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Here's a closer look at the new MD and CD-recorder products scheduled to be on display at CES this week.
Aiwa: A play-only model and a play/record model mark the company's return to the headphone MD market after an absence of four years. They're due in March with 40-second antishock memories. The play-only AMHX30, at a tentative suggested retail of $230, is only 0.65-inches-thick and delivers eight hours of playback time on internal rechargeable battery.
The AMF70, at a tentative suggested $350, is only 0.76-inches-thick. A backlit LCD display on top displays functions and track titles. Additional details were unavailable.
In MD-equipped microsystems, the company plans to expand its selection to two SKUs from one with the introduction of the XR-MD100 and XR-- MD300, both with wood speaker cabinets. The 2x25-watt 100's retail is a tentative suggested $499.
The four-piece 300 features a separate MD recorder, CD player, amplifier and tuner. Pricing was unavailable.
The company is replacing two MD minisystems with the XR-H33OMD and -H550MD. The latter, replacing a five-MD/three-CD model, is a three-- MD/three-CD with single cassette. The former also features three-MD/three-- CD changer but lacks cassette and has a lower power rating.
A replacement single-piece, AC-only transportable MD-tabletop system, the CSD-MD50, is due in January at a tentative suggested $450, replacing a similarly priced wedge-shaped blue-and-silver model. The new silver, hi-fi-look unit features MD, CD, cassette and tuner.
Fisher: The first two Fisher-branded headphone MDs complement a current AC-only tabletop AM/FM/ MD/CD/cassette player. Sister brand Sanyo previously marketed a headphone MD during the format's original launch but later discontinued it.
The play/record MDG-R3 at a suggested $399 is the industry's first model with 80-second memory. It measures 4.1x3.2x0.93 inches and features jog-- dial for editing, sampling-rate converter, and PC connection to simplify editing.
The play-only MDG-P3 at a suggested $249 delivers 12 hours of playback on an internal rechargeable battery, features 40-second memory, comes with wired LCD remote, and is slimmer than the other model at only 3.3x3.1x0.85 inches. Both ship in June.
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