Sony MDS-JB940
| Name | MDS-JB940 |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer | Sony |
| Released | 2000/09 |
| Device type | deck |
| Recorder | Recorder |
| MDLP | Yes |
| NetMD | No |
| Hi-MD | No |
| Radio | No |
| Dimensions | 430×110×287mm |
| Weight | 5.3kg |
| ATRAC ver | Type-R |
| Battery | No |
| Sidecar battery | No |
| Voltage | 120 |
| Power cable | AC |
| Price (launch) | |
| ¥69 000 | |
| - | |
| Inputs | RCA in, Digital optical (TOSLINK), Digital coaxial |
| Outputs | 1/4 inch headphone, RCA out, Digital optical (TOSLINK), Digital coaxial |
| Control | PS/2 keyboard |
Features:
- Upper middle class home MD deck.
- ATRAC with Type-R DSP W/ MDLP recording modes
- 4x CD → MD recording
- Scale Factor Edit
- Playback Pitch Control
- Variable coefficient 24-bit digital filter and S-TACT circuitry
- Sony Megastorage CD Changer Control
- New USB based PC-Link kit - the PCLK-MN10 (MSRP: ¥15,000)
- R-Core Power Transformer
- TOC Cloning possible.
Specs: SNR > 100dB, Dynamic range: > 98dB, THD: <.003%, 24bit delta-sigma ADC, Current pulse DAC.
Improved over MDS-JB640:
- Extra button on front panel: digital filter (no S.F. edit button, only accessible through menu system)
- Recording level dial on front panel
- Extra buttons on 5-column remote control: date recorded, date present, numeric 11-25, music scan, auto space, peak hold, filter, CD player pause, name (name, character, number), play modes (continue, shuffle, program), time.
- Coaxial input appears on all models, as does 2 optical inputs.
- Digital filter appears in display modes while stopped, playing and recording. Pitch level appears when stopped and playing.
- Clock setting, and time/date stamp for recordings.
- Bit-length switching. Used to improve the digital output quality, by changing the outgoing bit-length.
- Digital filter changes the tone of the signal going through the analog output.
- Aluminium front panel, and is also of QS design. This means that the circuitboards inside are on a slant, reducing standing waves (unwanted reverberation), and it gets a nice shiny QS sticker on it.
MD Mechanism: MDM-7A
Optical Pick-up: KMS-260B/J1N
ATRAC IC: CXD2662R
Content adapted from: Sony Press Release Minidisc.org page Sony Product Park audio-database.com Sony 2000 home audio catalog
Discussion
Get from Charles Holt cnh_03 on eBay (he had these made for this drive at my suggestion):
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/193976337464?hash=item2d29e40438:g:1xoAAOSwaT5gVMlR
This deck uses Control-A1 II ports, and as such is not compatible with the MN10, and should instead be used (in the Sony infrastructure) with an interface such as the PCLK-PC1 or PCLK-PC2.