Sony debuts hard drive-equipped, network-capable stereos

Sony has been cramming hard drives into its Netjuke stereos for quite a while now, but if you still haven't found one to your liking, you now have three more to consider from the company, two of which also boast the added bonus of networking capability. On the top-end, the NAS-M700HD (available in black only) packs a 160GB hard drive along with a CD player and a MiniDisc player, as well as some beefier speakers and a higher-quality S-Master amplifier that's not found in its lower-end counterparts. The NAS-M500HD, on the other hand, also boasts a 160GB hard drive and network-readiness but drops the MiniDisc player, while the pink CMT-E300HD takes things all the way down to 80GB and drops the networking capability as well. Like Sony's other similar systems, however, these ones are exclusive to Japan, where they'll set you back between ¥45,000 and ¥85,000, or roughly $420 to $790.

[Via Electronista]

[kyle allen @ Sep 9th 2008 4:55PM]

...or u could plug speekers into your computer

[Erik @ Sep 9th 2008 4:56PM]

MiniDisc lives!

[DEEZNUTZ @ Sep 9th 2008 5:10PM]

Bring back dual-cassette deck ghetto blasters that use 10 D batteries.

[tom @ Sep 9th 2008 5:55PM]

They are called boombox kid. Don't mock at Sony, they still have it on their website. (no DOUBLE cassette deck, just single)

[burriot_avatar @ Sep 9th 2008 5:16PM]

What's with that freaking hot pink colour Sony keeps using? Did they decide that it'd hide the flames better when their product went up in smoke.... literally up in smoke

[pozzitron @ Sep 9th 2008 5:34PM]

they are trying to make that their color like the "iWhite"

[iRawr @ Sep 9th 2008 5:42PM]

thats sooo iRawr

[iRawr @ Sep 9th 2008 5:48PM]

thats sooo iRawr

[burriot_avatar @ Sep 9th 2008 6:03PM]

@ iRawr

iDoublePost

[Mark @ Sep 9th 2008 5:21PM]

What's with adding minidisc? that format DIED years ago, only Sony builds the hardware (which is really overpriced for what it does). And I agree with kyle. If you want a stereo to play music from a hard drive, buy a stereo with aux/audio in and use that as your 'computer speakers'.

[Colin Potter @ Sep 9th 2008 8:27PM]

minidisc aint dead in the orient.

[KilgoreTrout @ Sep 9th 2008 5:38PM]

Both the 7.1 HT in my living room and the 2.1 HT stereos in my studio, my bedroom, and my kitchen, and even the mini 2.1 stereo wifi digital frame in the main bathroom, are networked via wifi, media extender, bluetooth, cable or some combination of these, to my home NAS, to 2 desktops, a laptop, a netbook and even to my nokia N95 8(GB).
And I'm quite sure that all of those, with the possible exception of the networked digital frame in the bathroom (to which I connected a 2.1 system meant for PCs) , sound enormously better than the best of these Sony.
What's supposed to be new in these things? That the HD is screwed toghether with a (cheap) ampli?
Please.

[KilgoreTrout @ Sep 9th 2008 5:39PM]

Both the 7.1 HT in my living room and the 2.1 HT stereos in my studio, my bedroom, and my kitchen, and even the mini 2.1 stereo wifi digital frame in the main bathroom, are networked via wifi, media extender, bluetooth, cable or some combination of these, to my home NAS, to 2 desktops, a laptop, a netbook and even to my nokia N95 8(GB).
And I'm quite sure that all of those, with the possible exception of the networked digital frame in the bathroom (to which I connected a 2.1 system meant for PCs) , sound enormously better than the best of these Sony.
What's supposed to be new in these things? That the HD is screwed toghether with a (cheap) ampli?
Please.

[Ryan @ Sep 17th 2008 6:31PM]

FUCK YEAH MINIDISC