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Review 3 of 4
Price Paid:
$300.00
from Richer Sounds Summary: This is a review of the 510 that I bought in March '97.
I bought it when MD was just taking off in England, and so the price was high compared to now.
The sound quality, detail, bass and top end are incredible for the price paid. It is only narrowly noticable compared to the the sound of my Arcam DV88 DVD player when used as a CD player. Admittedly the soundstage is not a wide, but you really have to closely compare to notice.
The functionality is also incredible, though it has long been over taken by the newer Sony models, it really does highlight the possibilities of MD over CD recorders, DCC, MP3 and tape.
Solidly built but still light, this machine doesn't mind being moved and reconnected and feels like a quality piece of kit through the dampened click of the tobble wheel to the smooth mechanism that loads and unloads the MD's themselves.
The only short coming is the the lack of more digital in/outs and the newer functions that MD's these days have.
These are the only reasons that I'll look to upgrade, though to get something significantly better, I'll probably have to pay far more than I did on this machien.
If you can get your hands on a second hand one for your first MD deck, do it, it's a simple to use quality machine. Strengths: Sound Functionality Build Weaknesses: Number of digital in/outs Similar Products Used: None
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