I had an MD player, but I only used it to play blank MDs on which I had made mix tapes from my CDs. Many MD players had write ability, and (though it was a fair

I had an MD player, but I only used it to play blank MDs on which I had made mix tapes from my CDs. Many MD players had write ability, and (though it was a fairly little-known fact) many portable CD players had optical-out. You just needed to buy an optical cable and connect it between your CD player and the MD player.