MD: Exchange rate benefits?
Around Christmas time, I heard a story on NBC about how the Dollar to Euro conversion rate was so beneficial for Americans right now, it was enabling Americans to have super-cheap vacations in Europe . My question for any of our European list members: Is there any way that we Americans can take advantage of this in the realm of MD? In other words, are there good online merchants in Europe who will ship to America and allow this excellent exchange rate to save us money. I'm thinking about possibly picking up a Sony JE640 or something like that, and I'm just looking at different options of where to buy. Thanks! -- 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: Analogue MP3 -- MD track markers
CDR or CDRW? some computer CD drives won'''t even play CDRW, but they play CDR ok. Stainless Steel Rat wrote: * Anthony Lalande [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Mon, 01 Jan 2001 | Not so. My General Electrics DVD player cannot read audio CDs I burn onto | CD-RW. Your DVD-Video deck is less equal than most of the others. As I said, DVD-Video decks should be able to read CD-RW media. If yours does not then the fault is your deck, not the media, and there really isn't much you can do about it. -- Rat [EMAIL PROTECTED]\ Ingredients of Happy Fun Ball include an Minion of Nathan - Nathan says Hi! \ unknown glowing substance which fell to PGP Key: at a key server near you! \ Earth, presumably from outer space. - 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: Exchange rate benefits?
Here is the current exchange rate. 1.00 EUR = 0.941400 USD OR 1.00 USD = 1.06225 EUR http://www.xe.net/ucc/ David Fincher wrote: Around Christmas time, I heard a story on NBC about how the Dollar to Euro conversion rate was so beneficial for Americans right now, it was enabling Americans to have super-cheap vacations in Europe . My question for any of our European list members: Is there any way that we Americans can take advantage of this in the realm of MD? In other words, are there good online merchants in Europe who will ship to America and allow this excellent exchange rate to save us money. I'm thinking about possibly picking up a Sony JE640 or something like that, and I'm just looking at different options of where to buy. Thanks! -- 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] -- 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: Analogue MP3 -- MD track markers
* "J. Coon" [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Tue, 02 Jan 2001 | CDR or CDRW? some computer CD drives won'''t even play CDRW, but they | play CDR ok. I said CD-RW. The problem with CD-R in DVD-Video decks is that the media is invisible to the read lasers used in DVD-Video playback mechanisms. DVD-Video decks that can read CD-R media have a second laser mechanism just for this purpose. CD-RW requires more power than CD-R to read. Many portable CD players cannot read CD-RW. Same goes for some very old, first generation CD-ROM drives, and apparantly a small number of DVD-Video decks. Again, as I said, the fault is the deck, not the media. -- Rat [EMAIL PROTECTED]\ If Happy Fun Ball begins to smoke, get Minion of Nathan - Nathan says Hi! \ away immediately. Seek shelter and cover PGP Key: at a key server near you! \ head. - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: Analogue MP3 -- MD track markers
CD-RW requires more power than CD-R to read. Many portable CD players cannot read CD-RW. Same goes for some very old, first generation CD-ROM drives, and apparantly a small number of DVD-Video decks. Again, as I said, the fault is the deck, not the media. Agreed. Ive also seen this problem b4 on not so old CDROM drives. Currently. With some CD Burning software it states that if the CD player you are going to use to play an Audio CD DOES NOT support CD text and you Burn a CD on CD-R or CD-RW with the CD text support option turned on then it might not play. My Girlfriends sony portable CD player is only a year old and will not play any CD-R's I burn for her. Yet they play fine on every other deck or even those really cheap players for 30/40 quid. It worries me a little as in my spare time I write a music/fashion magazine which I intend to feature a compilation on MD and or CD (CD-R). I dont want poeple coming back to me with the CD telling me it does not play on their CD player. laughing Try telling them its not the media after buying my magazine. Bryan http://bullets.gothic.ie - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: Exchange rate benefits?
My friend runs a UK-based motorcycle clothing website at www.dexdirect.com and he's had loads of USA orders over the past few months - the exchange rate makes his stuff very cheap for Americans. So I guess the answer is - probably! Just watch out for shipping costs. But remember you shouldn't pay VAT (UK sales tax), so if the company is honest they should take 17.5% off their prices for overseas. But... you may have to pay import duty when it arrives in the US. Also remember, the voltage and frequency of mains electricity is different in Europe - in Britain it's 240v, 50Hz. So you can't buy a UK deck and have it work in the US. Portables are a better bet - just get a suitable adaptor for your AC. Happy shopping! Al - Original Message - From: David Fincher [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2001 12:25 PM Subject: MD: Exchange rate benefits? Around Christmas time, I heard a story on NBC about how the Dollar to Euro conversion rate was so beneficial for Americans right now, it was enabling Americans to have super-cheap vacations in Europe . My question for any of our European list members: Is there any way that we Americans can take advantage of this in the realm of MD? In other words, are there good online merchants in Europe who will ship to America and allow this excellent exchange rate to save us money. I'm thinking about possibly picking up a Sony JE640 or something like that, and I'm just looking at different options of where to buy. Thanks! -- 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] - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MD: Cyndi Lauper MD Recording-Multiple Sources, Multiple Questions
I just made a Cyndi Lauper compilation MD using various digital and analog sources mixed on the MD. The material I copied from is as follows: Compact Discs Cyndi Lauper-She's So Unusual Cyndi Lauper-True Colors Cyndi Lauper-The Best Remixes (Import) DVD's Cyndi Lauper-Twelve Deadly Cyns..And Then Some (copy protected) (5.1 Dolby Digital and PCM Stereo) (selectable) All Time Party Classics Volume One (Promotional DVD Music Videos For DJ's) (not copy protected-contains Girls Just Want To Have Fun and about 50 other popular music videos of the 80's and 90's-PCM Stereo Only) Commercial MiniDisc Cyndi Lauper-Twelve Deadly Cyns..And Then Some I made a two MD compilation of The Eagles a few days ago. I used the new box set Selected Works 1972-1999 and TM Century HitDiscs for a few songs not in the collection. I also wanted to use the Hotel Calfornia version of Victim Of Love, but the levels on the previously released Eagles CD's were much lower than on the box set, so I used the live version of Victim Of Love from the fourth disc in the set, The Millenium Concert instead. For this reason, I'm wondering if I should purchase the CD version of Twelve Deadly Cyns...And Then Some. More on that to follow. As far as Cyndi Lauper, here's the track listing as it stands now before moving or deleting an tracks-the only two on the possible delete list are one of the Girls Just Want To Have Fun short versions and Iko Iko, mainly to make room for the LP version of What's Going On. I did not include the 1995 version of Girls Just Want To Have Fun (Hey Now) which is closer to Redbone's Come And Get Your Love than the 1983 original Girls Just Want To Have Fun. Track Listing: 1. Girls Just Want To Have Fun-Extended Version (Digital from The Best Remixes) 2. Change Of Heart-Extended Version (Digital from The Best Remixes) 3. She Bop-Special Dance Version (Digital from The Best Remixes) 4. Girls Just Want To Have Fun-LP Version (Digital from She's So Unusual) 5. Time After Time (Digital from She's So Unusual) 6. She Bop-LP Version (Digital from She's So Unusual) 7. True Colors (Digital from True Colors) 8. Change Of Heart-LP Version (Digital from True Colors) 9. I Drove All Night (Analog PCM Stereo from Twelve Deadly Cyns DVD) 10. The Goonies 'R' Good Enough-Dance Remix (Digital from The Best Remixes) 11. All Through The Night (Digital from She's So Unusual) 12. Money Changes Everything-Extended Live Version (Digital from The Best Remixes) 13. What's Going On-Club Version (Digital from The Best Remixes) 14. Girls Just Want To Have Fun-LP Version (Digital PCM Stereo from All Time Party Classics Volume One DVD) 15. Iko Iko (Digital from True Colors) The levels and the sound on The Best Remixes are excellent and those recordings sound the best. She's So Unusual and True Colors have much higher overall levels than the anemic previously released Eagles CD's, but the recording sounds a bit harsh/muddy? But it also sounds as if it were deliberately recorded that way. I know I can't record the commercial DVD digitally, but is it best to use the 5.1 track or the PCM track to record the audio from-if you choose the 5.1 track, will the MD recorder miss the information in the rear channels entirely. I doubt if recording from The Twelve Deadly Cyns MD to blank MD would yield as good a result as CD or DVD to MD, especially considering the no doubt earlier ATRAC version used in the now several years old prerecorded MD. For this reason, I'm thinking maybe the CD of Twelve Deadly Cyns would be better to buy and use for the album tracks-if they were remastered in any way over the original store CD's of She's So Unusual and True Colors. Some Cyndi Lauper stuff is also on SACD, but I don't have a SACD/DVD player-yet. I also put together similar compilations of Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera Dance Remix MD's over the past several days, but with the exception of one Christina Aguilera track from DVD, those were all digital. And they're also newer recordings so they use state of the art mastering to begin with, unlike the older Cyndi Lauper commercial MD's-except for the Dance Remixes import. Thoughts on how to get the best sound out of the existing Cyndi Lauper material I have, or if I should purchase a CD copy of Twelve Deadly Cyns to get the very best CD sound available on a non SACD Sony CD release? Does anyone have the CD's of Twelve Deadly Cyns, She's So Unusual and True Colors and detected a difference in remastering? - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
