This deck has a great feature set, nothing you don't need, just about everything you do need. The jumbo-size remote (about the size of a graphing calculator!) enables relatively painless track/disc titling, which is good because units with a keyboard input go for quite a bit more money. The two line display is bright and easy to read. The VU meters are very helpful for ensuring your levels are appropriate while recording, and adjusting the input level is easily done through the menu or directly from the remote with a single button press. It would be nice if it had a coaxial digital audio in, either in addition to or in place of one of the optical inputs, but it's not a big deal; higher end models have exactly this feature. The device loads/ejects/plays/responds as quickly as I'd like it to. The logic is... logical and behaves as one would expect; they put a lot of thought into programming this things behavior. Build quality is pretty good. I'm very pleased with this 20 year old piece of equipment! A lot more effort goes into producing something like this than something like a typical CD player/transport.Read full review
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Replacement for a JE510 that suffered from the disc eject micro switch design problem. The JE520 works perfectly and I am able to produce new recordings from my iTunes Library again. I have an old Sony MD EZ-80 minidisc player that produces a very nice sound still.
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Every function on this MD recorder works. I could not be happier.
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Cool old tech
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Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
Everything works.
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