Re: MD: Why does Sony not have earbuds on US models?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As an aside, even though making wafers smaller reduces materials cost, the cost of etching increases as the size of the wafer decreases. The point of cutting them smaller is to increase speed, not reduce cost. Wrong, the wafer size stays the same. It's the die size that gets smaller. The cost of etching (which is only one of the many possible processes), doping etc, stays the same. Cheers, Ralph - getting off topic -- === 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 millions of years, mankind lived just like the animals. Then something happened which 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: Why does Sony not have earbuds on US models?
Ralph, your not off topic. The topic is why Sony sells packages headphones instead of earbuds in the US. There are people on the list that insist that earbuds cost more to make then a comparable pair of headphones. Now that might be true. But so far no one has been able to document what they are saying. They are making an assumption as far as I am concerned until a headphone/earbud manufacture comes on here as either proves them wrong or right. And I doubt that is likely to happen. I'm pretty sure the correct answer is that Americans in general prefer headphones. Earbuds were released with cheap Walkman (tape players) by Sony. When Sony came out with the first portable CD player it included a pair of fine quality headphones. For the price they were charging back then, they could have just well included earbuds. But they wanted to present this entire package as high end. Unless you over pay for them, the quality of earbuds peak rapidly. They can go just so far with the technology. Headphones do not have the design constraints. It's like Bose and their little cubes and subwoofer systems. They really don't sound that good. You may think they do until you put them up against a good pair of Polks. Now I'm going to get off of the topic for a second. I had always thought how great Infinity speakers were. But someone insisted that Polks were better (we're talking high end-not small speakers). So I compared them. I was so surprised to hear how much better the Polk towers sounded compared to the Infinity. Regards, Larry Ralph Smeets wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As an aside, even though making wafers smaller reduces materials cost, the cost of etching increases as the size of the wafer decreases. The point of cutting them smaller is to increase speed, not reduce cost. Wrong, the wafer size stays the same. It's the die size that gets smaller. The cost of etching (which is only one of the many possible processes), doping etc, stays the same. Cheers, Ralph - getting off topic -- === 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 millions of years, mankind lived just like the animals. Then something happened which 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] - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MD: Zolt(r)ix sound card
Does anyone know where I can by one of the Zoltrix nightingale sound cards and the optical attachment? Their web page is very unhelpful when it comes to actually buying their products. David -- David B. Fincher Associate Professor Central Christian College of the Bible [EMAIL PROTECTED] 660-263-3900 - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: Why does Sony not have earbuds on US models?
* las [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Wed, 19 Jul 2000 | Now that might be true. But so far no one has been able to document what | they are saying. Look at any audio supply catalog. Look at Sennheiser's catalog. Look at Sony's. Compare specs and prices. See for yourself. Earbuds cost more than headphones for equivalent audio quality. -- 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: Two things I've recently discovered (small tips)
J. C. R. Davis wrote: 1. Do not label the MD cases. This really is not that helpful, and trying to keep up with all of your MDs and their respective cases is a lot of trouble. If they are all blank, then it won't matter which case it goes in! As an alternative, buy MDs with the long on-disc labels (e.g. Sonys and some Maxells). I ripped all of my case labels off and it feels GOOD. Absolutely ! I only labeled a few MD cases before I got fed up with mixing up disc and case, so I took them all of. I really felt liberated somehow ! :) The only thing I try to match now are discs and the cases they came in. For some reason, Sony colored blanks look best in their clear semi-transparent case... Alexander -- ( Alexander Dietrich | e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ) - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: JE520 transport mech repairs?
On Wed, 19 Jul 2000, J. C. R. Davis wrote: I hope it WAS the 80 minute MDs that did this. I am about to petition Best Buy to special order a JE520 as a replacement to my junked out JE510, and I would like to think that it will last more than a mere 13 months! I've had mine for 16 months now and it's still working fine. No problems so far. They might only be able to get a JE530 now though. Jonathan - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: JE520 transport mech repairs?
On Wed, 19 Jul 2000, Jonathan Irwin wrote: I've had mine for 16 months now and it's still working fine. No problems so far. They might only be able to get a JE530 now though. Oops... I seem to have forgotten how to add up. Actually I've had it 20 months. Jonathan - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
