Eric Woudenberg wrote: > If you have a Sony deck, you can try the procedure outlined here: > > http://www.minidisc.org/mds503_test_mode.html > > It will be interesting to hear what you find. I've just performed the test in a Hi-Fi shop - the person there is also an MD enthusiast. Memorex disc 1 has a BLER of about 140, and some areas it peaks at roughly 300, which is when I can hear the difference. Disc 2 is a complete disaster. The BLER never drops below about 400, which is why this disc sounds like a badly tuned FM radio. Disc 3 seems about BLER 100 most of the way through. Disc 4 was rejected in all the units we tried it in. It had been working, but it doesn't any more. Disc 5 is the all-time best disc because the BLER was only about 30! The pack of 5 discs were purchased last month. Discs 1 and 2 are my "radio discs" and have been used alternately on a daily basis for about 2 hours each day (record a radio program at night and listened to during the day). The others have been used to record about once a week then listened to the next day, so probably no more than about 6 times each. I have now put all 5 discs in an envelope to return to Memorex with a nice letter saying I want replacements. We tested some other Memorex discs in the shop and almost all of them had BLER 40 to 60. My conclusion is that Memorex discs are in fact a complete load of [-- expletive removed --] and are best avoided. By comparison, I did find one TDK Pro disc with a BLER of about 5 on average. The TDK RG discs I use seemed to average about 20 to 30 and some of those are more than a year old. -- Magic Location : Portsmouth, England, UK Homepage : http://www.mattnet.freeserve.co.uk EMail : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ----------------------------------------------------------------- To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
