Source: MiniDisc Wiki contributors · September 3, 2026 snapshot · CC BY 4.0, except where otherwise credited.
Attribution and changes
Adapted from “Sony MDS-S50”. Links, layout and file names normalized; missing database fields restored; remote embeds replaced with links. Manufacturer manuals and separately credited photographs retain their original attribution.
| Name | MDS-S50 |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer | Sony |
| Released | 2000/09 |
| Device type | deck |
| MDLP | Yes |
| NetMD | No |
| Hi-MD | No |
| Radio | No |
| Dimensions | 280 x 84.5 x 290 |
| Weight | 2400 |
| ATRAC ver | Type-R |
| Power cable | AC |
| Price (launch) | Not recorded |
| ¥39 000 | |
| - | |
| Inputs | RCA in, Digital optical (TOSLINK) |
| Outputs | 3.5mm headphone, RCA out, Digital optical (TOSLINK) |
| Control | PC Link |
Compact MDLP deck. Came bundled with the RM-D46M remote.
Has support for the PCLK-MN10 PC Link kit.
- Sampling frequency: 44.1kHz
- D/A converter: Hybrid pulse D / A converter
- A/D converter: 24bit ΔΣ
- Frequency characteristic: 5Hz to 20,000Hz ± 0.3dB
- Dynamic range: 94dB (EIAJ) or more
- S/N ratio (during playback): 96dB or more
- Total Harmonic Distortion: 0.01% (EIAJ) or less
- power consumption: 9W
Content adapted from: MDS-S50 Minidisc.org Page Sony Product Park Sony Product Park (MiniDisc Wiki mirror) Sony News release
Manuals
Photos
Additional specifications and references
| Recorder | Recorder |
|---|---|
| Web Md | No (not NetMD) |
| Sidecar | No |
| Voltage | 100 |
| Export | No |
| Manual | User manual, Service manual |
| Region | Japan |