It's nice to hear when MD vs MP3 is treated objectively in the media.
>pros:
>cheaper media
>longer recording time
>higher quality recording
>wider choice of players
>more editing/mix capabilities
I definitely agree with the "pros". (I think higher recording quality is
based on the 128K MP3's that are widely available in the 'net; MP3 gives
fairly high quality at higher bit rates.)
>cons:
>double compression
The damage has been done by the 128K MP3 compression. I think that ATRAC
4.5 or "R" compression makes an inaudible difference after that.
>larger than mp3 players
True, but the R70 is really darn small.
>needs high-end recorder
(???) The R70 *is* a recorder. It even has digital in. The real con is
that your computer has to have digital out to use it. Also, it only does 1X
transfer. Sony *could* change that, though, to 2X if you used 88.2K on
something like a DIO2496. Or maybe even 4X with USB.
Another point that would eliminate a potential advantage of MP3 is if there
was software to automatically transfer the titles from the MP3 files as they
were being recorded.
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