am using it in our family room hooked up to a Marantz PM7000 integrated amp and KEF floorstanders. There is very, very little difference between the CD and the MD copy. I am truly amazed at how well MD can sound. The flexibility is amazing and the recorder can do so much more than any CD recorder can do. At $300 it is truly an excellent buy. The buying public will never know what they missed out on by "passing" on MiniDisc.

Strengths:
Flexibility far exceeds anything a CD recorder could ever do. Quality name brand MD's are just $2 each and every MD is rewriteable...not just the last song but any song on the disc and be removed or moved around. Amazing. Has coax and optical inputs. Great remote. Killer looks- a British hi-fi magazine called it the "silver dream machine."

Weaknesses:
The instruction manual stinks. You have to go slow and take it easy. Read and re-read it.

Similar Products Used:
My first MD recorder.


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Reviewed by:
DM2488
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Review Date
February 7, 2002

Overall Rating
 4 of 5

Value Rating
 4 of 5

Used product for
More than 1 year

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Review 2 of 2

Price Paid:  $500.00 from 800.com

Summary:
I have a pair of Maggies 1.6QR and every time I playback through the minidisc recorder, I can''t tell if I am listening to my CD or the minidisc.

Strengths:
24 Bit recording/playback.

Weaknesses:
Cheap remote.

Similar Products Used:
Sony, JVC.


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