Re: MD: John Balint's SB bracket instructions
Hi try http://www.ozemail.com.au/~atrac/ same aim... Bill - Original Message - From: Eric Woudenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, 5 December 1999 22:27 Subject: MD: John Balint's SB bracket instructions Hi, Did anyone happen to save John Balint's instructions for providing optical digital connections on a Sound Blaster Live Value card? The link is dead: http://www.bestweb.net/~amanda6/mdlink.htm Rick - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: MD: John Balint's SB bracket instructions
Rick, You can buy the Hoontech digital bracket II for the same price as the parts to build the John Balint bracket, and you get a lot more functionality (including midi in and out). Spend $14 more for the digital bracket III and you get far more capability including both optical and coax connectors. -- Martin - Original Message - From: Eric Woudenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, 5 December 1999 22:27 Subject: MD: John Balint's SB bracket instructions Hi, Did anyone happen to save John Balint's instructions for providing optical digital connections on a Sound Blaster Live Value card? - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MD: Terratec Soundsystem DMX First looks
Hi guys, Last week I bought the Soundsystem DMX by Terratec. I'd like to share my first impressions: I opened the box to find the following: - Soundsystem DMX card rev 1.1 It looks really beautiful; black with gold connectors. - Digital Extension card rev 1.2 - 3 cables; 1 to connect the dig.ext. to the DMX, one to connect the DMX to your stereo and one cable, that's not listed anywhere. I haven't installed it and yet the soundcard does seem to work. - 1 German Manual; kind of strange considering I bought this in the Netherlands. Unfortunately there was no English manual. - 1 CD with drivers and software Installing it was rather easy (On Windows 98). Plug the card in a PCI slot. Connect the dig.ext. Reboot and Windows found a PCI Multimedia Soundcard. After inserting the CD-ROM my PC was rebooted twice, after which the software was installed. The Software is IMHO nothing special. Only Wavelab Lite seemed to have some use to me. I immediately tried out the dig out/in, but was surprised to see I could only use the dig.out or dig.in at one time. So no simultanious dubbing via the card. Also the method of selecting works rather strange and changing selections sometimes "locks up" the digital out. It just stops until re-initialized. The digital in / out do work really good and I don't hear any hiss or any other noise not already there on MD. The SCMS changing I can't figure out. My German is not all that, so I haven't been able to find how to select "Unlimited Copy". What I really find strange is that the soundcard seems unable to play multible WAVE streams at one time. On my Aurial Vortex 1 card I used to have Winamp playing my own music while playing games, but I can no longer do this. The soundquality is outstanding. Almost no hiss when recording from analog out and of course the 4 speaker experience (with sub-woofer) is really great. Also support for A3D AND EAX is really cool ! All things said; I AM happy with this card, because I can now have digital in and out, BUT I am a bit disappointed that the SCMS thing doesn't work (?) and the minor things (like only one simultanious wave playing) Tom Daniels - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: Terratec Soundsystem DMX First looks
Sounds excellent! How much? Christopher Spalding Genius, generally excellent and gifted person. __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MD: SB Live 1024 to JB930 coax link
Hi I've got a SoundBlaster Live 1024 (OEM version) which I want to connect to my Sony JB930 deck. I've bought some connectors and the Toshiba optical connectors to experiment with. I've just soldered together a cable to connect one of the digital outputs from the "Audio Extension" connector to the minidisc's coax input. Before I switched everything on, I remembered that the card's output will be at TTL levels, and the minidisc deck is expecting lower levels. Should the minidisc work OK with the TTL input, or will I overload the input (and break it)? Also, the 3.5mm "digital output" on the back of the card is described in the help file as being a 4-pole connector. I had a look at the card and it appears that only two pins are soldered to the card. Does anyone know how to use this connector? Thank you in advance for your help Neil Symington - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MD: Why MD; My first MD experience
First, I need to add my 2 cents on the issue of why MD: Audio Quality or Portablility. For me, portability is not the reason for going MD. I have a CD player in the car, and a portable, and both do me quite nicely, thank you. Audio Quality is, of course,important. But again , if it were the only consideration, I would stick with CDs. For me, it's the conveniences of the format that sold me on it. I like the smaller size of the media (not for portability; but for storage. I want to archive my 1,000s of LPs and many of my 1,000s of cassette recordings; as well as combine favorite CD tracks onto one location. Also, the titling was a big seller. Imagine listening to 74 minutes of 15th - 16th century works, which are all 4-6 minutes in length. Sure would be nice to know what one is listening to without having to compare track #s to a CD insert. I also like the fact that they are rerecordable. nice to know that if I make a mistake, I haven't just added another coaster to my collection. Or maybe I've jst come across a track that I like better than one that I originally put on a disc. Yes, the medium is just more fun and more convenient. That being said, I am real close to abandoning the MD format in favour of CDRs. I just bought a Sharp MT-15 (my first venture into the world of MDs). I made a recording on Saturday with which I am very disappointed. The recording came from a very well recorded cassette. I patched the RCA cables from the cassette into the minidisc input of the MD, and made my first recording. The quality stinks. The recording is of acoustic guitar and vocals. The vocals sound fine (I have worked with these people,so I know their voices very well); but the guitar sounds terrible. All of the overtones seem to be gone; robbing a lovely sounding instrument of its character (I played the recording for the performer who said the guitar sounded like a ukelele). Also, recording is lacks the definition of the original cassette. Now I know that I should have tried a digital recording. But I couldn't. I don't have any equipment (currently) with a digital output). I took the MD recorder to the radio station where I work, and tried it there. The only equipment at the station that had a digit output that would work with the MD was a DAT machine. I tried hooking up the DAT via an optical cable that I bought; but the MD didn't know that the connection was made. I had the same trouble with a mini plug to mini plug cable that I bought to play the MD through the aux jack on my car CD player. My question: Is the compression responsible for the terrible quality recording? Is it that I started with an analogue source (still a bad thing because I want to record many analogue sources as noted above). Audio Quality must be close to a CD or I abandon the format regardless of conveniences. I have about 3 weeks during which I can return this unit; so any recommendations would be appreciated. Thanks, James __ Do You Yahoo!? Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. All in one place. Yahoo! Shopping: http://shopping.yahoo.com - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: Why MD; My first MD experience
--- James Jarvie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My question: Is the compression responsible for the terrible quality recording? Is it that I started with an analogue source (still a bad thing because I want to record many analogue sources as noted above). Audio Quality must be close to a CD or I abandon the format regardless of conveniences. I have about 3 weeks during which I can return this unit; so any recommendations would be appreciate I would say the analog conversion is the culprit, if you have any way of quickly trying out a CDR system for comparison, do so, but I suspect that it won't fare much better. Trying other MD recorders may help if you can do that. Jeff __ Do You Yahoo!? Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. All in one place. Yahoo! Shopping: http://shopping.yahoo.com - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: MD: Why MD; My first MD experience
From: James Jarvie The recording came from a very well recorded cassette. I patched the RCA cables from the cassette into the minidisc input of the MD, and made my first recording. The quality stinks. I'm at a loss to explain what went wrong in the dub of the cassette to minidisc James, but I can confidently say that something did go wrong. I've dubbed a few cassettes to minidisc and the results were very good. Of course they were no better than the source tape, but they certainly were no worse. I took care to play the tape in the deck that recorded it to make doubly sure that no azimuth problems would come about. I've recorded LPs as well and have been nothing but pleased with the results. Rick. -+--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alienshore.com/ - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MD: MP3 to MD..suggestions?
Was wondering if someone could give me some info about sending MP3 files from my laptop computer to my MD recorder. Thanks! db - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: Why MD; My first MD experience
James Jarvie wrote, | I just bought a Sharp MT-15 (my first venture into the world of MDs). I | made a recording on Saturday with which I am very disappointed. The | recording came from a very well recorded cassette. I patched the RCA | cables from the cassette into the minidisc input of the MD, and made my | first recording. The quality stinks. My first guess is that the recording level may have been too high, and the signal would have been clipped in conversion from analog to digital. | Now I know that I should have tried a digital recording. But I couldn't. | I don't have any equipment (currently) with a digital output. You couldn't: you were copying an analog source. An audiocassette is an analog storage medium that outputs an analog signal. You had no choice. With a DAT player at James's job, | I tried hooking up the DAT via an optical cable that I bought; but the MD | didn't know that the connection was made. There are a large number of possibilities there. It could have been an analog, not optical cable; it could have had the wrong kind of connector. Perhaps the DAT doesn't send out a digital signal until it starts playing, so if you start the MD recorder first it will find no signal. Perhaps you had set some things incorrectly. | I had the same trouble with a mini plug to mini plug cable that I bought to | play the MD through the aux jack on my car CD player. That would not be an optical cable, nor one suitable for coaxial digital signals. | My question: Is the compression responsible for the terrible quality | recording? Probably not, unless your recorder is malfunctioning. | Is it that I started with an analogue source (still a bad thing because I | want to record many analogue sources as noted above). No; analog recordings to MD sound almost as good as digital ones, and when the source is audiocassette or vinyl, you have no choice. | Audio Quality must be close to a CD or I abandon the | format regardless of conveniences. It should be, and it's hard to tell what went awry for you. - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: the Internet Minidisc by Sharp
I saw your post on the MD list. What MD are you using? Are you using the Sharp MT15 or another one? As noted by another post, they seemed to think this device will work fine with other MD recorders. As far as I'm concerned, they should sell the software separately as one could use a regular analog stereo cable and utilize their software for just the scheduling feature. Glad it works for you. Steve. Hey Steve, I use the Voquette VMM and the NetLink Adapter with my new MT15. I gave VMM and the NetLink Adapter to my friend for couple of days and he tested it with his Sharp MD 701 and it works fine with his MD as well. Since they use Sync Recording, it should work with all Sharp's recording models (as long as Sharp will keep this capability :-) Re the VMM software: I like it and I would recommend you to test it. I read on Voquette's site that there is a downloadable Beta version coming soon at www.voquette.com Re simple cable I guess it should work, although it is convenient to use their adapter, since they also provide power to the MD. This is really important since I use it for overnight recording. The Wall power adapter that I have is now at my office and now I can charge my MD both at home and in the office. Enjoy Richard --- Get free personalized email at http://www.iname.com - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MD: My first MD Experience
Thank you to Jeff and Rick for your responses. I will try some more recordings as soon as possible, and will post results. After having read this digest for quite some time, I have to believe that the enthusiasm for MDs would not be out there if the results were as I previously described. Some follow-up questions, however: 1. Would it be better to make an analogue recording through my amplifier/tuner, rather than patching from the cassette deck directly into the MT-15 2. Anyone have experience with the Sharp MT-15? Is it possible that in an effort to make a lower cost unit Sharp cut corners on quality (I would have thought that just cutting out the remote and rechargeable battery would have been enough of a cost reduction 3. Would a MD deck yield better results than a portable? If I can satisfy myself (I'm pretty picky when it comes to sound quality), I would still like to stick with MD - CDR is too damn expensive, and, as I said before, not as much fun. One final question: When I plug the Sharp MT-15 into the aux input on my in-dash CD, the sound quality was noticeable worse than with headphones or portable speakers. Any ideas? I had the volume up to 30 (max) on the MD. I did have to use a fairly inexpensive, thin minidisc patch cord. The more expensive one that I bought just didn't register on the MD end - just like the optical to mini-plug cable that I bought. I have to be able to listen in the car, and I can't afford a MD changer (heck, I can't even afford a MD deck yet). Thanks for your responses, and for all I've learned from reading everyone's posts. James __ Do You Yahoo!? Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. All in one place. Yahoo! Shopping: http://shopping.yahoo.com - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: MP3 to MD..suggestions?
Was wondering if someone could give me some info about sending MP3 files from my laptop computer to my MD recorder. You'll certainly want to do a digital copy to prevent the extra digital-analog-digital step of an analog copy. Unfortunately, the only option I know of to dump digital audio output to an MD recorder with a laptop is a USB optical audio I/O interface available at minidisco.com for $210. If you have access to a PC desktop, you can get the Xitel Storm Platinum PCI card with digital output for the much cheaper $80. One more comment: if at all possible, don't copy MP3's to MD's if you have access to the original music CD. The compression of MP3 loses a certain amount of sound quality, then the MD compression reduces it even further. This double compression will probably make for a worse quality recording than even an analog copy of the original CD. -Jake - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: MP3 to MD..suggestions?
Dbeman asked, | Was wondering if someone could give me some info about sending MP3 files from | my laptop computer to my MD recorder. Matthew Charman has that all covered on his web pages at http://www.mattnet.freeserve.co.uk. - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: DO NOT ORDER minidisco's R90 Servired leather case
=== = NB: Over 50% of this message is QUOTED, please = = be more selective when quoting text = === Man, I just returned it, for a mz-r90 case. I told the guy on the phone that i recieved a Sharp 831 case and he said to send it back and they will replace it for a mz-r90 case. So I guess I will get the same case AS BEFORE if they don't actually have a mz-r90 case? - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 06, 1999 8:16 AM Subject: MD: DO NOT ORDER minidisco's R90 Servired leather case I wanted to alert and warn everybody here NOT to order the Servired leather case for the R90 **FROM MINIDISCO.com**. If you order this case, **order it from SERVIRED DIRECTLY**. Minidisco is selling the wrong case. The case that minidisco.com is selling is the wrong size, they'll send you the case for the 821/831/E44/E80 (all one case, which is okay since they're about the same size), and claim that the R90 fits this case as well, which is DOES NOT (at least not the way it's supposed to). The correct case is supposed to be a centimeter narrower and fit with the headphones plugged in, which minidisco's case does not. Anyway, it's a small mix of mis-information (and perhaps inadvertent false advertising) that needs to be fixed. I feel bad in that I've recommended a couple of people to buy the case from Minidisco (since their delivery is MUCH faster than Servired's--2-3 days vs. 4 weeks), but I've been told that the case they got didn't fit the unit correctly, and now I can see why. If I hear from the powers that be at Minidisco, I'll let you guys know. --Brian Youn IBM Corporation, Austin Design Systems Environment Division 7T, Dept. CY8S, 045/3D-084 (External) 512-838-0125, (Tie) 678-0125 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] alternate: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: Why Sharp ATRAC sucks (a review)
I also think it's a good idea to remind people this should all be about enjoying music and not fidelity for its own sake. I completely agree with you. Of course.. but, at least for me, part of what makes listening to music enjoyable is hearing the subtle harmonics of real acoustic instruments, played by real humans, in the natural reverb of a real studio. Audio compression, unlike any other audio tradeoff (the quality of the amp, speakers, speaker cables, etc..), tends to affect that "liveness" in a way very difficult to describe, and for me, can definitely poorly impact my listening experience. As such, I'd prefer to do some very careful listening tests myself, get an idea of what the best approach is to compress my music (whether with MP3 or MD), find something that I'm happy with, and then sit back to enjoy the music without having to worry about it again. While I'm normally very forgiving as to stereo setups, and am perfectly happy listening to music on just about any decent headphones or speakers, there's something about digital compression that really rubs me the wrong way if it's not done right, and unfortunately for me, it really does hurt my listening experience. This is what I'm trying to figure out right now with MD.. Unfortunately, I didn't do those blind listening tests this weekend, but thanks to Guy Churchill's suggestions, I have a much better idea of how to do this. The quality of one's headphones and speakers definitely makes a difference for picking up subtle differences, though of course, one might argue that if you're only ever going to listen though cheap "earbuds", then it doesn't matter all that much what you do, right? Anyway, to maximize any possible differences, I'm going to test both with my AKG K-301's through my Mackie 1202-VLZ Pro mixer (as Guy suggested the Sony headphone amp might not be the greatest), as well as by connecting the Sony line outs directly to my Klipsch THX-certified multimedia speakers (the best speakers I have in the apartment). If I have time, I might also try doing some listening tests with the Sharp, to see if the problem might lie more in the ATRAC DEcoder or DAC than in the encoder. I'll keep everyone posted. Thanks for your interest, and your fine skeptical commentary. I agree that for 99% of people it won't make much difference, and I'll admit I was a bit harsh in comparing MD to 128kbps MP3 with a bad encoder, though I'll say from some samples I've heard, the Sharp still doesn't sound much different than 128kbps MP3 with a *good* encoder, which is still lower than what I believe the Sony sounds like (though, again, without blind listening tests, I'll accept the possibility that this could just be in my head right now!). -Jake - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: MD: the Internet Minidisc by Sharp
think that hardware will work with sony md units, for example? or is it a propiatary sharp thing? a href="www.ring17.com" img src="Steven_Riley.gif" alt="multimedia producer/a -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 06, 1999 4:32 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: MD: the "Internet Minidisc" by Sharp I saw your post on the MD list. What MD are you using? Are you using the Sharp MT15 or another one? As noted by another post, they seemed to think this device will work fine with other MD recorders. As far as I'm concerned, they should sell the software separately as one could use a regular analog stereo cable and utilize their software for just the scheduling feature. Glad it works for you. Steve. Hey Steve, I use the Voquette VMM and the NetLink Adapter with my new MT15. I gave VMM and the NetLink Adapter to my friend for couple of days and he tested it with his Sharp MD 701 and it works fine with his MD as well. Since they use Sync Recording, it should work with all Sharp's recording models (as long as Sharp will keep this capability :-) Re the VMM software: I like it and I would recommend you to test it. I read on Voquette's site that there is a downloadable Beta version coming soon at www.voquette.com Re simple cable I guess it should work, although it is convenient to use their adapter, since they also provide power to the MD. This is really important since I use it for overnight recording. The Wall power adapter that I have is now at my office and now I can charge my MD both at home and in the office. Enjoy Richard --- Get free personalized email at http://www.iname.com - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: 80 min. md's
I'm not sure if it would be worth much of a premium, esp. if it is only
an 8% longer play.(Jeff)
Oh, it would be worth it if one wants to dub a CD that is longer than 75
minutes! I have a concert CD that is almost 77 minutes long ("The Very Best
of Michael Ball In Concert at the Royal Albert Hall"), so I'm going to go
shopping for an 80-minute minidisc. Once I get that, I'll just have to wait
for my stupid MDS-JE510 to come back from service (for the *third* time this
year) -- this time, it's in the shoppe for failing to save the TOC, making
recording impossible. I have one more time, then I'll get to swap the piece
of junk out. I sure wish Best Buy would carry other brand minidisc
component decks. I'm so sick of Sony's crap By the way, thanks to Mark
for mentioning Fry's and the 80-minute MD's. I'll check my local Fry's to
see if they've gotten them in
Daryl
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RE: MD: Why Sharp ATRAC sucks (a review)
From: Jake Hamby (though, again, without blind listening tests, I'll accept the possibility that this could just be in my head right now!). I'm certain that most people don't even believe that many more things that just the sound itself affects how one perceives the quality of sound reproduction, nevermind those that will go to the trouble of actually setting up a test to remove as many of those factors. I find it refreshing that someone will put their beliefs to the test rather than just arguing about it. My hat's off to you, Jake. Rick. -+--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alienshore.com/ - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: A little non-scientific ATRAC Sharp vs. Sony test
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 * Dan Frakes [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Sun, 05 Dec 1999 | Seriously, though, the Sony earbuds are definitely the weak link in the | comparison. No question about that, but for me they are much more comfortable to wear around than my SR-60s :). Anyway, FWIW, the buds I am using now are Sony' 888 model. | I'm curious about this comparison. When I have time I'll have to compare | my MZR-50 and my girlfriend's MD-MS702mk. For playback I'll use line out | (to eliminate differences in headphone amps) to a Headroom amp and good | headphones (Sennheiser 580s). That'll be a problem because the 702 does not have a dedicated line out. It combines the headphone and line out into a single jack, and the built-in headphone amp is supposed to cut out when the impedance goes high as when connected to a receiver. I do not know if the Headroom amp has sufficiently high impedance to cut out the 702's amp, but I suspect not. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.0g (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE4TBDegl+vIlSVSNkRAqU4AJ9R35n9o84No/KdDU64/hzzQtPkGgCdF+c8 RzRxKs4pqIjyzukizcGhvyU= =FW7b -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- Rat [EMAIL PROTECTED]\ When not in use, Happy Fun Ball should be Minion of Nathan - Nathan says Hi! \ returned to its special container and PGP Key: at a key server near you! \ kept under refrigeration. - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: A little non-scientific ATRAC Sharp vs. Sony test
Just for kicks, I encoded the 35 second orchestral sample to MP3, digitally via a CD ripper program. I encoded it using BladeEnc.dll in Windows, at 320 kbps dual stereo, and 128 kbps dual stereo. I did dual stereo to try to give the MP3 format an advantage in how wide a sound stage it could present, because those joint stereo encodes I've done in the past just sound... Narrow, I guess... BTW, from all reports, BladeEnc is an absolutely horrible MP3 encoder (perhaps even worse than Xing!). Sure, it's free, but it's based on the ISO reference source code, which was only released as an example of working code for companies writing commercial MP3 encoders to look at. It was never intended to be used as is, and as such, it has some serious known flaws in its psychoacoustic model, as well as many bugs. Fortunately for us, there's a better (also free, and open source) alternative, which I'm really surprised that not more people know about. It's called LAME, and it's available here: http://www.sulaco.org/mp3/ LAME was also based on the ISO reference code, but there are some very smart people working on it, and over the years, they've fixed many bugs and essentially written a completely new psychoacoustic model called GPSYCHO. It's available for Windows, UNIX, and just about any other OS with a command-line interface, and the web site has some very useful info about MP3 and LAME, so I highly recommend checking it out.. BTW, you can even use LAME as a drop-in replacement for BladeEnc.dll in Windows, so there's absolutely no excuse to use BladeEnc any more! Please spread the word, as I hate to see people using shoddy MP3 encoders simply because they don't know any better.. -Jake - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: Why Sharp ATRAC sucks (a review)
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 * "Jake Hamby" [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Mon, 06 Dec 1999 | Of course.. but, at least for me, part of what makes listening to music | enjoyable is hearing the subtle harmonics of real acoustic instruments, | played by real humans, in the natural reverb of a real studio. There are fans of Bach who would say you are a heathen for that, especially as he wrote music for organ that is asbolutely impossible for a human being to play (it would require a third hand to play the proper chords). But then, I am a firm believer that he would have absolutely loved MIDI. :) -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.0g (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE4TF7Ygl+vIlSVSNkRAsOhAJ9o0EhrNRHSlO89yQ99gYZLRJi4GwCeM02y Ph5drs4uuCnsnFdOs6xjJMw= =+ZJy -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- Rat [EMAIL PROTECTED]\ Caution: Happy Fun Ball may suddenly Minion of Nathan - Nathan says Hi! \ accelerate to dangerous speeds. PGP Key: at a key server near you! \ - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: MD: the Internet Minidisc by Sharp
--- Steven Riley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I use the Voquette VMM and the NetLink Adapter with my new MT15. I gave VMM and the NetLink Adapter to my friend for couple of days and he tested it with his Sharp MD 701 and it works fine with his MD as well. Since they use Sync Recording, it should work with all Sharp's recording models (as long as Sharp will keep this capability :-) Maybe what you write about is slightly different, but my Sony MD component recorder has a couple 'sync' features, such as one that records when it detects an audio signal, and even clips out the null-sound times (called smart space). I have yet to try this on the analog connection, but it works dandily on the digital connector. Jeff __ Do You Yahoo!? Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. All in one place. Yahoo! Shopping: http://shopping.yahoo.com - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: MD: Why Sharp ATRAC sucks (a review)
--- Rick Pali [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Jake Hamby (though, again, without blind listening tests, I'll accept the possibility that this could just be in my head right now!). I'm certain that most people don't even believe that many more things that just the sound itself affects how one perceives the quality of sound reproduction, nevermind those that will go to the trouble of actually setting up a test to remove as many of those factors. I find it refreshing that someone will put their beliefs to the test rather than just arguing about it. My hat's off to you, Jake. Ohh, yeah. Prejudices come into play big time. Psychologists have put the exact SAME detergent into a nondescript yellow box and equally plain blue box, and the users in the test swear that the detergents cleaned differently! I forget which way, I think the 'yellow' didn't get clothes clean enough and 'blue' was too harsh. Also, when variables differ so little that they are at the periphery of perception, it is too easy to imagine things that aren't there. Also, not knowing which brand or standard is being tested at any given time helps make the results more valid, but I only read this from a textbook, so I'm not an expert here. Jeff __ Do You Yahoo!? Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. All in one place. Yahoo! Shopping: http://shopping.yahoo.com - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: MD: the Internet Minidisc by Sharp
=== = NB: Over 50% of this message is QUOTED, please = = be more selective when quoting text = === Can anybody tell me if the Voquette solution will also send the track names to the MD, like TitleAid does? That might make the hefty price of the cable worth it. (I have my doubts that this feature exists, since it wouldn't work on all Sharp MD recorders... my 821, for example, titles tracks a bit differently, and TitleAid doesn't work on it =(). My two cents: Sharp should be commended for putting out an MD solution for net recording. It's not the most technically advanced solution, though... analog recording is like taking a step backwards for most of us here. But for newbies, it's a great way to expose them to the wonder that is MD. =) Aston -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jeff DeMaagd Sent: December 6, 1999 8:07 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: MD: the "Internet Minidisc" by Sharp --- Steven Riley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I use the Voquette VMM and the NetLink Adapter with my new MT15. I gave VMM and the NetLink Adapter to my friend for couple of days and he tested it with his Sharp MD 701 and it works fine with his MD as well. Since they use Sync Recording, it should work with all Sharp's recording models (as long as Sharp will keep this capability :-) Maybe what you write about is slightly different, but my Sony MD component recorder has a couple 'sync' features, such as one that records when it detects an audio signal, and even clips out the null-sound times (called smart space). I have yet to try this on the analog connection, but it works dandily on the digital connector. Jeff __ Do You Yahoo!? Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. All in one place. Yahoo! Shopping: http://shopping.yahoo.com - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MD: Japanese MDs on Ebay
Hi List, I've got some really cool blank MDs up for auction on Ebay. Click on this Link!! http://cgi3.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?MfcISAPICommand=ViewListedItemsuserid=o3babyinclude=0since=-1sort=2rows=0 I have a few extra packs of TDK 80 Minute Music Jacks and Hello Kitty 80 Minute Discs, if you are interested in either, make me an offer. E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Check out the new Sony 80 Minute Color Series! Sony 80 Minute Sparkle Series! Sony 80 Minute Utada Hikaru (smoking hot pop singer from Japan) and many other disc auctions I have available. I will also have some good deals on some OPEN BOX minidisc players and player/recorders. If anyone wants to pick up a cheap Sony MZ-E44/45 Japan model, drop me some mail, I also have some Aiwa AM-F70s. More to follow. I also have a SUPER VARIETY PACK OF DISCS, but I haven't listed it yet, there are 35 different discs all of different colors and many different brands, Axia, Denon, Hi-Space, Fuji, HHB, Quantegy, TDK, Sony, JVC and more. If anyone is interested, drop me some mail. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Special on Black Panasonic SJ-MR100, Japan model, $290 plus $10 shipping!! Great Deal! Sharp MD-MS722 US Model with Rebate, $250 Shipped UPS Second Day Air!! Enjoy!! Use my Yahoo E-mail address, this is my junk mail address!!! Too much spam to run a business! Link @ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ebay Username: o3baby __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
