Sony MDS-JE 500

General

• Brand : Sony
• Model : MDS-JE 500
• Years of manufacture : 1996-97
• Manufactured in:
• Color: Black and silver
• Dimensions: WxHxD: 430mm x 93mm x 265mm
• Weight:
• Remote control: yes, RM-D7M
• Original price approx.: 600 DM

Connections

• Inputs: 3

Line In (analog, RCA / Cinch) Digital In (optical / Toslink)

• • Sony System Bus (3.5 mm jack)

• Outputs: 4
  • Line Out (analog, RCA / Cinch)

Digital Out (optical/ Toslink)

• • Adjustable headphone output for 6.3 mm jack
  • Sony System Bus (3.5 mm jack)

Specifications

• Sampling rate converter: 48/32 kHz - 44.1 kHz
• D/A converter: 1 bit Hybrid Pulse
• A/D converter: 1 bit Delta Sigma
• Error correction system: CIRC
• Data compression: ATRAC
• Frequency response: 5 - 20000 Hz; + 0.3 dB
• Signal to Noise Ratio. > 96 dB (Analog: 91,5 dB; Digital: 97 dB - Ang. according to Stereoplay 11/1996, p.50)

Remarks

Other models of the same series:

• MDS-JE 700

Successor model:

• MDS-JE 510

Pictures

Test reports

• Stereoplay 11/1996: Top class I, reference. Price/performance: very good. Overall rating: "With the latest ATRAC equipped, top equipped and balanced sounding price breaker MD recorder." (Stereoplay 11/1996, p.50)
• Audio 9/1996: Upper class, Good, 70 points, 3 ears (3rd place in the upper class at the end of 1996)
• Stereo 10/1996: 3 stars, excellent (6th place in absolute order): "The MD price hit. Through ATRAC 4 on DAT- level, very good for digital copies - less for analogue recordings of very dynamic music. Sample rate converter."