MD: Sound cards
Speaking of DAT, I found an old booklet announcing the new DAT medium, and it mentions End Search. Somehow it just didn't hit me that End Search was vital for not recording over a tape, but it makes it seem that much more stupid and useless for a random access medium like MD! I know this has been discussed before, but I don't have the old digests: what is the least expensive sound card with a TOSlink input that will preserve track numbers from an MD? I'm finally getting into CD burning and now it's important to me. Thanks! - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: md-l-digest V3 #12 LP speeds
I recorded over 3 hours of lectures at a seminar recently, required 2 MDs on my portable Sharp 722, and when I dubbed them onto my JB940 at LP4 speed, I was very happy with the results. Up to 5 hours on a disc is wonderful, when it's just voice-quality you need anyway. This isn't a lowering of standards, it's a sensible usage. - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MD: earbuds
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Re: MD: md-l-digest V2 #865 hi speed copying
>I'm hoping to find a deck that will do high-speed dubbing from >cassette tapes (voice, not music, so absolute hi fi isn't required) This would be sorta convoluted, but if you had an MD deck AND a Sony JB940 deck connected to it, you could actually run your tape thru a dubbing deck and record the double-speed signal (analog, of course) onto the 940, then copy it onto the other MD deck while playing it back slowed down by half speed to normal. The 940 lets you vary the playback speed slower (but not faster). Unfortunately, this wouldn't save you time in the end, but it would get your tapes copied off the cassettes faster and let you edit your MD versions at your leisure. And you can often edit speed tapes at a much higher speed than normal. - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MD: Sony 940
So far no one has spoken up: does ANYONE own a Sony 940 deck? I wanted to know if it will still record at mono, and here's another question: if you record on the new, long play lower-bitrate speed, can that disc be played on other models, or only on new equipment with the long play feature? Thanx. - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MD: disc vs. disk
I prefer disc, but if you read the New York Times, they ALWAYS spell it DISK even for Compact Discs (trademark). They refuse to spell it with a 'c.' - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MD: scms
people don't necessarily want SCMS control just to STEAL music, it's also because without it you can't even copy YOUR OWN stuff. And we don't all have the budgets for pro equipment. - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MD: plug in power
I got one of those Sony mics, I think the 907, and even witha fresh battery, it only puts a weak signal into my Sharp 722. I have to almost shout into it to get any volume, and any song I put on the MD is way louder than my speech. Is it supposed to be that way? I've actually gotten the best results with one of those cheap little computer mics that are allegedly stereo but only output to one channel, Ijust record my voice in mono and I get good volume input. Comments? - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MD: end search petition
I must have missed the first mention of an End Search petition to Sony, but please sign me up. I would strongly recommend that it leave out all other issues, and stick to End Search only, as the others will dilute the message. End Search needs to stand out alone as the greatest abomination of all the Sony portables, and the point should be very clear. - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MD: EXCESSIVE QUOTING
I would like to ask [EMAIL PROTECTED] and also liteways to please not put such long quotes into your posts, they are completely unnecessary and in fact the latest digest was probably more quotes than original messages! It's a huge waste of bandwidth and time! - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MD: onecall sale
Onecall.com is having a big sale, and includes the Sharp 722 portable for $176! Great price for a great recorder! I got mine there a year ago and was very satisfied with their service. - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MD: end search again and again
We wouldn't be arguing about end search if Gaz would stop trying to defend something so stupid, useless, and ergonomically idiotic, not to mention destructive. I don't understand why he does this, unless he just likes calling people stupid and arguing with them. But more importantly: does anyone at Sony even KNOW how much people hate it, or are we all making a lot of noise in the wilderness? Does anyone here know anyone at Sony who could be contacted about this? Is there any way to find out if Sony realizes that this feature is so unpopular? IF not, they'll just keep adding it to every new unit from now on! - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MD: circuit city site
I got this nice reply re that circuit city web page: Dear Mr. Gray, It ?s always a pleasure hear from one of our customers, but when we can learn ways to improve our web site in the process we always feel we've gotten the better end of the bargain. As a result of your note to us, we have made changes to the article on MiniDisc that we hope you will feel addresses to issues you raised. Among other changes, the updated article makes fewer comparisons between MiniDisc and CD and more comparisons to cassette tapes. This new article should be available on our site in just a few days. When you see the revised section of our web site, please feel free to let me know how you feel about the changes we made. Again, thank you for helping us make CircuitCity.com even better. Sincerely, Doug Hess Web Content Project Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MD: circuit city
I sent my own reply to Circuit City regarding their website: To: George Barr Re: MiniDisc This is not to start or perpetuate a feud on the Minidisc issue, but only to point out that what was objectionable about your web statement about the MiniDisc is that you are comparing it to the CD, rather than to the cassette, which it was intended to replace. If you were to say "it sounds better than the cassette, and almost as good as the original CD," then no one would really complain. It's the wrongful comparison that misleads the buyer, by putting it in the wrong context. I would rather have a CD than a MiniDisc copy, but oftentimes the MD copy sounds good enough to keep, and I would ALWAYS rather have an MD copy than a cassette copy of something. That's the point you seem to miss. Thanks for your time on this. Jim Gray - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MD: toslink v. coax
Thanks, everyone, who answered my query about toslink v. coax; I figured it was BS. The info came from a book by Robert Harley, who I'm told is "controversial" among audiophiles. I'm not an audiophile yet, but hope one day to have the bux to do so. But no matter how rich I ever get, I plan not to be stupid enough to spend Eight Thousand Dollars on speaker cables; that really takes the cake!! - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MD: CDs with graphics
About 10 or so years ago some CDs on the market had graphics included, but you needed a special player to see them; it was usually lyrics and maybe some artwork. Does anyone know of a Windows CD player program that would display those graphics? I still have the Hendrix Smash Hits and I think it was Van Dyke Parks' Tokyo Rose but have never seen the graphics on them. - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MD: coax v. toslink
Can someone please explain to me how there could possibly be any difference between digital transmission by coaxial versus TosLink? I would assume that the exact same data is transferred, and that error correction would insure that no data is lost, and yet I read in this high-end stereophile book a statement that toslink gives inferior bass and imaging, or some such. Is this for real? - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MD: Boosting digital input
This may be a silly question, but I hate to assume; when I digitally copied a CD, I found it was recorded at a very low volume, so I kept boosting the input volume on the MD recorder until it was still undistorted, and recorded a much louder MD from the CD. I would imagine that there will be no difference in noise (such as the original tape hiss that recorded along with the music on the original CD), that everything would be boosted equally, but does anyone know differently about this? Thanks! - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MD: Sharp and Sony
I use a Sony 520 deck and a Sharp 722 portable, and everything recorded on one plays perfectly on the other, including mono recordings. I've been very happy with both units. I recently got the little Aiwa bookshelf unit (XDM110? not sure of the number) and it came with a free portable player, those have worked fine as well. Of course, I hate any unit that has only a digital in but no digital out, like that Aiwa and the Sony CD to MD dubbing deck, what a stupid idea, having no digital out or keyboard input! - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MD: Sony 520
My 520 has worked great, flawlessly for over a year now. A couple of Memoriex discs have been troublesome, but on all 3 of my recorders, not just the 520. - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MD: Sony
I would tend to doubt that anyone at Sony bothers to look at this digest, else someone would've spoke up by now... we still do not know ,to this day, whether Sony knows how much most of us hate and despise End Search, and probably don't know or care that they really blew it when they didn't put a keyboard jack on their deck that copies CDs at 4X speed. It would be so nice to be able to get a message to someone at Sony who knows and cares, but that's assuming such a person even exists. Any Sony lurkers, please speak up now! - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MD: and another thing...
Forgot to mention that a product called D-Solvit is good for getting labels off, it's orange scented and comes in very small or large plastic bottles, if it's still on the market... I guess I'm gonna have to try that timer thing, so can we assume that when you press "timer' on your Sony deck, it puts into an Eprom (or whatever) a command to start recording when power comes back on? Why couldn't they just explain this in the manual? I was under the impression that you needed some sort of Sony electronic timer that actually controls the deck somehow! - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MD: Timer
What type of timer works with these Sony decks? Is it a special model you buy from Sony? Surely it's not a kitchen timer that cuts the power on, since the deck has to be powered the whole time it's on standby. What model, make, price, where does one get a timer as described? On another topic, I love the new Sony deck that copies a CD at 4X speed, but why the hell didn't Sony put a keyboard socket in that model? That's the only thing that keeps it from being absolutely perfect I guess I'm just going to wait another year or 2 for that to happen on the next upgrade... - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MD: dropouts
I've found problems with Memorex blanks on several occasions, in 2 different recorders; the problem is that the disc 'hangs' up and won't record or play past a certain point. Sometimes it will record all the way thru, but on playback it stops at a certain point and the timing display flashes the second before and after repeatedly, other times it just stops recording at a spot and leaves the rest of the disc blank. This happened on a Sony JE520 and a little Aiwa bookshelf model. It hasn't happened yet on my Sharp 722, but it's always a Memorex blank that does it. - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MD: tricks
re the 930 editing trick, I've sometimes added a dummy track (a few seconds of silence or noise) at the end just so that I could go backwards into the previous track, rather than take forever to go forward. after finishing, delete the dummy track. it's fun, working out these little tricks, once you get used to the digital editing conventions... - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MD: friendly advice
If you're going to post this on every single message: "A book judged by it's cover makes for a very shallow read." you might want to get rid of the apostrophe, it's "its" not "it's" don't get offended, just trying to save you some embarrassment - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MD: end search
I'm trying not to get caught up in this ES debate again, but I'm beginning to realize that some people, who bought Sonys and then had to get used to a stupid, useless, destructive feature WOULD RATHER DIE than admit that they got something inherently stupid, and will strain their brains trying to rationalize something that is completely indefensible!! I promise you, that if a word processor such as Word or Wordperfect forced you to save every file to a blank space, and didn't even ask you if you wanted to preserve your previous data, we would all go nuts, but you would find a few people who would find some way to rationalize just how much "better" that is, that it somehow gives the end user "more control" or some such nonsense, and would do anything not to admit that a product whose DEFAULT is to DESTROY DATA is sheer idiocy!!! In fact, they would accuse the rest of us of being stupid for not remembering each and every time to search our hard drives for a blank area!! But, you would absolutely find a few such people willing to debate that viewpoint! - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MD: analog
Hey, I don't hate analog just because I love digital and MDs! I recently dug out an old Dolby B cassette of a gig I played with some guys in our surf band 21 years ago, and it made a nice copy on MD. It's a relief knowing that the MD will probably long outlive the original cassette, being an optical medium that won't accidently erase like a tape, and having the exact timing and titling is a bonus. It's the one thing that makes me prefer MD to DAT, having instant access to a track and not worrying about that fragile tape crinkling up or getting erased or fading out. I don't hate analog, I just prefer to back it up on digital and on a more permanent medium, the MD. - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MD: decibels
I seem to recall from a physics class that when you double the sound volume, it's an increase of 3 dBs. - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MD: We Sharp fools
Yeah, to the guy who called us "fools," I'll gladly switch when Sony gets rid of that fookin' End Search crap! You really know how to win friends and influence people! - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MD: sony
Yeah, I too just got my 3 sony discs, for which i sent in the coupon last december! - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MD: memorex
OK, this is totally unscientific, but I've had the odd problem where I can record on my Sony 520 deck, and it plays back perfectly on my Sharp 722, but doesn't play back on the 520 (where it was originally recorded) without skips and glitches. This has happened at least twice, and only on memorex discs. Again, totally unscientific, but it's disappointing that I'm beginning to lose the complete faith I had in recording on MDs. Now I worry that I have to play back every recording to make sure it's OK before giving up the source disc. - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MD: marketing
I wonder why the merchants are so far behind in marketing current models? At Best Buy, I finally saw the Sony 330, a big improvement over the 320, but I've had my Sharp 722 for months, and some have had 821s for a long time, and yet they just keep pushing the 702 in all the stores! And I have no idea where I could buy a 530 or a 930 at a good price, as no local merchant carries them! I thought the USA was much more on the ball with distribution! - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MD: and another thing...
I finally got that Sony 907 microphone that everyone's recommending, and I find that just like the cheap ones I was using, it puts a weak, low-volume signal into the recorder, so that I have to talk LOUDLY into it or very close up to get any volume. Are they all like that? - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MD: equipment failure
just lately, my Sony 520 has been faltering on a couple of tracks; I don't know if it's in the record or playback process where the error begins, but a track now and then will hesitate, the second-counter stalls, and it plays with blank spaces intermittent. I thought it was my Sharp 722, but it's the Sony deck. Both times it happend on Memorex blanks, but I don't know that that explains it. When I rerecord the songs on the same disc, then delete the bad track, it works OK, but this means I now have to listen to every MD I make before letting go of the CD I copied. I no longer feel I can trust the deck to make a reliable recording. - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MD: 722 error
for the first time, my Sharp 722 made an error: I was copying an MD via Toslink, and near the end of the 68 minute album, the final track began to break up into intermittent skips of silence for several seconds, then more of the song, then more silence, back and forth. The 722 hasn't been roughly handled at all, and it only recently fell off the edge of a bed about 2 feet or less onto thick carpet, so I don't think it was damaged, but my question is: does this sort of thing just happen once in a while with digital recording, or is it the unmistakeable sign of damage and failure? - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MD: analog v. digital
I greatly enjoyed Kade Hansson's account here: For years, devoted audiophiles have been complaining that CDs are too "sharp" sounding and do not present the "warmth" of vinyl records. I personally find this ridiculous- vinyl is clearly a distorted impression of the sound- and it is my belief that a vinyl record, suitably filtered, and recorded onto a CD (or MD), would exhibit no difference to a listener accustomed to this warmth. i.e. The effect is probably a desirably familar distortion, not an advantage of analogue sounds over digital sounds. I've always wanted to hear an informed opinion on that issue, and I loved it! In case David Janssen (sp?) doesn't post here any more, it needs to be announced that Prospec will no longer sell its SCMS-stripper after October 1, and has already stopped manufacturing them. Something's up in Japan, whatever it is, that has caused them to be banned. If you want one, either go ahead and order or look into the other models that have been mentioned here. - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MD: CD graphics
Regarding this topic: The CD+Graphics specification mainly evolved in a few multi-purpose interactive-CD players such as the Commodore CDTV (an earlier attempt to house a computer - an Amiga 500 with CD-ROM drive - in a living-room-friendly box) and the Philips CD-I machines as well as a handful of JVC players pitched at karaoke use. Also the CD+Graphics format ended up mainly being used as a medium for karaoke applications -- a disc equipped with a backing track and some real-time lyrics. Does any windows CD player program display these graphics? I have a couple of old CDs with those graphics, and I've never actually seen the graphics! I'd like to if I can do it thru windows software... - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MD: coupla things
60 min discs always cost more, for no apparent reason other than maybe scarcity. is there any advantage to a 60 over a 74? are the tracks spread out wider for less errors, or are they just crippled 74s? why would they exist? damark (at damark.com) has a Sharp portable for sale for $199 in their latest catalog, it looks nice. If I didn't already have a 722, I'd probably buy it. Has anyone here used the Sharp MD-MT15? (Or is it an old model with earlier ATRAC?) Just in case anyone is interested... - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
