Sorry for not replying to some posts to this. I was travelling when I sent
the message and went into a busy phase in Tokyo and Shanghai where internet
access was limited.
Here are a few eratta:
LP4 mode IS good enough for music. My tests before were from my R-90 to the
R-900 using analog connection and manual record levels. I got some major
artifacts, but it was a quick experiment in my hotel room. I don't know what
I might have done wrong. Now I'm home, I have made some recorings at LP4
compression with a digital source. The quality is quite good in LP4. I need
to do real comparison listening to decide if I will actually use it, but for
a 4 x increase in storage capacity, some less quality sensitive source
material might be well worth this trade-off.
You CAN title on a non-MDLP deck. I did this with my JB-930. Again, before,
I tried this with the R-90 and I got the message "Tr-Protect". So maybe it
is just a R-90 problem. I am very glad I can title these tracks with the
keyboard on my 930.
Sorry for the confusion. I should have made more specific statements rather
than generalizing. What I said was accurate for the tests I did at the time,
but were not generally accurate.
Regarding the responsiveness of the R-900 vs. the R-90. It seems a little
quicker to read the inital TOC and play the first track. Also, moving from
track 1 to track 6 say also seems faster. It also has less delay when going
from play mode to fast forward or reverse. On the R-90, FF and FR seemed to
take forever to kick in. You still have to wait for the disc to spin up, but
it starts reviewing in a little under 3 seconds. I tried to quantify the
difference, but it is difficult to do accurately and seems variable. So let
me leave it a little subjective. It is better, but still is bowing to
battery life.
Overall sound quality is the same as other Sony portable MD's I have had.
Output is a little less than the R-90. Inefficient headphones are not as
loud on the R-900.
All for now, I will try to post more when I get a chance. Feel free to ask
questions. I'm back in town now and will be check the digests.
Overall, I am very pleased with the R-900. I got a blue one.
Regards,
Leland
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