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

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Successor model:

Pictures

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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."

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