OR-0035 · Yumeo · 1994
Yumeo MD-1 — MiniDisc (ATRAC)
Yumeo MD-1 · ATRAC recorder · restored from unit no. M-2170534 · Yumeo, Japan, 1994
The restorer's note
A generation's first "perfect" digital recorder, and the gentle softening of transients and stereo that ATRAC left behind. The restored unit — number 2,170,534 off the line — was, like most surviving MD decks, barely used: obsolete before it could wear out. The character is the codec, and we kept all of it.
Restored 2026 from 1994 hardware.