kgallen's Collection
I mostly have decks, both consumer and pro. I use several of them for amateur theatre (it's a long story…)
Pictures
Here are some of my pro decks - MDS-E12 and MDS-E10. Also a Sony CDP-D12 CD-player and a Tascam 112 cassette deck. All saved and repaired from one kind of e-waste fate or another…
Hardware
| Model | Condition | Notes | Purchased |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sony MDS-JE520 | v good | My first, purchased new from Richer Sounds on Smallbrook Queensway in Birmingham, UK. I still have the receipt… Most often gets used as a DAC for the PC. | Richer Sounds, Birmingham, UK, 1999 |
| Sony MZ-R700 | v good | My second, purchased initially to record sound effects for theatre. Still my “daily driver” in April 2024… | Musical Exchanges, Birmingham, UK, 2000 |
| Sony MDS-JE530 | v good | My third… 12 years later! Sold as working. Didn't work. Bought lots more machines, then finally fixed this one! | eBay, Sep 2012 |
| Tascam MD-350 | perfect | Bought for theatre after the MDS-JE530 initially didn't work. | eBay, Nov 2013 |
| Tascam MD-CD1 (MK1) | good | Paid an arm and a leg for it, as I'd never seen a combined CD/MD machine. | eBay, Jan 2018 |
| Sony MDS-E12 (Pro) | v good | Rack mounted with another E12. Theatre use. | eBay, May 2018 |
| Tascam MD-CD1 (Mk1) | good | OK, so I have 2. Sucker. Has LA1 balanced I/O kit. | eBay, Dec 2018 |
| Sony MDS-E10 | broken | Cosmetically perfect. Broken for spares. I2C fault on main board. Non-Pro. | eBay, Apr 2019 |
| Sony MDS-JE480 | ok-ish | Bought for spares. Works perfectly. | eBay, May 2019 |
| Sony MDS-JE440 | ok | Bought for spares but now works mostly (has occasional TOC write issues)… Paid £9.99 for it! | eBay, May 2019 |
| Sony MDS-E12 (Pro) | v good | Rack mounted with another E12. Theatre use. | eBay, Sep 2019 |
| Sony DHC-NX5MD | good | In the Dining Room for the family…! | eBay, Oct 2019 |
| Sony MZ-B10 | perfect | Well, it was just nice, and quite cheap… | eBay, Jan 2020 |
| Sony MDS-E10 (Pro) | v good | Rack mounted with Tascam 112. | eBay, Jan 2020 |
| Sony MZ-N510 | faulty | Dead. Can't get it working. | eBay, Jan 2020 |
| Sony MZ-N510 | v good | Try again. This one works. Blue. For DD. | eBay, May 2020 |
| Sony MZ-NF610 | v good | For DS. | eBay, May 2020 |
| Tascam MD-801R | very poorly | Spares/repairs/playing around with. Seems to be missing the laser… Sold on May 2022. | eBay, May 2020 |
| Sony MDS-E12 (Pro) | v good | Yes, another. Can't let 'em pass. Oh, shush! Rack mounted with Sony CDP-D12. Theatre use. | eBay, Dec 2020 |
| Sony MDS-JE770 | v good | For playing around with Control-A1 II | eBay, Apr 2021 |
| Sony MZ-R700 | broken | Faulty. Calibrates on CD but not MO discs. Yellow/Gold. | eBay, Aug 2021 |
| Sony MDS-E12(ish) | v good | Cut-and-shut E12 internals in an E10 case. Non-Pro. Actually use this machine quite a lot for editing and is my “daily driver” when working from home as it sits under the laptop dock! | eBay, Sep 2021 |
| Sony MZ-R909 | v good | Colleague had one. Loved it. Found one. Bought one. At work! Now not reading discs  but passes a full calibration cycle. Strange. | eBay, Sep 2021 |
| Sony MXD-D4 | v good | Filthy, but cleaned up nicely. A dubber that actually works properly… | eBay, Sep 2021 |
| Sony MXD-D4 | ok | Minging. MD OWH trashed, laser write weak. New drive from Ali Express (rcvd broken…), now working fine. | eBay, Feb 2022 |
| Sony MDS-JB940 | v good | Bought from fellow MD-er. | Private, Mar 2022 |
Blanks
More than I care to own up to (hundreds)… mostly Sony Neige, TDK, Maxell Color, some Fuji, some Bush. Some new (new) discs bought via Amazon Japan in late 2021/early 2022/early 2023 ('cos currently they are still making them brand new…!).