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I bought the R900, but I haven't used it much at all. To me personally, LP2
sounds thin against the normal SP, just like how MP3 sounds thin compared to
CD (and ATRAC SP). LP2 is of excellent accuracy, but I find myself yearning
for SP a lot.
I think MDLP is not for everyone right now, as in if you don't need the
extended capacity urgently, there's no need to make the move now. Continue
on with your existing equipments. When it's time to replace them, buy
MDLP-capable replacements.
Of course, MDLP is a great, and very necessary invention. the MD format can
now continue to defend itself against MP3 players (and various "solid-state"
media players) for many years to come. Or until the prices of those memory
cards go into a freefall, to a hundredth of what they are now.
Yes, I do read Japanese. Six years of lessons in high school. :) It's been
declining ever since I came to the States for college, but that's probably
my fault.
Just a note: The development of hi-fi VCRs had an interesting story behind
it. No matter the format, early VCRs typically uses less tape (area-wise)
than a microcassette recorder for sound recording. So hi-fi is certainly a
desirable feature.
Sony first came up with a hi-fi Beta VCR, hoping to revive the format's
popularity (Beta's LP mode goes 2x maximum, VHS gets 3x, and that makes a
difference for some purposes). However, Panasonic's VHS hi-fi VCR came out
virtually at the same time. The subsequent hi-fi follow-ups seemed to crush
Beta for good in Japan.
Leon
> From: las <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 11:20:31 -0500
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: MD: Sharps's MDLP portable recorder
>
>
> Leon wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Here's the replacement to the 831 (I think):
>>
>> Some relatively new features:
>> - intro-scan if you're in LP2/4 mode, plays the first 5 seconds of each
>> track; there's still no program play;
>>
>
> First of all, do you read Japanese?? I went to the link and nothing was in
> English??
>
> The only problem with long play MDs are that everyone has all of this money
> invested in standard MD. If you have a portable a deck and a car unit, you
> can
> sell the one that the new one replaces (the deck if you are buying an LP deck
> or
> the portable, if you are buying an LP portable.
>
> If you buy a portable, I guess you can do what I did, if you don't title much.
> Sell both. But that will not solve your problem in the car.
>
> If you use a portable in the car it's not as bad. You just have to sell
> everything else and take the new unit everywhere. But there are loads of boom
> boxes and mini systems out there too.
>
> I have had a deck (which a sold) and several portables. Using the portable
> for
> making digital copies of CDs is a little bit of a pain. I just bought one of
> those mini systems from Mercata. It is going to be great to be able to not
> have
> to worry about finding my digital cable and taking the portable over to the CD
> player etc.
>
> So for now you will still be stuck with the CD player to portable situation if
> you buy a portable LP MD. But your new MDs (in the LP mode will only work in
> the new unit. You cant play them in your boom box, mini system, car unit,
> deck
> etc.
>
> In order to take advantage of the new features and length of the LP unit, you
> are going to have to use it for every thing. That means until they come up
> with
> a car LP unit (which will probably cost a small fortune) most people are going
> to have to use those crappy cassette adapters.
>
> Just about the only unit car units I know of having an AUX in put are Aiwa
> (which are good units in my opinion) and a real cheap and crap Radio Shack
> that
> puts out about 1 watt.. So if you don't have a unit with an AUX you are
> going
> to get crap sound in the car. The cassette adapter, like tape itself is
> limited
> to 15,000cps.
>
> If you have a CD player in your car and no cassette, what do you do?
>
> Don't get me wrong. I think the idea of LP is great. The only problem is
> like
> all new things while fortunately IT is backwards compatible, your old stuff is
> not "frontwards" compatible.
>
> Well it could be worse. DVDs are great, but you can't play a video cassette
> on
> them. At least with the LP MD units, you can get rid of any older units you
> have and still play your old MDs on the new unit.
>
> I suppose that the real advantage of the LP mode is for use in the car. I do
> may people jog more than 80 minutes at a time?? So eight minutes if fine for
> most things. And if you have long lectures or want to sneak it into a
> concert,
> the LP units are great.
>
> If LP catches on eventually you will see most regular MD units phased out (at
> least in Japan). It's like HI Fi VCRs. They were a $1000 when they first
> came
> out. Now it really doesn't pay to buy a VCR that isn't HI Fi. If you save
> $20
> you are lucky, the price is so close to a non Hi Fi.
>
> Larry
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