Re: MD: Napster article
las [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I thought that we live in a democracy? If the majority of population want Napster to exist, shouldn't that be the case? Sounds more like mob rule than democracy to me ;-) After all, if the majority of the population thinks you should give them your savings account, should you? Sorry, couldn't resist g - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: Napster article
Dan Frakes wrote: Sounds more like mob rule than democracy to me ;-) After all, if the majority of the population thinks you should give them your savings account, should you? The way I was always taught, our government (US) was set up where majority rules and minority has rights. If the majority want to be able to download music for free, and the minority don't want them to, then just don't make their music available to the public. Ah, you see it has nothing to do with majority infringing in the rights of the minority. It has to do with money. Nothing but money. In this country we hire incompetent teachers to mold the future of our nation and pay them modest salaries. You get what you pay for. (Which is not to say that there aren't some amazingly good teachers that are still being paid sh!t). At the same time we have this poor slob who takes always your garbage and can't afford to send his kids to college. Because we do not reward hard work. We pay people obscene amounts of money to have fun!! What do they call it when you participate in a baseball game or a band?? PLAYING!!! These people are doing just that. And I don't buy the excuse about all of the pressure on these guys hitting a little ball with a stick. The pressure on them is no greater then the kid in college who want's his team to make the state championship and doesn't see a dime for it (OK, before you say it, some of these kids get athletic scholarships). I know loads of guys who get up early Sunday morning to go out and PLAY ball. They do it for fun. They don't get paid for it. If you like playing ball, it is fun. There is nothing wrong with a person enjoying what he/she does for a living. Its great if someone actually loves what they do. But most people, even if they love it, are under a great deal of pressure and have a great deal of responsibility. What responsibility does a rock star have?? I love rock and have loved it for more years than I care to mention. I've been in bands when I was young. But if they stopped making rock tomorrow (or any other kind of music for that matter); if they stopped having ball games tomorrow etc., would it really make that much difference? Now if all of those poor slobs stopped taking away your garbage, in about 2 weeks you'd start considering paying them obscene amounts of money to get rid of it for you. By the time the rats as big as lions started taking over your neighborhood, you be willing to pay millions to get rid of the rats and the garbage. To me music is something you do because you have a passion for it. If people are willing to pay you money to make music that's fine. But the minute it is no longer about the music, but about the money instead, you are no longer an artist and your passion has turned to lust. Now I have to figure a way to tie this in with MD?? OK that poor slob garbage man wears a set of headphones and a MD walkman while he is picking up the garbage. You can't play ball and do that!! Larry - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: mini disks and mics--oversaturated audio!
Set the MIC SENS switch to low on the r50. for the r37, if it doesn't have a mic sens switch, follow this http://www.minidisc.org/mzr37_user_manual/12-13.html Al Kohout wrote: Have 2 mini disk recorders and love them! The Sony 50 and 37 models. Up till now..all was well. Then I purchased a new mic ..the Sony 45 Man what a great mic! Too great! My audio is much too loud now! I have realized that there is no manual setting for audio recording on theses mini disk recorders. Anyone got ideas? Thank you! Al Kohout YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Jim Coon Not just another pretty mandolin picker. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] If Gibson made cars, would they sound so sweet? My first web page http://www.tir.com/~liteways - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: MD: Special price on MD and MD Equipment : Why ?
http://www.buyitonline.com/kheopsminidisc for coupons, http://www.kheopsminidisc.com (see in coupon section) Regards, Pierre. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of J. Coon Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2000 6:23 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: MD: Special price on MD and MD Equipment : Why ? What was the web address of that site? I seem to have misplaced it. Peter Forest wrote: Hi Everyone... Since a week or so, here at Kheops Minidisc, we have the great chance and opportunity to be able to offer you, all our customer, really good prices on Minidisc Blanks and Minidisc Equipment... -- Jim Coon Not just another pretty mandolin picker. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] If Gibson made cars, would they sound so sweet? My first web page http://www.tir.com/~liteways - 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: Sony MDS-JB940 As Mixdown Deck?
They are selling it for $400 at Crutchfield, which has some of the other new lp models. http://www.crutchfield.com/cgi-bin/S-UD7jtQ4uDzd/ProdGroup.asp?c=4g=10740s =0 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Eric Woudenberg Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2000 8:29 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: MD: Sony MDS-JB940 As Mixdown Deck? Rachap [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: What happens when I go from a 24-bit Minidisc to, say, a 16-bit CD? The bottom bits get dropped. More broadly, does anyone have anything good or bad to say about the MDS-JB940? I found very little info about it on the minidisc community page. You saw the quick review there, right? I don't think the JB940s are shipping in the US yet. But let us know if you know where or when it's available. Rick - 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: headphones and airplanes
I replied earlier. Here is a little more info. I have the Sony fold up noise cancelling headphones. Cost about $100. They do not completely cancel all noise, but on a plane, they remove the constant low to midrange rumble that makes it hard to listen to music on normal headphones. Without the rumble, you hear other sounds more than you would normally on a plane. For example, the guy across the aisle from me was reading a newspaper and I could hear the rustling of the paper. Before I got them, listening to my MD player on a plane was hardly worth the bother. With these headphones, it is quite pleasurable, at least for me (some people don't like to listen to music unless conditions are perfect). I don't know if it is the music or just the elimination of the rumble, but I find that I am less fatigued after a long flight since I got these headphones. If you don't have any music playing, but have the noise cancelling turned on, the rumble will still be removed but you will hear a low level white noise. I've heard that some people use them this way to reduce fatigue from flying. As far as sound quality, I'm no expert, but I'd say the sound quality is about the same as the headphones that came with my Sharp 702. I'm sure it's less than high quality headphones, but I doubt that the difference is that important on a plane -- even with the noise cancelling, there is enough extraneous noise. They are a bit less efficient than the headphones that came with the 702. When using them as regular headphones (i.e. not on a plane), I have to set the volume 2 or 3 notches higher, so the MD's battery charge won't last quite as long. However, on a plane, the noise cancelling (which, BTW, is powered by an AAA cell in the phones) permits a lower volume setting than would be needed for the stock phones, so a charge lasts longer. With the noise cancelling phones, my 702 will last for a cross country flight. Hope this helps. Karl At 09:25 PM 8/30/00 -0500, Matt wrote: Well since i'm the one who started this i'll ask another question. i'm leaning towards the sony fold up noise reducing headphones. the question is anyone who has these, how comfortable are they? and how much noise do they actually reduce? i hopefully will not need and amp, fewer components going through idiot security at airports is better. my last flight the security guy was such an idiot he actually made me make a call before i could take my phone into the airport (freggin retards). anyway if you have any more info on the headphones let me know. - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: Sony MDS-JB940 As Mixdown Deck?
=== = NB: Over 50% of this message is QUOTED, please = = be more selective when quoting text = === Much cheaper at Video Direct ($289). They expect them in toward the end of the month (maybe). I'm now on the waiting list. The link: http://www.video-direct.com/sony/minidisc/mdsjb940.html Michael Eric Woudenberg wrote: "Yaniv S. Eyny" [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: They are selling it for $400 at Crutchfield, which has some of the other new lp models. http://www.crutchfield.com/cgi-bin/S-UD7jtQ4uDzd/ProdGroup.asp?c=4g=10740s=0 But the "In Stock" field of the table says "No". Rick - 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: Napster article
las [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: To me music is something you do because you have a passion for it. If people are willing to pay you money to make music that's fine. But the minute it is no longer about the music, but about the money instead, you are no longer an artist and your passion has turned to lust. Larry, I completely agree with most of what you wrote about valuable professions not being paid what they're actually worth. However, the problem with the above statement is that if we don't pay artists, there will be no art. You have to pay the rent, and no matter how much people love to write, sing, play, paint, sculpt, etc., if they can't do it while putting a roof over their head, they won't do it. Sure, there will be a few homeless artists who do it for the love of the art, but I'll sure miss the variety of music... [I won't even try to emulate Larry's attempt to keep it on-topic grin] - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: Napster article
Larry, I completely agree with most of what you wrote about valuable professions not being paid what they're actually worth. Dan, if I gave the impression that artists should not be paid for their work, that is not what I meant to say. But do artists deserve the payments that they receive while our children are getting inferior education's because we will pay Metalash!t millions of dollars a year and pay a great teacher $30 thousand if they are lucky? As far as sports go, I have no interest in sports at all and do not think that these people deserve to be paid very much for "playing". Most athletes do not have to work that hard to accomplish what they do. They are simply using God given gifts that come naturally to them. I feel much differently about artists of any kind. Like everything else, you have to have the God given skills to be an artist. But being an artist, is much harder. Requires much more effort, time and work to accomplish what they did. My nephew was a video major. One day we were talking about something and somehow he mentioned how he felt that "Shidler's List" was the best movie he ever saw. I'm don't know it is # one, but it would be hard to argue that it was brilliant. Not just Spielberg, but Neeson and many other people. You don't get results like that without, in addition to the talents God gave you, really feeling and working at what you are doing. Can we really call the Spice girls "Artists"??? I won't waste an MD on them. Maybe if they wanted to some of their other talents.never mind. One last thing. I chose the term "God Given", as a generic term. I'm not a some kind of religious fanatic that goes around mentioning God in every sentence. Perhaps nature's given gifts. Larry - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
