MD: $129 MD Portable Arrives at Best Buy !

1999-09-06 Thread Daryl O.
An Audiophase MDP1 portable minidisc player priced at $129.99 has arrived at Best Buy stores in the United States, marking the first entry by a bargain brand into the 7-year U.S. minidisc portable market. The cheap player is packaged in a blister-pack, the transparent hard plastic casing that

Re: MD: English MZ-R90 announcement

1999-09-06 Thread Simon Gardner
Looking at the MZ-R90 in black, I think Sony's just created a new classic. Rick Look at it this way: it's converted a Rio-owning friend of mine :) He was going to buy one of the next-gen mp3 players (next Rio, jaz Piper, etc), but he's waiting for an R90 now instead. I might well wait and

RE: MD: Japan Direct ???

1999-09-06 Thread LaPedis, Ron
I sent an inquiry for a Sharp MD and got a 'how to order' answer within a day. However, when I asked what kind of battery it took (twice!) I never got an answer. I gather you will get your unit ASAP, but may not get any support if you need help. Ron LaPedis Compaq Professional Services

MD: New Sharp 722 wanted in Canada

1999-09-06 Thread Rick Pali
I posted this in alt.audio.minidisc with no results so let's see what happens here. -Original Message- I ordered a Sharp 722 from a local retailer and am getting a serious run-around. I'm told that the Sharp distributor informed them that the unit hasn't even arrived in Canada yet and

MD: Y2K compliance

1999-09-06 Thread J. Coon
I recieved this message from a friend. It is a simple precaution that can be taken. I don't know if it will help anything, but it can't hurt anything either. Subject: Y2K compliance You may think your PC is "Y2K" compliant, and some little tests may have actually affirmed that your

Re: MD: p.s. Sony MZ-R90 announcement

1999-09-06 Thread Takeshi Sasaki
Rick: p.s. the other thing I noticed is that Sony uses the phrase "World's ...-est" twenty (20) times in their announcement. That's got to be some kind of world's record in it's own right, hasn't it? They don't seem to mention it in the announcement though ... It's just because Sharp used

MD: OT: Re: Y2K compliance

1999-09-06 Thread Alexander Dietrich
Hi, I recieved this message from a friend. It is a simple precaution that can be taken. I don't know if it will help anything, but it can't hurt anything either. Oh yes it can. It's a so called "thought virus" that eats up your and other people's time and computer resources(= money) just

RE: MD: Airborne MiniDisc's?

1999-09-06 Thread Morgan
The flying MD list is up: http://hem.passagen.se/end/md/md.html Regards /Morgan - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: MD: OT: Re: Y2K compliance

1999-09-06 Thread Paul Kaufman
I believe that the word 'Meme' is used to describe a 'thought virus'. Yours pedantically Paul Kaufman -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Simon Barnes Sent: 06 September 1999 12:55 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: MD: OT: Re: Y2K

Re: MD: $129 MD Portable Arrives at Best Buy !

1999-09-06 Thread KVE
I saw that thing on sale for $99 at Best Buy in Holyoke Mall, MA. Looks neat. Somewhat reminds me of MZ-e33. The one they had was blue and there were only 2 of them left. They were only in glass case. The picture could be seen here: http://www.bestbuy.com/weeklyad/portaudio/images/BmdpAdp.gif

MD: MD at 800.com

1999-09-06 Thread KVE
http://www.800.com has a Fisher PHMD100 CD/MD/Tape/AM/FM boombox for $199.93. It looks neat: http://www.800.com/prod.asp?T=249C=249S=PHMD100. http://www.fisherav.com/productpages/PH-MD100.html Anyone has one? Is it worth it? Does it sound good ? The shipping within the US is free from 800.com.

Re: MD: R90 and end search

1999-09-06 Thread J. Coon
Brian wrote: unfortunately the END SEARCH button is still there on the bottom right of the 6 button layout. How does that folk song go? "When will they ever learn? When will they ever .. learn?" -- Jim Coon Not just another pretty mandolin picker mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] If Gibson made

Re: MD: MD at 800.com

1999-09-06 Thread J. Coon
Is there a line input or a mike input for the MD recorder? KVE wrote: http://www.800.com has a Fisher PHMD100 CD/MD/Tape/AM/FM boombox for $199.93. It looks neat: http://www.800.com/prod.asp?T=249C=249S=PHMD100. http://www.fisherav.com/productpages/PH-MD100.html Anyone has one? Is it

Re: MD: R90 and end search

1999-09-06 Thread J. Coon
If you don't have a Sony, don't worry about it. If you have a Sony, you will kick yourself and cuss Sony out, everytime you mess up a good recording because of it. They still think they are dealing with a tape recorder, the fools. Basically if you record something on a previously recorded

MD: Digital Recording: why is volume low?

1999-09-06 Thread Brian Andrews
Hi, I'm new to MD and to this list so I hope this is not a FAQ... I have had 2 recording sessions with my Sharp 702 portable MD recorder and my Sony bookshelf system. I am using the optical digital output on my bookself to record CDs to MD. The quality sounds great, but the volume of the MD

RE: MD: Audiophase MD Player On Sale for $99 at Best Buy

1999-09-06 Thread Daryl O.
What are: "planogrammed", "high-bay gondola", "grid"(Simon) Some trade expressions are difficult to define, and "high-bay gondola" is one of them. I'll try, though. A gondola, in a retail sense, refers to a store fixture that consists of a row of standing metal grids (on which product

RE: MD: R90 and end search

1999-09-06 Thread Kade Hansson
At 11:37 PM 9/6/99 -0400, RP wrote: Okay folks...someone's going to have to tell me about this 'end search' button. What's it do? It SEARCHES for the END. Cool, huh? :-) -- Archer http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/6413/ End. - To

MD: R50 youz better read this!

1999-09-06 Thread Peter Pan
yo! ma r50's optix is all fudged up after i dropped it-an i took it to service but tha s.o.bz told me its 200 dolla to replace the optical block! So i sayd to them WHAT ! too honded dolla! you krezy!! Sheist!! FUDGE YOU!! (no actually i said too much...)Whata B*tch! so , im wondering if any

MD: R50 youz better read this!

1999-09-06 Thread Peter Pan
yo! ma r50's optix is all fudged up after i dropped it-an i took it to service but tha s.o.bz told me its 200 dolla to replace the optical block! So i sayd to them WHAT ! too honded dolla! you krezy!! Sheist!! FUDGE YOU!! (no actually i said too much...)Whata B*tch! so , im wondering if any

RE: MD: R90 and end search

1999-09-06 Thread Jeffrey D. Scorsone
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Yeah, I like end search Personally I think its a great feature For those who haven't used a player with it (ie Sony) Those players treat MD just like it was an audio tape in that where ever you leave off, is where you pick back up, playing or

RE: MD: R50 youz better read this!

1999-09-06 Thread Rick Pali
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 From: Jeffrey D. Scorsone (I don't remember "fudge" being a verb last time I looked in a dictionary) - From my newest Oxford Canadian: v. 1 tr. put together in a makeshift or dishonest way; fake (fudged the budget figures). 2 tr. deal with

Re: MD: R50 youz better read this!

1999-09-06 Thread Mike Ward
From: "Jeffrey D. Scorsone" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Well, I've dropped my R-50 a few times, without any problems (well besides my heart stopping). I think your post just helps sell extra warranties when purchasing portable equipment. I just checked, and I actually did buy an extended