I originally posted this in /r/minidisc on reddit, but I've been thinking about what to post here and this seemed like a good enough thought.
The old Minidisc.org web site calls the Sony MZ-RH1 "the most perfectly executed minidisc instrument to date" and also (correctly for 2006) notes that it's one of the few machines that can export minidiscs to other media. This became less true over time and with the magic of modern hobbyist developers, the door on the "minidisc ripping" market is busted wide open. This post presents a few alternative options!
This post comes around in part because MZ-RH1s are wildly expensive compared to every other minidisc machine. For no particularly good reason (because they were being made from 2006 to 2011 or 2012) they are the literal most expensive minidisc machine. They are even significantly more expensive, even in not-fully-working condition, than the original minidisc machine. I don't think I remember seeing an MZ-RH1 for under $500, when you can buy an MZ-NE410 for like $50 if you use the offers function on eBay.
seems to only be implemented in WebMiniDisc at this point, so you have to use a Chromium-based browser (boo) but still, wow, that's fantastic
thankful for this post which notes that my MD player, the MZ-N710, can be crimes'd into ripping MDs, but absolutely cursing this post also for noting that there's an FM radio variant that i now extremely want
