I read Ken Pohlmans remarks too. He is so biased it is ridiculous. At one
point he seemed to warm up to MD a little, but I think he is regressing. The
thing that really pisses me off is how the same magazine is happy to pretend
that the compression in MP3 is no big deal. In both cases, MD and MP3 they
will state "less than CD quality" but with MD it is always a big negative and
with MP3 it is no big deal. Go figure. I guess it is politically incorrect
to be negative about MP3 since it is getting so much hype. Meanwhile, these
editors gloss over the convenience and elegance of MD for recording,
re-recording, editing, titling etc. No teeth gritting permanent recording.
Never a mention of the benefit of portable recording.
In the comparison to Dolby S cassette (and no, it wasn't a $2000 deck, it was
a $650 deck) no value was assigned to the elimnation of the irritating linear
format of tape, instant track access, editing etc etc. In fact, Ken's
"audiograms" illustrating ATRAC elimination of frequencies above 18K I
believe biased him beyond repair. Once he could see this, he thinks he can
hear it. Go ahead, get a test CD and try to hear 19K hz. Without cranking
up the volume. No mention that a Dolby S recording is of limited utility
since the only Dolby S player you are likely to encounter to play it in is
the one you used to make it. Does your car casette deck have Dolby S? Not
likely.
Oh well, I cancelled my subscription already.
Rant mode off.
Regards,
Leland
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