In message , Malcolm Stewart
writes
Yes. Depending on your quality requirements, your Sharp may give you
adequately good recordings with little hassle, and it will play on your
large minidisk player. Have yet to hear of a non-portable Hi-MD deck.
I can't tell the difference between my recordings made on std minidisk
and those using PCM on Hi-MD minidisk using a Sony NH900, but others to whom
I've supplied CDs say they can tell the difference. (I'm over 65 with
hearing loss...es) They preferred the PCM recordings.

Suggest you check into alt.audio.MiniDisc where topics like this have
been discussed recently, or via Google's Groups archives. Also visit
www.minidisc.org for news & views. [Not too many MD recorders allow "on
the fly" recording gain adjustment. I think the Sharp brand is rare in that
respect. Some of the Sony Hi-MD allow it, but their displays may be dim.
The recent Sony RH10 however is good. Got mine from Amazon.)
Latest versions (3.2 on) of Sonicstage allow multiple uploads of your
recordings from Hi-MD formatted discs (both 1GB and ~300MB* types) via USB
to your PC, and conversion to wav files. Beware of earlier versions
supplied in box with new machine, even as recently as 4 weeks ago. It's
normally recommended by Sony that PCM recording to a 1GB Hi-MD disc is done
with additional power supply (a single AA cell) attached to your recorder.
(*by Hi-MD format of standard MiniDisc.)

HTH
Thank you so much Malcolm, this advice ties in with that of another
friend of mine very much into sound recording, he had such terrible
trouble with the Hi MD software, SonicStage, as I said above he ditched
it and the machine, sent it back and renamed it Chronic Stage.
Again, thank you again for a most technical and informative answer.
--
Derrick Fawsitt