IHERER IS A BRAND NEW VINTAGE RETRO SONY WALKMAN MD MINIDISC RECORDER MZ-R70 REMOTE PLAYER,HAS EVERYTHING YOU NEED. HASNT BEEN OUT OF THE PLASTIC BAGS. The Minidisc player/recorder under the microscope here today is Sony's MZ-R70. It's actually not one of the newest models (which were recently announced and are only now becoming available, albeit at a price premium over older models), but it's a good example of an MD implementation. It shows where MDs excel, and where they fall short. I listen to a lot of different kinds of music under a lot of different circumstances, so the R70 got a full workout for this review. You'll see what all the Minidisc fuss was—and maybe is—all about. 

The casing has several buttons, all very easy to use and intuitively marked. The R-70 also comes with a tethered remote that plugs into one of the headphone jacks (there are two), so you can stick the R-70 in a bag and control it with the remote. In addition to the two headphone jacks, the R-70 also sports digital and mic inputs, and an input for the included power adapter/charger. The R-70 also comes with a pretty detailed manual that covers everything you'll need to know about it. Also included is a cloth carrying case and digital cable for recording. 

Rounding out some of the standard features are several playback methods (shuffle, repeat, etc.), and pretty much everything you'd expect from a portable CD player. One interesting feature that I haven't seen elsewhere is the AVLS (Automatic Volume Limiter System), which caps the volume to avoid ear damage. While you can turn this system off (and I did—sometimes I want things really loud), it's nice to see Sony include this kind of a Failsafe

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