Hello
With over 22 years of experience in electronics as both a technician and
audio enthusiast your story is totally believable ONLY with analog
equipment. As I have stated many times you need test equipment costing 10k
or more to even measure a difference from CD to MD much less the difference
between one blank and another. I have yet to find one single customer as a
mobile DJ who can tell me if I am playing the same tune via CD or MD
(regardless of which brand blank it may be). If your test is truly
repeatable then there is something wrong with your gear or something went
wrong while recording. If there were truly ANY difference I would use ONLY
the best for mobile DJ use; as it is I stick with HiSpace for price. I make
almost the same argument for CD blanks except that we have compatibility
issues to deal with on those; unlike MD..
Speaking of HiSpace; the 80 minute month at musicmixers is now over half
gone. If you have not checked out the special deals yet, do so before they
are gone..
Welcome to MD!
Les Lee
www.musicmixers.com/mall
----- Original Message -----
From: "PrinceGaz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, August 18, 2000 10:41 AM
Subject: Re: MD: sound quality difference in blanks?
> From: "Davini, Mark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Hi everyone:
> > I'm a total "newbie" not only to this list, but also to Minidiscs in
> > general, just having purchased a Sony MDS-JB920. I love it! It sounds
great.
>
> Excellent, always good to have another Minidisc enthusiast.
>
> > I read the "Myths" within the Minidisc.org page, and everything Mr.
> > Woudenberg writes makes perfect sense to me, BUT - - - -
> > Could someone please tell me WHY I REALLY DO hear a difference between
discs
> > then? I was using the regular Sony Color collection discs, but then
bought
> > some Maxell GOLD, and I was amazed by the sonic difference. I recorded
> > through the analog ins, direct from the CD player, same tune, and never
> > changed anything (input levels) and could sense exactly what those
> > "audiophiles" were saying - more clarity in the highs, lows had a nice
> > roundness...
> > Okay, okay! I know, and since I'm 41, I figured I must be deaf, and
REALLY
> > wanting to hear a difference. So I played the same test for a twenty
five
> > year old friend of mine, who doesn't have any preconceived notions about
MD,
> > (and didn't kick the extra money for the GOLD blanks) and HE could tell
> > instantly!
> > So I guess I need to know if anyone else out there is going through the
same
> > thing, or are you all going to tell me I'm crazy?
> > Mark S. Davini
> > Media Production Specialist
> > Western Wisconsin Technical College
> > LaCrosse, WI. 54601-0908
> > (608)785-9229
> >
> > "If you can't beat them, arrange to have them beaten..."
> > - George
Carlin
>
> Hmmm, whats the nicest way to put this. I don't really want to just say
> "you're crazy!". First off did you and your friend do blind listening
> tests, that is you didn't know which disc was which while listening (so
> you put a disc in and your friend listens, and vice versa)-- also just to
> make it more interesting, sometimes use the same disc for both of the
tests
> and see if a difference is still as noticeable [I bet it probably would
be].
>
> Still it's good to have another MD convert, and you did provide me with a
> good five minutes of helpless laughter which can't be bad :-)
>
> Yours,
> PrinceGaz.
>
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