Price Paid:  $40.00

Summary:
Es un excelente producto elaborado por Sony, muy buen sonido y muchas facilidades para la edición. El tamaño es un pequeno inconveniente, pero igual, fué uno de los primeros MD.

Strengths:
Muy buen sonido (tres niveles de bajos), facilidades para la edición, coloca la fecha de grabación.

Weaknesses:
El tamaño, duración de la pila

Price Paid:  $550.00 from 1996

Summary:
i have this mini disc player for 6 years now its so easy to use and very reliable 1 i enjoying every minute of it its great 1

Strengths:
mechanicly very strong

Weaknesses:
it eats batteries

Price Paid:  $600.00 from Bizzare Shop Lanzarote Spain

Summary:
I Love the Mz-R3 Minidisc it's so easy to use it's perfect
my one problem is that when I bought the machine I did not have the battery which you charge in the machine, via the mains adapter. so please can any one help, I have tried a local dealer, just because I had bought the machine in a different country they just push me to the side.

Strengths:
Good, reliably easy to use for Recording & Playing

Weaknesses:
Shop owner not supplying the battery.

Price Paid:  $135.00 from Poun America

Summary:
It is so easy to use MZ-R3 player. You can record,erase,track mark or end search. It has 10s shock memory and really nice LCD display. There is even a remote control for it. I paid only $135 and i think it woarth it.

Weaknesses:
I think there is only one weakness in this MZ-R3 player. It has 10s shoke memory.

Summary:
I had the Sony MZ-R37 for about 4 months and I'm really impressed. It sounds great, especially if you have eqipment with digital out. I went out and bought a new soundcard with Tos-link just to get the best sound. You can now find one bundled with a "usb download kit," It will give you a good digital recording without buying lots of expensive new equipment.

Strengths:
It has an excellent price (I paid $170) and an excellent sound, the form factor is nice but i wish it were a little smaller. 40 second anti-skip is nice too, hasn't skipped once!

Weaknesses:
Probably the biggest con is the tiny screen. You can't see much, and there is no backlight, it gets the job done, though. Also there is no screen on the remote at all. Its a little bulky but not to bad, it is light though. The buttons are really small (the remote isn't bad though) and the device isn't very intuitive. It'll take a day or two to really get comfortable with it. There are better recorder/players out there, but for the price this one can't be beat.