RE: MD: Shrp boom box md
I just ordered a Sharp MD722 from Mercata.com. Although there is a tax column in the invoice that was sent to me, the tax amount was listed as 0.00. New Mexico does have a sales tax, but, like every online merchant that I have purchased from, no tax was charged. Aaron Prager -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of sherryl Sent: Friday, October 27, 2000 9:52 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: MD: Shrp boom box md Dan Frakes wrote: BTW, this isn't really a boom box... it's a shelf system. I was looking for a portable system which I why I had trouble finding it ;) Thanks for the info. I ordered one. Hopefully it is an AUX input. The apartment were I am moving to is small and I really don't have room for the surround system that I have in my current bedroom. The is one problem with Mercata. They add sales tax, However, they don't even add the correct amount. They over charge you. I have notified them about this. I wonder if they pay the taxes to all 49 states- (DE does not have sales tax). It is very unusual for most e commerce businesses to charge tax except in the states were they are physically located. The big "boys" do (like Lands End etc). Again I don't see why though. Why bother with the extra bookkeeping since you are not required to? I'll be that even the "big boys" "shave" they pay to outside states. Think about it. A state outside of the state you are located in can not audit your sales tax books because you have no legal obligation to collect the tax in the first place. You understate you gross sales by 25% and if you are big enough you have picked up an nice little nest egg by the end of the year. After the FTC thing with huge companies like Macys and Toys R US, I would not be surprised to find these kinds of practices going on. Lets face it. Anytime that a state collects any sales tax from a company not located in that state it is a "gift" Though technically the buyer is supposed to voluntarily pay the state tax, this almost never happens. So any tax the state gets from out of state is "found money". Be careful of buying from neighboring states. I once bought $1000 worth of audio equipment from a mail order company in NYC. Three years later I got a letter from the PA tax department telling me that the NY business had a tax audit and I owed PA $60 plus interest. They didn't give me very long to pay it either. If that ever happens again, I'm going to tell them about all of the mail in rebates that I received as far as the statue allows you to go back and request a refund plus interest. If someone filed a class action suit against a state already have financial troubles, if you won you might bankrupt the state. I really think that a person would have a strong case with regard to rebates. Why should a mail in rebate differ from an instant rebate? If you receive an instant rebate, you are only taxed on the price that you actually paid. On a mail in rebate, just because there is a delay, our actual purchase price is still the price you paid in the store minus the rebate. Just my dumb 2 cents Nasty Larry (I have a tiny little part in an independent film called The Cancer where I play this pervert into porn whose name is Nasty Larry. I film porn and stuff like that, but it's a real small part (plus we have to hope that someone will pick up the film). BTW, Blair Witch was NOT shot on video. That's all BS. they did it to hype the movie. But the movie I will be in is going to be shot on video. The quality of video is getting so good that it is approaching film. A lot of what you see in films is really video (computer aided what ever they call it) anyway transferred to film - 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: Hertz
Martin Lazak wrote: It's the same with cars which are often only judged based on their hp, although there are many other factors that affect their performance. And while hp does mean horse power, that doesn't tell you that much, either. Hi Martin, Of course horse power really doesn't tell you much because it is relative to, among other things, the weight of the car and other accessories that use some of the engines power (like the AC). A hundred horse power engine in a car weighing only 1000 pounds might out perform a 350 horse power engine in a 3500 pound car. But at least horse power kind of gives you a little bit of an idea. What really doesn't make sense is engine size. When people go bragging about having a 442 (cubic inch) engine that means nothing. When it comes to the size of a car's engine, size doesn't always make a difference :) that was Nasty Larry speaking. Fuel injection engines tend to give you more HP for cubic inch. The number of valves can make a difference. I have an old 1990 Pontiac Grand AM that has a quad four engine (16 valves in four cylinders) that will out perform many 6 cylinder cars. Hey every one have a great weekend, Nasty Larry - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: Hertz
sherryl wrote: The number of valves can make a difference. I have an old 1990 Pontiac Grand AM that has a quad four engine (16 valves in four cylinders) that will out perform many 6 cylinder cars. I doubt it will outperform my 1987 Porsche 911 Carrera (3.2l flat six)... :-))) You have a good weekend, too, now! Fast Joost. -- Joost van de Griek Applications Developer Yacht ICT http://www.yachtgroup.com/ - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: Shrp boom box md
Aaron Prager wrote: I just ordered a Sharp MD722 from Mercata.com. Although there is a tax column in the invoice that was sent to me, the tax amount was listed as 0.00. New Mexico does have a sales tax, but, like every online merchant that I have purchased from, no tax was charged. Aaron Prager They had the sales tax listed on my invoice and it was not correct. Larry - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: Hertz
"J. van de Griek" wrote: I doubt it will outperform my 1987 Porsche 911 Carrera (3.2l flat six)... :-))) Don't you remember that commercial for a small inexpensive car? I can't remember which car it was but they say "We test our car against a blah blah and we blew their doors off". Then we tested our car against a blah blah and we blew their doors off." "We tested our car against the Porsche 911 which costs $60,000. Well they blew our doors off. Our car costs $10,000. For $40,000 you can buy a lot of doors". Of course I paraphrased the whole thing. Larry - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MD: If you own a Sony MZ-R900 **and** a home deck with OPT. OUTPUT, please read...
Okay... I've discovered a fairly significant "bug" on the R900, but it is a beneficial "bug" I need other owners to verify this with me. If you own an R900 **and** an MD deck WITH AN OPTICAL OUTPUT (ie, can attempt to make MD to MD digital copies), I need you to send me an email. I think some of you might realize what I'm getting at (something to do with SCMS), but I don't want to post the details here yet. I just want to find out if all R900's work like mine, or if Please email me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] and I'll give you the details (it is fairly complicated but doesn't involve test mode or anything dangerous). PLEASE--DON'T EMAIL ME UNLESS you have an R900 **AND** an MD unit with an OPTICAL OUTPUT, such as a home deck. OPTICAL INPUT DOES NOT COUNT! Thanks, --Brian Youn-- The University of Texas at Austin Electrical and Computer Engineering, 5th Year - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: New to the List with a few Mini-disk related questions...
Bruce asked several questions, of which I'll tackle three, | 1. Now that there is technology for CD-players to play MP3s directly from | CDs (in their compressed format), is there/will there be mini-disk units | that can directly decode and play MP3's? Not yet, and IMO not likely. If you have a song in MP3 format and want it on MD, you need to decode it to uncompressed audio and reencode it under ATRAC to record it as an MD track. | 2. I enjoy an occasional audio book (like The Celestine Prophecy and related | books), is there an easy way to get audio books that fit onto mini-disks | without having to be there to start and stop things to record them? Many MD recorders will pause during silences in the input, and they'll all stop recording when the disc is full, but won't you have to be present anyway to flip the cassette and to switch cassette channels? MD mono provides the same double-capacity-in-mono that audiobooks do without as much handling; just play a mono track in any except a few of the very earliest MD units and you get full benefit of the double capacity. | 5. I understand that "MiniDisc Long Play" aka MDLP requires a new mini-disk | device, are they of the same sound quality, do they require special media, | and are they readily available in the US? Lesser sound quality (132 kbps bitrate in LP2, 66 kbps in LP4, compared to 292 kbps in SP); same media; decks are available in the US but AFAIK porta- bles must be imported at present. - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: MD: New to the List with a few Mini-disk related questions...
4. Where is the cheapest source for BULK blank mini-disks? We have the best price within USA for Minidisc... If you need quantity price, simply send me an email at : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Regards, Pierre. --- ***Peter Forest*** www.kheopsminidisc.com www.kheopsinternational.com - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: MD: Hertz
I imagine 50,000 will buy you even more, then... ;) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 28 October 2000 18:30 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: MD: Hertz "J. van de Griek" wrote: I doubt it will outperform my 1987 Porsche 911 Carrera (3.2l flat six)... :-))) Don't you remember that commercial for a small inexpensive car? I can't remember which car it was but they say "We test our car against a blah blah and we blew their doors off". Then we tested our car against a blah blah and we blew their doors off." "We tested our car against the Porsche 911 which costs $60,000. Well they blew our doors off. Our car costs $10,000. For $40,000 you can buy a lot of doors". Of course I paraphrased the whole thing. Larry - 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: strange pauses during playback
I have an MZR90. I used it to record a concert. While playing back the concert, at about 3/4 through, the minidisc seems to pause for no reason for about 5-10 seconds then starts playing again. Is the minidisc defective? They were sony's so I figured they were good quality, but who knows. Thanks Please reply in EMAIL [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: MD: New to the List with a few Mini-disk related questions... Follow-up to David T.
Thanx for your response! I guess there is still LOTS for me to learn about mini-disks. Let me tell you how I record music from MP3s to help you understand my next question. I have a registered version of a wonderful program called Music Match. Whenever I get a new CD I immediately use Music Match to store a copy of the entire CD in MP3 format (I do this to protect from loss or damage as well as to have a HUGE online catalogue of all my music for ripping my own CDs (I have a CD-RW) and mini-disk recorders. The software does all of the conversion between CDA to MP3 and back and even to .WAV. Music Match allows me to build playlists from my online catalogue of music that I can use to cut a CD. I always record my mini-disks from CD since I have a digital CD player with an optical output for my mini-disk. So I never really have to mess with the conversion between formats. The end result is that I get high quality digital recordings of my favorite music mixes on both CD and on mini-disk with the limitation of 74 minutes per mini-disk. I am happy with 74 minute mini-disks but am curious as to what if anything out there is going on to dramatically increase playing time (hence the reason behind asking questions 1 and 5 earlier). I am familiar with the 80 minute mini-disks but not overly excited about jumping to them for an extract 6 minutes. I think the best thing would be some form MP3 decoding built into mini-disk players. Perhaps we should start a letter/email writing campaign to major mini-disk manufacturers. I wonder if someone has the email addresses for all the major manufacturers of mini-disks somewhere on a web page (like minidisc.org) and if members of this list might want to email them on this subject matter. Anyway, with all that being said, what does ATRAC give me over my above mentioned method of MP3 conversion? I have several mini-disk units, the newest one is the Sharp MD-MT15 with this Voquette software. I just got the latest Beta version of the Voquette software which is suppose to be adding some capability to pause between multi-part mini-disks. I have not tested it yet. I will let you know how that works out. I have the ability to get the audio books from Internet vendors in various playback formats and with my iPaq Pocket PC so I am sure some how I will solve this audio book problem... Doesn't sound like I will try out the MDLP junk. I would rather see them come up with some form MP3 decoding built into mini-disk players as previously stated. Take care... Bruce Preudhomme, the SYSOP of The Pursuit of Happiness! ...where the mind's eYe is always open! URL: www.pcpursuits.com telnet: pcpursuits.com PC Pursuits ~Bringing people, computers and software together!~ http://www.pcpursuits.com/ -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of David W. Tamkin Sent: Saturday, October 28, 2000 11:10 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: MD: New to the List with a few Mini-disk related questions... Bruce asked several questions, of which I'll tackle three, | 1. Now that there is technology for CD-players to play MP3s directly from | CDs (in their compressed format), is there/will there be mini-disk units | that can directly decode and play MP3's? Not yet, and IMO not likely. If you have a song in MP3 format and want it on MD, you need to decode it to uncompressed audio and reencode it under ATRAC to record it as an MD track. | 2. I enjoy an occasional audio book (like The Celestine Prophecy and related | books), is there an easy way to get audio books that fit onto mini-disks | without having to be there to start and stop things to record them? Many MD recorders will pause during silences in the input, and they'll all stop recording when the disc is full, but won't you have to be present anyway to flip the cassette and to switch cassette channels? MD mono provides the same double-capacity-in-mono that audiobooks do without as much handling; just play a mono track in any except a few of the very earliest MD units and you get full benefit of the double capacity. | 5. I understand that "MiniDisc Long Play" aka MDLP requires a new mini-disk | device, are they of the same sound quality, do they require special media, | and are they readily available in the US? Lesser sound quality (132 kbps bitrate in LP2, 66 kbps in LP4, compared to 292 kbps in SP); same media; decks are available in the US but AFAIK porta- bles must be imported at present. - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MD: jumping to eighty-minute discs
Bruce wrote, | I am happy with 74 minute mini-disks but am curious as to what if anything | out there is going on to dramatically increase playing time (hence the | reason behind asking questions 1 and 5 earlier). I am familiar with the 80 | minute mini-disks but not overly excited about jumping to them for an | extract 6 minutes. What's with "jumping"? Bruce, you don't have to stop using 74-minute discs and copy all your 74-minute collections onto 80-minute discs the moment you buy a single 80. You can have some 74s and some 80s, and all your MD equip- ment will play both. - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: New to the List with a few Mini-disk related questions...
Doesn't sound like I will try out the MDLP junk. I would rather see them come up with some form MP3 decoding built into mini-disk players as previously stated. I used to hope for something like that, too. Something like a Diamond Rio, but using a MiniDisc as its storage medium? That'd kick ass... but then I had a Moment of Insight: A MiniDisc player basically *is* an MP3 player, but using ATRAC instead of MP3, and with a 140MB disc as its storage. Lesser sound quality (132 kbps bitrate in LP2, 66 kbps in LP4, compared to 292 kbps in SP); same media Use LP2 and it will be very close to having the usual 128Kbps MP3s on an MP3 player with 140MB of storage per disc. (Disregarding any quality-of-ATRAC-vs.-MP3-at-the-same-bitrate arguments.) 2 [) [EMAIL PROTECTED] |\ http://www.execpc.com/~rsquared/ - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: MD: jumping to eighty-minute discs
Well, I don't have anything against the 80 minute mini-disks, its just that to me 74 vs. 80 minutes is maybe one more song. I have a system as explained earlier where I copy my collections onto CD before cutting to mini-disks and my CD-R doesn't handle 80 minute CD-Rs so it isn't worth buying a new CD-R for just one song. If and when there is a mini-disk player that plays/records MP3s, then I will spend the money because that would be going from 74 minutes to 600 minutes. I may buy the 80 minute mini-disks for my audio books, once I get that problem worked out and tested. Are you familiar with the Voquette software? Take care... Bruce Preudhomme, the SYSOP of The Pursuit of Happiness! ...where the mind's eYe is always open! URL: www.pcpursuits.com telnet: pcpursuits.com PC Pursuits ~Bringing people, computers and software together!~ http://www.pcpursuits.com/ -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of David W. Tamkin Sent: Saturday, October 28, 2000 9:25 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: MD: "jumping to" eighty-minute discs Bruce wrote, | I am happy with 74 minute mini-disks but am curious as to what if anything | out there is going on to dramatically increase playing time (hence the | reason behind asking questions 1 and 5 earlier). I am familiar with the 80 | minute mini-disks but not overly excited about jumping to them for an | extract 6 minutes. What's with "jumping"? Bruce, you don't have to stop using 74-minute discs and copy all your 74-minute collections onto 80-minute discs the moment you buy a single 80. You can have some 74s and some 80s, and all your MD equip- ment will play both. - 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: New to the List with a few Mini-disk related questions...
=== = NB: Over 50% of this message is QUOTED, please = = be more selective when quoting text = === Pardon my ignorance, but what is this talk about 140MB storage I thought that the storage capability of the mini-disk was the same as a standard 74 minute CD which would be 650MB? Could you please expound on your point? THANX! Take care... Bruce Preudhomme, the SYSOP of The Pursuit of Happiness! ...where the mind's eYe is always open! URL: www.pcpursuits.com telnet: pcpursuits.com PC Pursuits ~Bringing people, computers and software together!~ http://www.pcpursuits.com/ -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Richard Rudie Sent: Saturday, October 28, 2000 9:44 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: MD: New to the List with a few Mini-disk related questions... Doesn't sound like I will try out the MDLP junk. I would rather see them come up with some form MP3 decoding built into mini-disk players as previously stated. I used to hope for something like that, too. Something like a Diamond Rio, but using a MiniDisc as its storage medium? That'd kick ass... but then I had a Moment of Insight: A MiniDisc player basically *is* an MP3 player, but using ATRAC instead of MP3, and with a 140MB disc as its storage. Lesser sound quality (132 kbps bitrate in LP2, 66 kbps in LP4, compared to 292 kbps in SP); same media Use LP2 and it will be very close to having the usual 128Kbps MP3s on an MP3 player with 140MB of storage per disc. (Disregarding any quality-of-ATRAC-vs.-MP3-at-the-same-bitrate arguments.) - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
