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Sony MDS-501

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MDS-501
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Sony MDS-501

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All, MDS-DAV1, S500, SE9, JB980, JE480, JE780, NetMD Mockup, NT1, JE770, JE470, PC3, SP55, S50, JA333ES, JB940, JE440, JE640, LSA1, JB730, JA555ES, PC2, JB930, JE630, JE530, JE330/M100/S40/41, DL1, JA33ES, JE320, JE520/S39, PC1, JA30ES, JE510/S38, JB920, W1, JA20ES, JA22ES, JA50ES, JE700, J3000, JE500/S37, 503, JA3ES, 303/S35, 302/S30, 501, 101, S707

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Sony MDS-501Home MD Deck
Intro: 10/1995 (? guess)

Availability:
in: optical, line, mic. out: optical, line, hdphn.17 x 3 3/8 x 14 " (WHD). 11 lbs 7 oz.

Features: ATRAC-2. Pulse type A/D converter. Hybrid pulse D/A converter. 45 bit digital filter. Jog dial for AMS, editing and title inputs. 25 track programming. Shuffle play. Music scan. Date function for archival purposes. Title input for disc and track records up to 1700 characters per disc and looper title, U/L case and numbers. Record level control. Remote commander remote control RM-DM1.

Notes: The 501 will save TOC information after the power is turned off only if the recorder had actually been set to timer-recording when the unit was turned on and recording had begun. Otherwise, power can be removed to "undo" an edit (or a recording!) on this machine. // European version has a sampling rate converter, US version does not.

Links: Interactive Labs info.

Reviews:

    User Manual: MDS-501

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