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Every subscription helps fund more giveaways and content! If you haven't already subscribed, please consider helping support the channel by clicking the YouTube button - THANK YOU!! Keep scrolling down for the Rafflecopter entry widget!  For giveaway #12 - the first one from Japan - I will be giving away the Sharp MD-ST800 that I found at Hard Off Funabashi! In the video above, I opened it, lubed it, and now it's ready to give away!  It's almost a complete set with charging dock and AA sidecar, just grab a USB PSP charging cable like these: Right angle - https://amzn.to/4i381jc Straight - https://amzn.to/437ZlUo The Sharp MD-ST800 is a nice MDLP player from 2002 and works great, even if it's an "upside down" player! Thank you again for your support and I hope I can continue to help this great MiniDisc global community in some form. THE GIVEAWAY For this TWELFTH  giveaway (completely free to enter!), use the Rafflecopter widget below to enter betw...

Every subscription helps fund more giveaways and content! If you haven't already subscribed, please consider helping support the channel by clicking the YouTube button - THANK YOU!! I finally found an MD portable at the Hard Off in Funabashi! That video is here for those interested. It was a Sharp MD-ST800 (2002) in great shape and was a great deal as an untested unit for just 1,100 yen (about $7)! Though I call these players "upside down" ones based on how they are oriented, they work fine and are decently reliable since they were made later in the MD lifecycle. Sure, they're plastic-y but they are light enough and come with a backlit remote and charging dock. I particularly like the red one! I was able to test it at the store and it worked just fine, so let's open it up and lube it since it is more than 20 years old! There was no service manual that I could find online, but it was easy enough to figure out. Please check out the video and I've include...

Every subscription helps fund more giveaways and content! If you haven't already subscribed, please consider helping support the channel by clicking the YouTube button - THANK YOU!! Keep scrolling down for the Rafflecopter entry widget!  For giveaway #11 and hitting 1,000 subscribers on YouTube , I think it's the best giveaway yet - a special NetMD unit - Sony's MZ-N1 with USB-C adapter for charging and NetMD! I've just moved to Japan as you may have seen in some of my YouTube videos , but I've left the MZ-N1 in the hands of US-based MiniDisc enthusiast MDCon.live who organizes meetups across the US and beyond! I had a whole video about the MZ-N1 because I love this model. The lucky winner will be getting a silver MZ-N1 with the special USB-C adapter from MDGadgetry that allows you to charge and sync with a single USB-C connection. For reference - here's my "all about the Sony MZ-N1" video: Thank you again for your support and I hope I can con...

If you've followed on Instagram, you'll know I've been busy traveling and moving(?) to Japan! With that, I've had to pack up everything again including most of my players, tools, and MiniDiscs. Since I couldn't do a repair video, I realized I've had quite a few conversations and messages about what I use when I'm listening to MiniDiscs.  Note - like the video - this is not a sponsored post - these are my headphones and IEMs that I've purchased. Links to Amazon may be used to help support the site. Besides, some of these are so old they aren't even sold anymore =) While some people are adding BlueTooth dongles so they can use their wireless headphones and 'buds, I'm keeping it old school and staying wired.  Sometimes it can lead to a bit of a tangle with the remote cord + headphone/IEM cord, but I really appreciate this more "period appropriate" set up. Since portable MiniDisc players/recorders don't have as powerful dedicated am...

Thank you all for subscribing (if you haven't already, please consider it!) to my YouTube  where I try my best to repair some of these great old devices. For giveaway #10 and hitting 900 subscribers on YouTube, I'm doing a joint collaboration with some great Instagrammers on the MiniDisc scene: HighFidelity1989 and tremxminidisc ! I'm also throwing in a Sony MZ-R900 - one of Sony's most fun MDLP-capable portable recorders! 900 subs ago I never thought this would get this far! Thank you again for your support and I hope I can continue to help the great MiniDisc global community in some form. To celebrate 900 subscribers, I'm doing something a little bit different this time! I'm going to give away this awesome Sony MZ-R900 - a nice MD unit dual jog levers, and I've collaborated with HighFidelity1989 and tremxminidisc for a custom Deep House Mix Vol. II with a fancy custom case and insert! You'll also get a bonus Sony Neige with the same mix but with trac...

Every subscription helps fund more giveaways and content! If you haven't already subscribed, please consider helping support the channel by clicking the YouTube button - THANK YOU!! The Sony MZ-DH10P (2005) is one of the most unique and rare of Sony's MiniDisc Recorders. It combined MD, Hi-MD, and a DIGITAL CAMERA into one unit, just a bit thicker than the similar-looking MZ-NH1. Sure, the 1.3 MegaPixel resolution doesn't sound like much now, but back then it was probably like a piece of the future to combine everything into one device. Thanks to MDcon.Live, I was able to get a chance to work on these beautiful units. The silver one could write to disc, but it had a bad sensor. The black one couldn't write to disc, but had a good sensor. I think you know what's about to happen...  If you want to see more MD units in-person - check out the schedule at https://mdcon.live ! Please check out the video for details, but I've added some pics here for refere...

  Thank you all for subscribing (if you haven't already, please consider it!) to my YouTube  where I try my best to repair some of these great old devices. 800 subs ago I never thought this would get this far! Thank you again for your support and I hope I can continue to help the great MiniDisc global community in some form. To celebrate 800 subscribers, I'm doing something a little bit different this time! I'm going to give away this sweet Sony MZ-E810SP - a nice MD unit with a folding speaker dock, and I'm going to direct-ship some MiniDiscs that I won in Japan straight to you! So the winner will get two packages, one Sony MZ-E810SP, and one set of MiniDiscs from Japan! For this  NINTH  giveaway (completely free to enter!), use the Rafflecopter widget below to enter between October 26th and November 3, midnight US Pacific time. a Rafflecopter giveaway Please see official rules, here!      Privacy policy is included here also - I don't need/wa...