First...thank you once again to those of you who
responded to me, both on-line and off.
I wanted to let you know that I have made another
recording, and the results were much better this time.
For this recording, I made analogue recordings of
CDs, played back on my JVC CD player (no digital
output on this one - too old), through my receiver (an
old Vector Research receiver/tuner that has to be at
least 15 years old). I recorded four Elvis Costello
songs, two Jethro Tull songs (for the acoustic guitar
mailnly, two movements of a guitar concerto, two songs
from an Art Blakey CD recorded in the early '60s, and
one movement of a sonata for oboe and organ. I was
unable to record anything from the cassette which I
originally tried to record - but I will as soon as
time permits.
I listened to the resulting recordings through
headphones and through the aux input in my car's
in-dash CD player. As I said, the recordings sound
pretty good. There seems to be more resonance on the
guitars (both Ian Anderson's acoustic, and John
Williams' nylon string guitar) than on the first
recording I made. I have not, however, had the chance
to do a comparison between the MD and the original CD
(remembering, of course, that his was an analogue
recording); but I will. I also hope to repeat this in
a digital mode, once I get the chance.
I did have a chance to do a MD to CD comparison on the
Elvis Costello and Art Blakey recordings. In both
cases, the only difference was in the sound of the
cymbals. Especially, on the Blakey recording, the
overtones on the ride cymbal began to sound a little
like white noise. I went back and listened to the
CD...and they weren't all that great on the CD...but
definitely a slight degradation on the MD side. Also
the crash cymbals had slightly less resonance to them
(myabe I'm too picky...I am a drummer). To the credit
of the MD, the attack of the stick on the ride cymbal
was still discernable.
My initial reaction: I am quite pleased. I plan to do
a CD to MD check of the guitar concerto and of the
Organ sounds. I will also do one more test
(digitally, if possible) of some different music.
Now to readdress another question that I have re: the
Sharp MT-15. I bought two cables: one a miniplug to
miniplug to connect the MD to my car's CD player; the
other a digital optical to miniplug. Neither seems to
work with the MT-15. On the mini to mini, the plug
seems to fit fine in the headphone out (no separate
line out); but no signal is sent to the CD player.
The CD display changes to show that it recognizes the
miniplug at its end. When I switch to an old, very
thin miniplug cable, it plays OK (although with some
hiss). When I tried the digital cable from a DAT
machine to the MD's input jack (a single input for
analogue and optical), I received an error message
that indicated a bad connection.
My question: I thought these things were standard. Do
I have to go someplace special to get plugs that will
work with the MT-15? Any similar experiences?
Thanks again,
James
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