Re: MD: netmd release date

2001-10-23 Thread Javier Marcet


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On Tuesday, October 23, 2001 at 13:21:13GMT -0500 (which was 20:21 where I live),
Matt Wall wrote a few words about MD: netmd release date:


MW all right net md has been shown in a couple ces type shows so far.  anyone
MW heard of a possible release date, either specific or broad?


I  don't  remember where I read it, but the annouced released date for
the  MZ-N1 (is that the right model number?) was on December, 10th. In
Japan, that is.


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Re: MD: copy protection question - NSync CD is copy protection experiment

2001-10-03 Thread Javier Marcet


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On Sunday, September 30, 2001 at 23:11:57GMT -0500 (which was 06:11 where I live),
Matt Wall wrote a few words about MD: copy protection question:

MW Just a guess here, but it would be similar to a md and a new toc get's
MW written.  but that is just a guess.  Knowing this you would also lose the
MW cddb info on it (guessing again)  anyway lot's of guesses and still no cd to
MW test it with.  if anyone know's of a non-country cd, and non-michael jackson
MW cd that has this protection on it, please post the name of it i would like
MW to do some testing with both MD and DAT digitally.  thanks

You probably won't like this either, but there you go...

http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns1367

Copying using home CD recorders is variable, with the US CD giving a no disk
message on some recorders.

When the digital output from a CD player is connected to the digital input of
Philips CD recorder, or Sony Mini Disc recorder, the German disc gives the error
message Copy Prohibit or Cannot Copy.


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re: MD: Sony earphones

2001-08-28 Thread Javier Marcet


Hi macdef,

 The 888LP and 888SP are exactly the same except that the SP has a shorter
 cord. They are earbuds that sit in the outer ear.
 
 The EX70SL are the short cord version of the EX70. They are canal-phones,
 meaning they actually sit down in (and block) your ear canal.

All right.

 Another thing to consider about the EX70s is that they are quite microphonic
 (a drawback of all canal-phones) -- since they couple to the sides of your
 ear canals, any scraping or rubbing of the cables will be transferred
 directly to your ears. In addition, you'll find that your footsteps are
 often amplified as well. For this reason canal-phones are generally a bad
 idea for exercise, especially exercise like running.

This would be an enormous drawback for the use I plan to give them.

 If you like your SportaPros, I would *enthusiastically* recommend you try
 out the Koss KSC-35s. They are cheaper than both the EX70s and the 888s, and
 sound significantly better than both, but are lightweight and very
 comfortable. They are really the ultimate exercise headphone. If you want a
 pair, you should get them quickly since Koss has replaced them with the
 KSC-50, which are heavier, bigger, fall off easily, and don't sound quite as
 good.

I like the Sporta Pro, but I feel they are too big, heavy, and maybe with
too much bass. Also, when running they fall easily.
That's why I'm trying to find something lighter, smaller, and which do not
fall when running.


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Re: MD: Memorex and Verbatim MD's

2001-08-27 Thread Javier Marcet


Hi las,

  Does anyone have any experience with these types of MD's? I'm sure I
  remember seeing somewhere that Memorex weren't that great, but it might
  have
  been Maxell ones (plastic shutters). I haven't seen anything about Verbs
  though, whats the verdict?


 I have never seen Verbatim MD's  Unlike MDs I have found that the quality of
 CDRs can vary greatly.  Surprisingly, I was disappointed with some of the
 Vertamim CDRs that I bought.

I agree with you on this, even though they are sold within the price range
of supposedly good brands, I prefer cheaper CDs like Princo or Intenso.

 I never had any problem with either Memorex or High (or is it just Hi??  I have
 loads of their blanks, but I'm too lazy to get up and check) Space.  The first

Hi-Space :)

 clue that Memorex was manufactured by what ever their initials (IOP???, no
 that's not it) was when I noticed that the Memorex blanks said they were made
 in France.

 At that time the only country that I knew of that manufactured MDs was Japan.
 We were approached to by Hi Space's sales manager (at that time I thought it
 was his company since he was French and that's were the discs were
 manufactured-But he may actually be French Canadian.  He told me the name of
 the family that owns the company, but it didn't sink in).

 Years later I got him to admit that Hi Space manufactured Memorex blanks.  I
 had known from the get go that they manufactured for a brand name as well as
 Hi Space.  He told us that immediately.

Should I guess that the MDs sold under the FNAC brand (FNAC is an important
French chain store selling electronics, books, CDs, DVDs, videos, and so on,
which is also present in Spain)? I was going to post a message about this,
as I found them last week when I was checking MDs prices on the nearest FNAC.

Portables were not cheap at all, but it was curious to see FNAC-branded
boxes of 25 MDs for around $2 each, which here is a good price for blanks.

 I think it comes down to your philosophy on blanks.  Some people do not care
 about the packaging.  They feel all of the discs are good and say that you
 should by the least expensive ones you can find.

 Then there are people who have some preferences.  The last group are very
 specific about exactly what they want in their blanks, the color, whether they
 are transparent or not, the labels and slip case to look like.  These people
 are willing to pay extra to get just what they want.

I have no special preferences. However, I can't stand some blanks. For no
special reason, I just don't like them. Although, again, it is for the packaging.


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Re: MD: POLL: How many of you will buy/upgrade to the MZ-R909?

2001-08-27 Thread Javier Marcet


Hi las,

You  know, one of my problems is that whenever I want to buy (or for
  the case build, study ... or prepare something), I either get the best
  one  available  (within  my budget, of course) or I prefer not getting
  it.

  I'm usually the same way.  The within my budget is a key factor.  Except for the
 Sharp 701/2s we had very few
  returns on Sharp units when I was selling them.  We got more Sonys back.  Also, and
 this my just be subjective,
  to me the headphone amp and bass boost on the Sharp seems better than Sony.

 But if you are going for the latest, shouldn't you be considering the Sony MZ-R909?
 That would give you about a
 year lead time before a replacement for it comes out (if Sony sticks to it's once a
 year release).

That's what I'm about to order from micmic.com.hk, I hope I can have it next week.


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MD: Sony earphones

2001-08-26 Thread Javier Marcet


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Hi MiniDisc List members,

  Among  the  MDR-EX70SL,  MDR-E888SP and  MDR-E888LP, which one would
you  choose  to  use  with a MZ-R909 in a everyday use (while going to
work,  while  working  out,  running and so on)? I have a pair of KOSS
Sporta  Pro,  and  although  I like them, they are too big and I don't
feel comfortable wearing them.

  If  you  can explain me the differences among the models above, that
would be ok :)


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MD: Semi OT: new SBlaster Audigy series and ML CDRW drives

2001-08-21 Thread Javier Marcet


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Hi MiniDisc List members,

  Creative  has announced its new series of Sound Blaster cards, based
on  the Audigy processor (successor of the EMU10K1), with 24-bit 96kHz
wave audio and FireWire port(s). It finally has selectable 44.1 - 48 -
96  kHz  output.  Indeed, they look amazing. I wish there were more MD
firewire  connectable than that expensive and hard to find Sony system
of which I don't remember right now the name.

  You can find more info on
http://alive.singnet.com.sg/features/audigy
  and on
http://www.soundblaster.com/audigy


  Also,  following  the topic of higher density than MD (or CD) media,
there  is  a  new  technology  (I  read  about  it  yesterday), called
MultiLevel,  that  can  be  added to existing technologies (CD-RWs and
DVD RWs), using the same optics, lasers, and everything, but obtaining
a   3x   increase   in   storage  space and speed, since it uses three
different  scales  of of opacity on CD/DVD-RWs and different depths on
stamped  CDs, yielding three bits in the space used by one on existing
units.  That  means 2GB of storage on a ML CD, with a writing speed of
36X for a current 12X speed drive.
  And  the  best  of it all is that Plextor plans to have one unit for
sale  at  year's end or beginning of '02. You can find more info about
the  Plextor  unit  on  http://www.cdrinfo.com  (news added on August,
19th) and about the ML technology on
http://www.calimetrics.com/Products/CDSpecs/CD-RW/cd-rw.html

  Using this technology on current MDs would yield 480MB of space, and
backwards  compatibility  (well,  not  exactly,  it  would be forwards
compatibility,  meaning  newer  units  could  read/write  both type of
discs).

  What do you think?


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Re: MD: POLL: How many of you will buy/upgrade to the MZ-R909?

2001-08-21 Thread Javier Marcet


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On Sunday, August 19, 2001 at 14:04:43GMT EDT (which was 20:04 where I live),
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote a few words about MD: POLL: How many of you will buy/upgrade to 
the MZ-R909?:


Aac If you want to, you can also explain why you made that decision (you don't have 
to).

BUY,  I had a Sony MZ-R90, sold it to but the R900 but just when I was
going  to  order it the R909 was announced, therefore I'll buy the new
unit.

If  I had bought the R900 before, I would not upgrade now, even though
some  of the new features look nice, they are not enough as to get rid
of a R900. I would wait for the NetMD units.


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Re: MD: POLL: How many of you will buy/upgrade to the MZ-R909?

2001-08-21 Thread Javier Marcet


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On Tuesday, August 21, 2001 at 14:27:39GMT -0400 (which was 20:27 where I live),
I Can Not Tell You wrote a few words about MD: POLL: How many of you will buy/upgrade 
to the MZ-R909?:


ICNTY I am just going to wait for NetMD enabled equipment...am I the only one?

I  would  wait  for  it,  but I have no portable MD at the moment, and
believe me, I seriously miss it. It's more, I need it. :)


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Re: MD: Semi OT: new SBlaster Audigy series and ML CDRW drives

2001-08-21 Thread Javier Marcet


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On Tuesday, August 21, 2001 at 14:22:23GMT -0400 (which was 20:22 where I live),
I Can Not Tell You wrote a few words about MD: Semi OT: new SBlaster Audigy series 
and ML CDRW drives:

ICNTY Just thought I'd say that I have posted this long time ago. I am talking
ICNTY about the Audigy cards.
ICNTY http://md-l.amulation.com/archive/200103/frm00142.html

All  right,  but  this  time  the announcement from  Creative has been
official, prices are known and they'll begin selling shortly.

ICNTY And as for MultiLevel MDs...why dont the existing equipment just use MD2
ICNTY Discs or just use...something called Blue laser...I am not well knowledge
ICNTY about it but I do know that it yields higher capacity.

The advantage of this technology is that it doesn't need anything new,
lasers nor anything else, only the additional chip.
Blue  laser  ATM is much more expensive, and AFAIK it is not that easy
to implement efficiently in mass produced products. If not, why hasn't
CDs  based on blue laser been released, whereas Plextor will ship a ML
drive for year's end?

ICNTY P.S. That was a lame reply but I hadn't posted anything in the longest time.
ICNTY :P

:)

My  only caveat is that you should quote the original message, and not
just leave the whole text.


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MD: New Sony MZ-R909 with Type R DSP

2001-07-28 Thread Javier Marcet


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Hi MiniDisc List members,

  has anyone seen/read the press release of the new MZ-R909 from Sony?
What  do  you think about it? Will it be worth the new DSP Type R (new
for portables, that is)?

  I  was  going  to buy the R900 next Wednesday. Now I think I'll wait
three weeks for the new release.

  TheSonyJapanesepressrelease   can   be   read   at
http://www.sony.co.jp/sd/CorporateCruise/Press/200107/01-0724/   and
there is also some more news at http://www.t-station.net/products/sony_mzr909.html


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Re: MD: Panasonic's first MDLP portable

2001-03-16 Thread Javier Marcet


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On Friday, March 16, 2001 at 10:55:36GMT -0500 (which was 16:55 where I live),
Stainless Steel Rat wrote a few words about "MD: Panasonic's first MDLP portable":


SSR You had zero problems, I had 100% problems until JT posted a working link.

SSR You see, there are published standards for listing URLs in text documents
SSR like mail messages.  URLs are terminated with an end of line character.
SSR What that ammounts to is that this is the URL:

SSR http://www.matsushita.co.jp/corp/news/official.data/data.dir/jn010315-1/jn01

SSR Which is nonexistant.  Technically, the URL must be bracketed with `URL:'
and `' to help prevent wrapping from being a problem, like this:

SSR 
URL:http://www.matsushita.co.jp/corp/news/official.data/data.dir/jn010315-1/jn010315-1-1.jpg

I  would  like  to know the standard you are referring to, since in my
book, you have to enclose the URL in brackets, , without any "URL:",
so that the link in question would look like this:

http://www.matsushita.co.jp/corp/news/official.data/data.dir/jn010315-1/jn010315-1-1.jpg


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Re: MD: Bit 4 bit digital card

2001-02-26 Thread Javier Marcet


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On Monday, February 26, 2001 at 07:47:01GMT -0700 (which was 15:47 where I live),
Steve Corey wrote a few words about "MD: Bit 4 bit digital card":

   do  you  know  what the cheapest sound card allowing to make bit for
 bit   digital  transfers  could  be  (at least at 16 bit, 44.1KHz)? An
 absolute  requirement  is working under Windows 2000 (Linux would be a
 plus).

SC The Zoltrix Nightingale with Optical Upgrade Kit for about $40.00 (USD)

SC It has been verified that it does bit-for-bit transfers.  Here is a link
SC to a FAQ on it:  http://pipedreamer.bizland.com/zoltrix/

I must say that I am impressed by this card, it is definitely a steal,
and you say it does bit for bit transfers!
I  have  two  questions. First, do you know if the Pro 6 model will be
the  same  (as  for the bit4bit)? I think it has the same chip, but it
comes with 6 analog outputs and the optical kit by default.
Second.  Is  there  any drawback on it? I currently have a SBLive! but
after  seeing  this  I'm  about  to sell it and get ahold of a Zoltrix
Nightingale Pro 6 board.

Thanks for the information :))


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MD: Bit 4 bit digital card

2001-02-25 Thread Javier Marcet


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Hello fellow MiniDisc users,

  do  you  know  what the cheapest sound card allowing to make bit for
bit   digital  transfers  could  be  (at least at 16 bit, 44.1KHz)? An
absolute  requirement  is working under Windows 2000 (Linux would be a
plus).


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MD: THIS is what Sony should have brought to market

2001-02-18 Thread Javier Marcet


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Hello fellow MiniDisc users,

  I  don't  know  if any of you attended the last CES, but there was a
really interesting product which received a few awards (Best Lifestyle
Product,  Best  Mobile Device, and Best of CES), and what I think will
be the final MD killer.

  I had never thought about buying an MP3 player..., until now. If you
check http://www.dataplay.com/ you'll see the Miniature Disc. A little
disc   (very   MD-like)  of 32mm (not much larger than a quarter), and
which holds 250 or 500 MBytes (there are of both sizes). They'll begin
to  sell  on  next  Fall (2001), and will be price $5-$12 depending on
pack  size.  (What  a  shame for Iomega, with their shitty Click, only
40MBytes and much more expensive, besides slower and I think bigger).

  They   seem  an MD clone, as there'll be pre-recorded media, as well
as  blank  discs  which you'll be able to record on your computer. The
formats supported are:

Write Once (WO), Multi Session
Pre-Mastered (ROM)
Hybrid (ROM and WO)

  The  transfer  rate  is  around  1  MByte/sec  (Read/Write), and the
wavelength of the laser is 650nm (for recording and playback).

  All  this,  together  with  3.5g  of  weight,  and 33.53x39.5x3.05mm
(WxLxH) of size, I see on it a total MD killer.

  This  is  what  Sony  should have released. I know about the MD2 (or
whatever  they  are  called,  fruit  of the joint venture of Sharp and
Sony),  but they have not been promoted. There are no deals with third
parties, and you can only find them in video cameras.

  I  for  one  will  love to buy these. Imagine sharing media for your
PDA,  video  camera,  portable  music  player,  mobile phone, and as a
replacement  for  CDRWs (with this size, I definitely prefer them over
the oversized CDs).

  As  you might suppose I have nothing to do with DataPlay. I just saw
it so interesting and promising that I would like to share it with you
all. I'll wait for your opinions.


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MD: Ordering a Sony MZ-R900 from the UK

2001-02-13 Thread Javier Marcet


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Hello fellow MiniDisc users,

  for  much  I  tried,  not  even  one  shop wanted to ship outside of
mainland  UK  (I  am  in  Spain). Hence, I am looking for any soul who
might  help  me get one of these portables. He/she must of course live
in  the  UK. The best prices I have found are on www.superfi.co.uk and
www.unbeatable.co.uk,  indeed both of them offer to beat any price (by
10 pounds in the former, and a 10% in the latter).

  If  there is anyone willing to help me out, please drop me an e-mail
at [EMAIL PROTECTED]

  Another  option  would  be  finding  either a UK shop doing overseas
sales, or any retailer in Europe carrying the unit (I have found none,
including Spain).

  Thanks in advance.


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Re: MD: MDS-PC3 (was PC connection with MDS-JB940)

2001-02-06 Thread Javier Marcet


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On Tuesday, February 06, 2001 at 21:26:36GMT -0600 (which was 04:26 where I live),
Taky Cheung wrote a few words about "MD: MDS-PC3 (was PC connection with MDS-JB940)":


TC Does it worth spending $400 buying MDS-PC3? I want to record songs from MD
TC back to my PC as Wave using Optical In. Is it possible to do that? My sound
TC card has both optical in and out.

I  don't  own one, but I think you can do that without problems, since
that  unit  has  both  optical  input and output connections. The best
way  to  copy  things to/from the computer with the MDS-PC3 is through
the  USB connection, though. I am not sure if you can copy from the MD
to  the PC, and you definitely can from PC to MD (as far as the manual
indicates).


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Re: MD: MDS-PC3 (was PC connection with MDS-JB940)

2001-02-06 Thread Javier Marcet


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On Tuesday, February 06, 2001 at 09:00:07GMT -0600 (which was 16:00 where I live),
Taky Cheung wrote a few words about "MD: MDS-PC3 (was PC connection with MDS-JB940)":

TC Correct me if I'm wrong. I think the USB connection is for copying from CD
TC to MDS-PC3 digitally. Does anybody know if it works for Mp3 to MDS-PC3 using
TC this USB connection? Also, does it work the other way? I mean, from MDS-PC3
TC to PC?

Kenneth  Lee has already answered you. As I had said, I didn't know if
it  worked  from  MD  to  PC,  but from PC to MD the source can be any
sound,  be it a CD, an MP3, WAV, or whatever the included software can
read.


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MD: Selling a MZ-R90

2001-01-07 Thread Javier Marcet


Hello fellow MiniDisc users,

  how  does  $300.00  US  sound  for a Sony MZ-R90 Tourist model? I am
thinking  on  selling  mine.  It includes everything the tourist model
has,  as the international power adapter, and I do not know what would
be  a good price to ask for it. (I mean, a price for which I will find
a  purchaser).  It  is  of  course  in  mind condition, and I keep the
original box.


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MD: Re[2]: MP3 to CDR

2000-11-11 Thread Javier Marcet


Hello Stainless,

On Saturday, November 11, 2000, 03:23:47, you wrote:

SSR | Is there a CD burner that will burn MP3 files and make an audio CD
SSR | without having to save the MP3 file as a WAV file first?

SSR No.

Yes,  there  is.  Nero  (www.ahead.de) for example supports this since
version  5  (or  was it 4 dot something?). I think Feurio! can do this
too,  and  other tools already implement this option, or will do so in
the  near  future.  In  Nero  is called on-the-fly audio decoding, and
it works with both MP3 and VQF sound formats.


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MD: Re[2]: Headphone for my MZ-R90

2000-10-26 Thread Javier Marcet


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Hello Stainless,

On Wednesday, October 25, 2000, 15:53:57, you wrote:

SSR | I know it has been mentioned a million times, but I love the Sony 888's.
SSR | Can't beat the sound quality, but are a bit expensive.

SSR Several points: I own a set of 888s.  I also own a set of the previous
SSR model.  I also own a set of Koss KSC-35 clips.  The Koss clips sound MUCH
SSR better than the Sony earbuds and cost half as much.

All  right, I will buy a pair of Koss headphones. Now, do you know any
place  where  I  can  order them in Europe? (I would prefer Spain, but
while  I do not have to pay more for shipping than for the heads, I do
not care).


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MD: Headphone for my MZ-R90

2000-10-24 Thread Javier Marcet


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Hello MD Fans,

  I wanted to buy a new pair of headphone to replace the standard ones
coming  with  my  unit.  I  can't stand them anymore. What I wanted is
better  sound,  but  also  that they fit well to my ears, so that they
don't fall when I'm at the gym, or jogging.

  I  have  thought  about  the  KOSS  Porta  Pro, but I don't like the
headband,  so  I  took a look at the KSC 35. Do these sound as good as
the  Porta  Pro?  If  so  why  are they cheaper? Lastly, I saw the new
Sporta  Pro,  which come with a dual headband that you can wear on top
or behind head (I prefer this last position).

   Any  comment  would  be  appreciated. Even if I have only mentioned
KOSS  headphone  I  am  open to any brand, provided they are not over,
let's say $100, and are easy to wear when going out.


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