Wow !!! (Sharp MD MT821)

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Product:	Sharp MD MT821
Date:	28/11/00 (30 review reads)
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Advantages: Awesome

Disadvantages: Too Awesome

Sharp has long aspired to dominate digital thinking amid the mass-market, a cause that has placed it among the chief exponents of MiniDisc. For the last few years its recordable MD personals have been among the best around. Compact and solidly built, this is an excellent example of the breed. Its controls are neatly laid out, if a touch fiddly, and its main display is the largest and most informative of all the models here. The in-line remote is pretty well designed too. You also get both optical and line cables for digital and analogue recording and playback.

Performance here is notably more up-front than that of its competitors. It's the best of the bunch with classical and acoustic material, able to convey a greater sense of detail and separation between instruments, while sounding impressively vital with cleaner sounding rock and dance tracks. However, with rougher material it can get a bit bright and edgy; this is partly due to the somewhat over-enthusiastic in-ear headphones. An upgrade in that department would improve things considerably, particularly as the Sharp is capable of making laudably crisp recordings.

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