Re: MD: AudioTron at Best Buy for Just $149
Personally, I want it to support Monkey's Audio. I may buy one anyway. -matt On Tue, Jul 10, 2001 at 05:39:35PM -0700, Bob wrote: > > >Best Buy has reduced the price of its Turtle Beach AudioTron digital music > receiver > > Alas, mention of Real Media support is conspicuously absent -- for better or > worse, a fair amount of internet content is still Real-only. > > __ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail > http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ > - > To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word > "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- matthew c. mead mmead (at at at) goof (dot dot dot) com (you know what to do to email me) http://www.goof.com/~mmead/ - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: Help with MD-Discam video transfer to PC
I remember reading somewhere about the time of this camera's announce that firewire offloading of video would not be supported. -matt On Tue, May 29, 2001 at 08:45:30AM -0700, Jacob Alifrangis wrote: > > I would check to see if the camera supports usb or firewire (iLink) > > Otherwise I would expect this to be another sony-shot-itself-in-the-foot > argument. -- matthew c. mead mmead (at at at) goof (dot dot dot) com (you know what to do to email me) http://www.goof.com/~mmead/ - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: April 1st approaching
With technology to -transpose- mp3, wma, and other compressed formats, to minimize loss of quality. -matt On Thu, Mar 08, 2001 at 12:24:23AM -0500, Dan Irwin wrote: > > > - Decent PC-MD link for portables (including USB 4x transfer...) > > That was what I've been thinking. Only if this is really going to > be anywhere as good as last year, simple 4x transfer and USB won't cut > it. How about a crossover between MD Audio and MD Data. An internal drive > that could record audio from mp3/wma/cd/wav/etc. at 16x. It could also > save data and therefore compete with both CD burners and/or Zip > drives. And let's not forget auto track marking and titling. > > Just a thought. Last year will be hard to beat. > > - > To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word > "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- matthew c. mead mmead (at at at) goof (dot dot dot) com (you know what to do to email me) http://www.goof.com/~mmead/ - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MD: Better Analog? (Was: Re: Digital Conversion)
On Sat, Mar 03, 2001 at 06:30:08PM +, Chad Gombosi wrote: > This is because of the fact despite what the "digital revolution" has > brainwashed us into thinking, sound, in general, is analogue, and there is > nothing you can do about it. The instruments you listen to, the singers > voice, the speakers you listen to them with, your ears, the air the sound > travels through, all function in an analouge nature. The only thing that is > digital is the CD/MD/DVD whatever,and that is only to stop degrading of the > signal, which is does on a way, while in another way it kind of destroys it. I'd really like to see our technology advances used to record in an analog medium. You would think we'd eventually stop trying to represent something analog with a digital approximation. Hopefully we'll see some of this in the future, but who knows. SACD is *sort of* like analog in that it samples durations, but it still uses a number to approximate a waveform. It's by far the digital recording method that can come closest to representing a square wave. If we applied our advances to recording to an analog medium with the permanent-ness of digital medium we could all be happy with the sound if not the bandwidth required to store it. I've been using MD for just shy of 3 years, and I'm actually finding myself considering stopping using it. I was keen on MP3 for a while, but I began to hear the compression artifacts all the time. I can't stand it, now. Lately I've been finding myself listening to CDs instead of MD (even in the car) because I perceive that I hear differences. MD's ability to do mix recordings will probably mean I don't give it up until there's a suitably convenient alternative that doesn't throw away data. I just hope my friends with tube amps and audiophile equipment don't get me buying vinyl. :) -matt -- matthew c. mead mmead (at at at) goof (dot dot dot) com (you know what to do to email me) http://www.goof.com/~mmead/ - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: clicks in recorded MP3s
On Wed, Jan 03, 2001 at 03:26:36PM -0500, matthew c. mead wrote: [ clicks in MP3->MD trouble snipped ] Thanks for everyone's responses. I bought a set of digital speakers last night (which I may return) and played some games with them turned on. I noticed some clicks/pops every once in a while when I was playing, so I think this is a computer issue. At any rate, I may try detuning the video card some to see if that helps. After a little research, there appear to be some issues with the SB Live!. I'm going to try to work through them separately. Thanks again. -matt -- matthew c. mead [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.goof.com/~mmead/ - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MD: clicks in recorded MP3s
Hopefully someone has some experience and can help me. I looked around, and it appears the Sharp MD-X5 has the same ATRAC version as the portable Sharp MD-MS722. I decided that it was probably ok to use the mini system to record MP3's with, and hooked it to the SPDIF output of my SB Live 5.1 X-Gamer. At any rate, mostly, things sound fine. However, every once in a while, I'll get a click in the recording. Re-recording the song can end up removing it in most cases, assuming a click doesn't show up elsewhere. I used to record with an analog connection to my MD-MS722, and mostly the digital recordings I'm now making sound better than the analog ones I used to, except for these clicks. The clicks are obviously not in the original MP3s, as they aren't output every time the MP3s are played. My guess is that the process of the soundcard sampling up the 44.1Khz source to 48Khz, and the MD-X5 downsampling the 48Khz to 44.1Khz for recording is from time to time introducing some little glitches/pops/clicks. Has anyone else noticed this phenomenon? If so, were you able to cure it in any way? Thanks! -matt -- matthew c. mead [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.goof.com/~mmead/ - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MD: noise-cancelling headphones
I'm going to Paris over thanksgiving week, and I plan on taking my Sharp 722 and some music. I'm curious if anyone has used the various brands of noise cancelling headphones. If so, which ones seem to work well, and which don't? Thanks! -matt -- matthew c. mead [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.goof.com/~mmead/ - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MD: MD-Port DG1 and Sharp 722 or JVC XU-301BK
I have a Sharp 722 and am looking for a solution that will allow me to record MP3 to either my Sharp 722 or JVC XU-301BK. I've looked at the DG1, but it specifically lists those as non-compatible units. Does anyone know what exactly is not compatible? Will I not get track marks or something? Is anyone successfully using either of these recorders with the MD-Port DG1? Thanks! -matt -- matthew c. mead [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.goof.com/~mmead/ - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: CD-DA
On Tue, Aug 22, 2000 at 12:31:33AM -0400, las wrote: > Either I misread something or the author wrote it incorrectly, but he stated > that an MD copy could never sound as good as the original CD. then he said > something to the effect, neither could an CD-DA?? > > Just what did he mean by that?? A CD-DA is a standard audio CD. Even a copy > created on a computer of the original should be just as good. You are not > dealing with compression here. Just transferring files. If the digital audio on a CD were stored digitally, you would be just transferring files. Rather, the CDDA is stored with an RF encoded carrier wave on the disc. In other words, it's stored in analog. Different transports will come up with slightly different sets of CDDA after reading it. -matt -- matthew c. mead [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.goof.com/~mmead/ - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MD: Sharp 722 stops autoplay
I remember a while back reading somewhere that someone's Sharp 722 stopped autoplaying discs when they were inserted. I discovered this morning that mine will only autoplay discs that have the write-protect slider in the write-protect position. -matt -- matthew c. mead [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.goof.com/~mmead/ - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: Aiwa AM-F70 blip at end of last track!?
On Tue, Dec 28, 1999 at 09:23:34PM -0500, matthew c. mead wrote: > On Tue, Dec 28, 1999 at 11:22:13PM -, Ian Horsey wrote: > > > I received an Aiwa AM-F70 for a christmas gift. Today I've > > > listened to a couple of MDs all the way through, and after the > > > last track on the disc, it seems to have a short, maybe 1/4 to > > > 1/2 second blip of sound, after the track is done. > > Most portable MD players / recorders tend to beep once the end of the > > recording has been reached - I know my Sharp does. > > It won't do anything to your recordings, and if it is bothering you, it > > might be possible to switch the beeps off. Again, I know this is possible > Actually, it's not a beep or tone, it's like the buffer still has > a bit of audio data in it, and plays it after the track has > ended. I've also confirmed this doesn't happen on my in-dash MD > receiver. > Thanks for the suggestion, though! Can anyone with this unit confirm the behavior? If returning it will correct the problem, I'd like to do so, if it won't, I'll just hang onto it. Otherwise I'm very happy with it, but I'd like to find out if this is common. Anyone else with an Aiwa AM-F70 care to check? Thanks! -matt -- matthew c. mead [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.goof.com/~mmead/ - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: Aiwa AM-F70 blip at end of last track!?
On Tue, Dec 28, 1999 at 11:22:13PM -, Ian Horsey wrote: > Hi Matt > > I received an Aiwa AM-F70 for a christmas gift. Today I've > > listened to a couple of MDs all the way through, and after the > > last track on the disc, it seems to have a short, maybe 1/4 to > > 1/2 second blip of sound, after the track is done. > Most portable MD players / recorders tend to beep once the end of the > recording has been reached - I know my Sharp does. > It won't do anything to your recordings, and if it is bothering you, it > might be possible to switch the beeps off. Again, I know this is possible > on the Sharp units. > All the best Actually, it's not a beep or tone, it's like the buffer still has a bit of audio data in it, and plays it after the track has ended. I've also confirmed this doesn't happen on my in-dash MD receiver. Thanks for the suggestion, though! -matt -- matthew c. mead [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.goof.com/~mmead/ - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MD: Aiwa AM-F70 blip at end of last track!?
I received an Aiwa AM-F70 for a christmas gift. Today I've listened to a couple of MDs all the way through, and after the last track on the disc, it seems to have a short, maybe 1/4 to 1/2 second blip of sound, after the track is done. I've never herad this on any of the MDs before. I recorded them all on a JVC XU-301BK, and it plays them back without that "blip" of sound. To confirm it was the Aiwa, however, I played back one MD that I made with the Aiwa, and it does the same thing. Pre-recorded MDs show the same symptom. Does anyone know if this is a known problem with using the playback function of this unit? Will this affect the recordings I make with it? Thanks in advance for any help or information! -matt -- matthew c. mead [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.goof.com/~mmead/ - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: Name Full!!!
On Wed, Dec 15, 1999 at 10:39:04AM +0100, Ralph Smeets wrote: > I must yet see the first NON HP calculator that can title a MiniDisc. > > Face it, HP calculators are just the best. And if you get used to RPN, > you don't want to go back!!! > > Cheers, > Ralph -> Titling his MDs with a HP48S! Hmm. I've got the JVC XU-301. I also happen to have an HP48SX laying around that I haven't used for a long time. Does it make titling easier? What software is out there to do this? -matt -- matthew c. mead [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.goof.com/~mmead/ - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: Aiwa AM-HX30 player for $99 at Netmarket
On Fri, Dec 10, 1999 at 08:42:14AM -0500, Eric Woudenberg wrote: > Thanks Alex, I'm forwarding your note to the MD mailing list. -Rick > > >Netmarket (http://www.netmarket.com) has the Aiwa Am-HX30 player > >for $99. It is a nice player, gumstick battery, 40sec anti-skip, > >backlight on remote, a little smaller then the Sony MZ-R55 recorder. When I checked today it's listed at $168.00 for members. What do I need to do to get the $99 price? This is a great deal if it can be had for $99! -matt -- matthew c. mead [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.goof.com/~mmead/ - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MD: JVC XM-R70
I'm considering purchasing this. It will be my first portable recorder. Does anyone know if you can manually set recording levels or if the only option for recording is automatic gain control? Thanks! -matt -- matthew c. mead [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.goof.com/~mmead/ - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
