The beats behind Chrome Sweet Chrome — a raw, sample-driven journey through the golden era of underground boom bap.

https://chromewave.bandcamp.com/album/the-beats-chrome-sweet-chrome

£16 per minidisc. Sending globally.

Son spotted in 2001 Japanese horror.
MD player ? If so which ?
Thanks for looking

Finally was able to add one of these to my collection! No clue if it works just yet but confident I can fix it if anything is wrong.

As part of my custom firmware work, I decided to have some fun and get Linux booting. Absolutely useless (besides making myself happy)! Work on the custom firmware is continuing and the next update will bring some nice quality of life improvements!

OH MY GOODNESS THIS IS THE BEST. Found my old Canon Selphy CP1200 printer, some KC‐18F card size labels and my MeatLoaf MD now has a label! Best Saturday night EVER

Heather Nova’s Oyster and my favorite player (so far) the Panasonic SJ-MJ59.

Over 20 years ago, a friend kept telling me how cool MiniDisc was and how it was going to be the next big thing. His excitement got me to buy my first portable, and it really was amazing. A few days later the player disappeared and all I had left were a few discs. Ever since, I've been thinking I'd jump back in someday.

All these years later, I stumbled onto the obsolete Sony subreddit, which led me here... and you guys did it. After days of hunting for the right devices at prices I could justify, it finally happened.

I took a risk and ordered both as-is for parts/repair, figuring I'm tech-savvy enough to fix whatever was wrong. To my surprise, the deck and the portable both worked!

I'm using NetMD to transfer WAVs to ATRAC, and soon my CD player with digital out will let me record optically too. With AI these days, I was able to get up to speed quickly on the format and what each device can do. And here I am, super happy with my setup. Sending digital from the PC to the discs, editing track titles by hand, playing back analog. I even 3D printed a case and sleeves for the discs I have and the ones on the way.

I'm into psytrance, so the plan is to buy WAVs of my favorite tracks on Beatport and make a yearly disc of the best ones, with printed labels. Hopefully I'll end up with a solid collection that only I know the effort behind, and how rewarding it is to enjoy this awesome physical media.

Is there a trick to putting this back on? When back together the lever is just loose and slides around freely, apart from the last mm or so of travel where it engages the mechanism, not enough to work though.

Got those MD-Players few months ago from Japan🗾
I finished some repairs and found some original, working gumstick batteries.
Remotes and headphone on pictures: Remote Control Sony RM-MC33EL; Headphones Sony MDR-E931; Remote Control Sharp unknown - name or marking is missing (4 buttons on top: BASS, DISPLAY, MODE, GROUP. And 6 on the bottom: - VOL +; square (STOP); ⏮️; ⏯️; ⏭️)

Sry for quality, used Canon EOS 400D (2006. Digital Rebel XTi for NA, EOS Kiss X - JP)

A couple of weeks ago I make a YouTube Cast on the history of the MiniDisc for my Beige Age channel. Thought you might like to take a look if you have the time. Thanks. https://youtu.be/mINUG_OX2-M?si=Jdy8rjNIHhXCa0Vo

I recently got back into using my MD player and found this MD album at Amoeba music for $15! I bought my MD player in Japan new and never had an actual pre-recorded album, so I'm a bit stoked to have found one.

I don't know where he pulls them out from and just how many more he has because he already gave me 5 full boxes by now.

I have an MZ-R55 that I can power on, there's no disc inside, yet I cannot open the lid. If I press the OPEN button/switch it just feels squishy and there's no purchase on anything. I suspect the mechanism that prevents you from opening the lid during recording is in effect, but the odd thing is I'm pretty sure there's no disc in the device.

Can anyone suggest a fix for this please? Thanks.

My view would be to limit all new features, and not a 'throw everything but the kitchen sink' approach. For me, the whole point of using MD is that IS limited to what it does, but to do it just that little bit better. Its strength is its use of offline physical media. There are already plenty of devices that will play audio back for hundreds of hours. The point of using MD in 2026 is that it helps make musical choices an intentional and personal listening experience again.

• Stay with the original physical format and ensure backwards compatibility with all existing discs and ATRAC encoders.
• Add lossless FLAC as the default encoder.
• Add support for high resolution audio.
• Limit SP playing time to 90 minutes per disc to accommodate most individual album lengths. (I know Hi-MD exists, but like playing an LP, we like swapping and sharing discs! Physical media is the point.)
• Retain the same recording & playback methods the old players use (WebMD, optical and analogue). Again, any modern player can copy files instantly. The point here is to slow down.
• Add bluetooth, but only for audio playback and keyboard title entries.
• No WiFi (we're offline folks!)

I don't really buy md gear anymore (already have more than I really need) but I peek at the offers local to me and occasionally something like this pops up - perfect condition unit in great color that I just can't say no to ;)

It's truly like-new all around, I disassembled it yesterday for a quick lube and it's pristine inside too :)
Even the damn sticker got off perfectly.
Took it for a spin with my doggo ;)

Explain to me again in simple words...

Why did this format die???

Artistically it was fantastic!!

https://www.theminidiscshop.com/product/phil-collins-no-jacket-required-personalized-minidisc

So earlier this year I ended up getting an MZ-RH1 for a very good price, however two things were wrong with it. The front oled was failing (I’m okay with that, I know there’s replacements out there), and the write head started to drag on the discs. I’m currently testing it mid surgery and so far it’s going quite well. Just made a very slight adjustment to the write head arm and it’s no longer touching. Once the writing I’m using as a test is done and I’ve confirmed I haven’t royally ruined this. I’ll put the lid cap back on and test again, then reassemble until I get a new oled panel.

Not really used to bending things to fix electronics but hey first time for everything

Weird question for lovers of DAPs or any small music players: do you use straps? Which ones?

I don’t, but I know they’re cool (sometime useless) accessories/things. In Japan, I remember a lot of people used them around late 90s and 2000s minidiscs. If you do can you share pictures of what you’re using (shamelessly please).

Hi everyone, I have this R900 and I’m trying to fix it. It works well, but when listening to music it stops often and it takes about 5 seconds to resume.

I have cleaned the lens and cleaned with alcohol the worm gear shaft and the rail. Then I have relubricated the transporter with lithium both with a toothpick. But now it’s even worse, now it stops itself more often and it takes longer to resume.

What could be the problem now and it’s in a worse condition?

Bit of a followup now that ive gotten to this point.

Ive posted about this player before about the battery terminal. Ive finally fixed this issue. This leads me to my next issue.

During playback I noticed if its on its side it tends to pause until I place it horizontal again.

Safe to assume this is a call for maintenance re-greasing but I want your guys input before I go ahead and do that.

Thanks everyone.