MD: bookshelf system vs deck
Hi i'm totally new to MD and want to get MD mainly to copy Mp3s from my computer. i was wondering if anyone could give me any information about whether its better to copy to a MD deck or would it be the same if i copied to a bookshelf system. thanks __ 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]
MD: Sound quality on MT15
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 costreduction I have a MT-15, and i don't hear any differences between the recordings i make with my MDS-JE520, and my MT-15. __ 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]
Re: MD: 80 min MD's
Another rant about those 80 min md's Well, I solved the mystery about those 3 hours I recorded some very short tracks, and it seems that minidisc recognized them shorter than they really were... i use a mz-r30 and a mds-s37... these are older recorders, but they do the job well could it be because i use these older devices, the recording time was a bit messed up ? Anyway I live in Belgium, and the price over here is about 5$ a piece... but, i saw sony advertising a millennium pack, with 5 premium 74' + 5 coulour 74's AND one free 80' MD It cost about 30 $ Well, until here the ranting Cya Dodge __ 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: MDS-PC2.... Need info !!!!
Anyone have experience with the sony MDS-PC2 ? I want to buy one, because of the handy titling and because in need a new deck I have to copy quite a lot of stuff, and the titling via PC is very handy I have a sony portable 777 and an MZ-R30 for easy copying (using a "optical mini-jack" cable) Well, any info is welcome please mail me or send it to the list My e-mail is [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cya Dodge __ 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: 80 min. md's
That's right because when recording in mono, you essentially get double the time. Adios, LarZ --- TAMA - The Strongest Name in Drums --- -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Dodge Sent: Monday, 6 December 1999 9:48 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:MD: 80 min. md's === The original message was multipart MIME=== === All non-text parts (attachments) have been removed === Yes, those md's are for real. Just bought one, but a strange thing happened when recording in mono... could almost get 3 hours (=180 min!) fitted on one Well... cya Dodge dunno is this is normal, but it's okay by me ! - Do You Yahoo!? Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. All in one place. Yahoo! Shopping. === MIME part removed : text/html; === - 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)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 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. ATRAC 1 had to trow away a fixed number of bits in each of it's three frequency bands. Since ATRAC 3, this fixed number is variable. ATRAC tends to trow away frequencies that are 'unhearable'. ATRAC 4 and up, use a schema that tries to trow away noise. There's a lot of information in a digital signal that is near impossible to hear for the 'normal' human ear. Jake, I believe you are one of the (un?)lucky ones that has the ability to hear more detail than the average person. You like MD, but you can 'easily' hear it's MD to. MD is made for the public. ATRAC has evolved into something that can't be distignuished by the average human from real. This is what MD is about! Cheers, Ralph -- === Ralph SmeetsFunctional Verification Centre Of Competence - CMG Voice: (+33) (0)4 76 58 44 46 STMicroelectronics Fax:(+33) (0)4 76 58 40 11 5, chem de la Dhuy Mobile: (+33) (0)6 82 66 62 70 38240 MEYLAN E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] FRANCE === "For many years, mankind lived just like the animals. And then something happened that unleashed the powers of our imagination: We learned to talk." -- Stephen Hawking, later used by Pink Floyd -- === - 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
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. Huh? Minidisco is based in America and Servired is based in Argentinia. So if you live in America, it's normal that Minidisco is faster. However, how do you explain their 10 days average delivery time to Europe compared to your 20 days (4 weeks) delivery time to America? Cheers Ralph - went to see 'The Big One' -- === Ralph SmeetsFunctional Verification Centre Of Competence - CMG Voice: (+33) (0)4 76 58 44 46 STMicroelectronics Fax:(+33) (0)4 76 58 40 11 5, chem de la Dhuy Mobile: (+33) (0)6 82 66 62 70 38240 MEYLAN E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] FRANCE === "For many years, mankind lived just like the animals. And then something happened that unleashed the powers of our imagination: We learned to talk." -- Stephen Hawking, later used by Pink Floyd -- === - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MD: digital output from PC
When recording MP3s to MD, it has been reccomended that one use a digital output card from their computer to avoid all the effects of compression. Does this also work for recording cds digitally to MD from the CD-ROM tray? I don't have a digital output on my cd player for my stereo. If I could also record cds digitally to MD from my computer, in addition to mp3s, the card would kill two birds with one stone. Thanks Matt - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: Minidisco's Servired R90 case UPDATE
Well... I guess actual delivery time from Servired in Argentina is also about a week to 10 days in the US. What I meant was that if you order from Servired directly, more often than not, you have to wait for them to make the case as they probably won't have it in stock (as was the scenario the 4 times I've ordered from them) so the turnaround time is usually 4-5 weeks. But the cases are worth it. Anyway, Minidisco has removed the R90 leather case from their order page, so that's a step in the right direction. I can count 4 people that have requested returns from them, so that probably has something to do with it. --Brian 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] -- Huh? Minidisco is based in America and Servired is based in Argentinia. So if you live in America, it's normal that Minidisco is faster. However, how do you explain their 10 days average delivery time to Europe compared to your 20 days (4 weeks) delivery time to America? Cheers Ralph - went to see 'The Big One' -- - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: bookshelf system vs deck
Depends on the deck, and depends on the bookshelf system. :-) If you get good equipment you shouldn't notice any difference in quality. The shelf system has the advantage of having the other components available to listen to and play with as well. The big thing to watch for on a book shelf system will be that it has digital in (assuming you're using a digital sound card on your computer.) Also, try to find one with optical out for recording later to your portable. I had a nice shelf system but the optical out was only for the cd player (with built in md recorder, that didn't make a ton of sense.) good luck -Jeffrey On Tue, 7 Dec 1999, L K wrote: Hi i'm totally new to MD and want to get MD mainly to copy Mp3s from my computer. i was wondering if anyone could give me any information about whether its better to copy to a MD deck or would it be the same if i copied to a bookshelf system. thanks __ 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: Mono mode on JE320
Is it possible to record in mono mode on the JE320? I haven't been able to find the option in the manual, but it would be very useful to get the 148 minutes or so of recording time (particularly since the incoming signal is mono anyway). thanks Chuck Jonah Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1 - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MD: MD to Computer CD-R Question
If anyone reads this and could email me with some words of advice I would appreciate it. I have a Sony MZ-R30 that I use to make live concert recordings. My computer is 4 years old and I intend to buy a new one in the next few weeks, and I want to get a good CD-R burner in it and the software and sound card that will allow me to connect my minidisc player/ recoder to my computer so that I can make audio CD's. Any suggestions? I know that I do not have an optical out on my MD, one of these days I want to get a unit to put with the rest of my stereo shelf system, but until then I am not too worried about having an optical in on my computer, but I guess if the price is right it cannot hurt! If you could email me directly or directly and to the list (others might be curious) I would apprecite that. Matt [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: MD: Generational Loss
Rick wrote: The paper makes good reading because it goes into considerable depth about the nature of generational loss. I was actually quite suprised when I discovered there WAS generational loss. My work with wavelet compression had led me to believe that the transform would have a degree of symmetry, so that re-applying it to its own output would yield the same result again. I still think this would be possible, but I expect the constraints of symmetry would make the result sound noticeably worse than ATRAC, so ATRAC is a better compromise for most users. simon - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MD: Deal on Sharp MDMS702B
I just got an email from Egghead with the Sharp MDMS702B portable recorder available for $149. That's a heck of a deal. About $100 less than I paid for mine. http://www.egghead.com/category/inv/0611/02258061.htm -- Martin - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MD: Minidisco R90 Servired case RESPONSE
Well, here's the response I got from Jim Crawford, looks like they're fixing the goof. Again, if you ordered one from them already, ask for (demand) a refund from them until they get the correct cases in stock (which won't be for a good month, at least). --Brian Youn [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brian, Yeah, it looks like we goofed on the Servired case's compatibility with the MZR90. I adjusted our site yesterday, and took off the r90 as a line item. Sorry about the confusion! Also, thanks for the tip on Servired's specifically designed R90 case. I'll look into getting a supply, but because they come from Argentina, they'll take a while to stock. Again, apologies for the mix up! Regards, -Jimmy -- Jim Crawford Operations Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.minidisco.com - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: Minidisco R90 Servired case RESPONSE
Yes, I just got a call from Jacob on answering machine and he said they goofed. I guess they read MD-L because he used my name instead of my moms (who ordered). Minidisco made a mistake so what, at least they are addressing the situation. Well, here's the response I got from Jim Crawford, looks like they're fixing the goof. Again, if you ordered one from them already, ask for (demand) a refund from them until they get the correct cases in stock (which won't be for a good month, at least). --Brian Youn - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MD: internet solutions
so is that sharp internet minidisc package deal working out for people? ive been looking into the best way to move files from a desktop to my rz-55, and was thinking about that pc link kit sony has, but if that sharp thing is decent maybe ill pick that up. whats the sharp package going for now? anyone know? 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 Kevin Williams Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 1999 2:16 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: MD: Minidisco R90 Servired case RESPONSE Yes, I just got a call from Jacob on answering machine and he said they goofed. I guess they read MD-L because he used my name instead of my moms (who ordered). Minidisco made a mistake so what, at least they are addressing the situation. Well, here's the response I got from Jim Crawford, looks like they're fixing the goof. Again, if you ordered one from them already, ask for (demand) a refund from them until they get the correct cases in stock (which won't be for a good month, at least). --Brian Youn - 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: Generational Loss
Eric Woudenberg wrote: Department of Computer Science V, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany Please do NOT get me into trouble by spreading this to newsgroups or reporting me to the authorities, alright? This is for educational purposes only. Haha! Got you! :-) Being a student at the aforementioned university, I will send you my worst professors to bring you punishment for the crimes you did! No, not really - just kidding :-)) It's great to see that the folks here at university sometimes do usefull research - more often than not, the results from years of work are more or less useless to anyone except the writer, and thus are doomed to collect dust in the shelves of the library... But why did you have to mirror it? The original document (in compressed postscript format) is available at http://leon.cs.uni-bonn.de/~kurth/diss_kurth.ps.gz Now, wish me luck for my exam with the director of that institute in January 2000... Have you seen the topics of the other papers? It's terrible! All I can do is wish for a catastrophe to wipe out this particular institute during that y2k night :-)) Bye, Hannes - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: Generational Loss
I wrote: But why did you have to mirror it? The original document (in compressed postscript format) is available at http://leon.cs.uni-bonn.de/~kurth/diss_kurth.ps.gz Well, I just had a look at it, and found it to be in German language... Not exactly usefull to most readers here, so forgive my premature posting :-) Bye, Hannes - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: 80 min. md's
In a message dated 06.12.1999 23:54:51 CET, Jeff DeMaagd [EMAIL PROTECTED] asked: Also, where and at what price are these available? I'm not sure if it would be worth much of a premium, esp. if it is only an 8% longer play. The cheapest price I know in my country is at A HREF="http://www.brinkmann.de/"Brinkmann/A. They a 5-pack of Sony MDW-80B for DEM 19.95 (EUR 10.20, nearly US$ 10.42) plus DEM 6.95 for pp within germnay if you buy under an amount of DEM 200.--. Greets, Jens - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: MDS-PC2.... Need info !!!!
Hello Dodge, i have the PC2 now for apr. 3 weeks - and i'm very satisfied - use it mainly for titling and editing (recording radioshows cut out the talkin') - i also make digital transfer to my sony mz-r 55 to put the result on different disks ... until now everything works very good ... would buy it again ciao Pete (if you have specific questions - feel free to ask) Dodge wrote: Anyone have experience with the sony MDS-PC2 ? I want to buy one, because of the handy titling and because in need a new deck I have to copy quite a lot of stuff, and the titling via PC is very handy I have a sony portable 777 and an MZ-R30 for easy copying (using a "optical mini-jack" cable) Well, any info is welcome please mail me or send it to the list My e-mail is [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cya Dodge __ 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]
Re: MD: MDS-PC2.... Need info !!!!
Does anybody know if you can drag and drop from md to md with two PC2s? I've heard that you can do this from cd to md, but there I'm curious if anybody has tried this with md to md... thanks for any info -Jeffrey - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: Minidisc Canada
I ordered some Hi-Space MDs from them. It took seven days for them to arrive. The Hi-Space MDs came in clear plastic storage boxes (holding 20MDs each), and two of the boxes were cracked. I sent mail to their customer service and they phoned me back in about an hour. The guy seemed nice on the phone, and said they will talk to their courier (Canpar) and also send me some replacement boxes. They definitely have good prices (although limited selection), and I haven't found anywhere in the States that's cheaper to order from (I'm in Canada). - Mike. Matt wrote: Has anyone bought anything from Minidisc Canada? Any comments on their service and products or anthing about them? thanks in advance. Matt - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
No Subject
Heya.. I have the md-r3 and I use it for most of my recording.. digital and analog. I didnt think I had the hiccup problem but I checked it just to make sure. I just listened to my cross of changes recording to see if it had the aforementioned problem.. nope nothing on any of the tracks that sounds the least bit different from the cd. So I have to say that at least not all of these have that problem. I got mine sometime late last winter in case your interested in time frame. dave benson You make me affraid ! I just bought a Sharp MDR3 (3CD+1MD) and i see in your pages that it has a problem with the copies !!! Argh... Is it true ? Because in other side it is a very good product ! I'm responding to MD-L in case anyone else has further details. The problem mentioned on the MDCP (http://www.minidisc.org/part_Sharp_MD-R3.html) concerns an audio "hiccup" when crossing tracks. I had heard (from Minidisco, I think) that the problem did not appear or some, or perhaps later, decks. Can anyone on the list confirm whether they do NOT have the track crossing hiccup on their MD-R3? Pierre, have you tried recording a CD having audio that spans a track crossing? How does it come out? Rick = Dave __ 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]
MD: md-r3 hiccup
Heya.. I have the md-r3 and I use it for most of my recording.. digital and analog. I didnt think I had the hiccup problem but I checked it just to make sure. I just listened to my cross of changes recording to see if it had the aforementioned problem.. nope nothing on any of the tracks that sounds the least bit different from the cd. So I have to say that at least not all of these have that problem. I got mine sometime late last winter in case your interested in time frame. dave benson You make me affraid ! I just bought a Sharp MDR3 (3CD+1MD) and i see in your pages that it has a problem with the copies !!! Argh... Is it true ? Because in other side it is a very good product ! I'm responding to MD-L in case anyone else has further details. The problem mentioned on the MDCP (http://www.minidisc.org/part_Sharp_MD-R3.html) concerns an audio "hiccup" when crossing tracks. I had heard (from Minidisco, I think) that the problem did not appear or some, or perhaps later, decks. Can anyone on the list confirm whether they do NOT have the track crossing hiccup on their MD-R3? Pierre, have you tried recording a CD having audio that spans a track crossing? How does it come out? Rick = Dave __ 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]
MD: Revue: etymotics with portable level, etc.
Just got my Etymotics. (4S) I am listening through them to a CD play on my computer as i write this. The isolation from outside noise is amazing. The computer internal CD player headphone output will drive them louder than i can stand to listen. (solo Alto recorder CD) The other strange sensation is harder to describe: There is none of the usual feeling of air hitting your eardrums, nor the usual Brownian motion sound of air on your eardrums. This made me think at first that the highs were down, but i compared them to my Stax electrostatics (which i still like better, so far) and the highs were very close. I wasn't listening to mouse squeaks, cymbals with brushes, rosin on a violin bow, or anything else extremely high. Solo Recorder, bluegrass, voice, Vivaldi concerto with recorder and strings. You can hear the air on the edge of the attack on the recorder, and the attack sound on plucked acoustic bass strings, so i think the highs are there. The sensation is one of the sound truly coming from inside your own body...the head, of course. The bass is pretty surprising too. If you tense your jaw muscles it interferes with the sound, as does physical contact with the signal cables. So far: I like the bass better than the Sennheiser 580 (tighter, and perhaps lower), and the highs almost as much as the Stax (less smooth). The physical feeling of using them will take some getting used to. I have very narrow ear canals, and YMMV. The Etys sound very sensitive to microphone sibilants and other sharp edgy transients, and since they don't ring much on the spec charts, i suppose this is just their own form of accuracy. But it is their most noticeable characteristic to me. Otherwise, smooth, clear, natural, very well isolated. I hope not too fragile. time will tell. In playing a Bartok Concerto for Orchestra on a Sharp MD702 directly from the headphone output, the crescendos were loud enough to be uncomfortable. The absence of air sensation, caused by the earpieces occluding my ear canals makes them seem a little softer than other phones at least initially. But when you feel your eardrums clamp, you know you are over 90 dB, and getting into tinnitis territory. boy are they convenient. Mine arrived with one defective filter, which made the sound fail on one side almost instantly. I was pretty pissed off (had to go pick them up at the FEDEX office after work), but after trying every headphone outlet in my system, and several different pieces of equipment, i tried changing the filter, and the sound returned. I will see what HeadRoom wants to do about this. Filters are $15. Has anyone else had this problem? I suppose now i have to consider an AirHead headphone amp, but *not* because there is too little volume on my Sharp. Ted Gosfield -- --- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
