RE: MD: best/favorite headphones?

1999-10-04 Thread Aston
Take a look at http://www.headwize.com/articles/hoff_art.htm ... loads of comments on earbuds and headphones, though most of the discussion focuses on Sony headphones. I'm considering a new pair myself... does anyone have any comments on how a stock Sharp headphone (came with my MT821) stacks up

MD: DC surges, a warning

1999-10-04 Thread J. Coon
Yesterday I cleaned the battery posts for my car. Took each one off and wire brushed inside the clamp and the battery post itself. I reconnected the battery and everything seemed ok. That is until I went to set the alarm. It doesn't work any more and it is getting power. Apparently, removing

Re: MD: Pure marketing hype from Sony

1999-10-04 Thread J. Coon
=== = NB: Over 50% of this message is QUOTED, please = = be more selective when quoting text = === Well, if you put enough energy in anything

Re: MD: Pure marketing hype from Sony

1999-10-04 Thread PrinceGaz
From: Magic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > "J. Coon" wrote: > > > Christopher Spalding wrote: > > > besides which who says we use our ears to detect these "inaudible" > > > frequencies, we can't hear a 5Hz tone, but we know when it's happening. > > I'll sit you in front of my bass tube and play a 5Hz

RE: MD: Sharp 831 Recharge

1999-10-04 Thread Aston
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Link :-7 Sent: October 4, 1999 10:28 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: MD: Sharp 831 Recharge >I'm using the Japan adapter in a US outlet, will this cause severe damage to >my unit... Everyone I spoke with

Re: MD: Pure marketing hype from Sony

1999-10-04 Thread Magic
"J. Coon" wrote: > It wasn't the 5Hz tone I was referring to. The original post mentioned > frequencies above 20Khz and used the 5Hz as an example. Anyone that has > seen any of the Starwars movies has felt the low freq rumble. If you play a high frequency sound loud enough you will feel it.

Re: MD: email privacy

1999-10-04 Thread Magic
Dan Frakes wrote: > You should still ask before you post to the list. It requires little > effort on your part, and shows consideration for the person on the other > end. Which is really what netiquette is all about :-) All this because somebody sent me an Email and forgot they'd already sent a

Re: MD: Pure marketing hype from Sony

1999-10-04 Thread J. Coon
It wasn't the 5Hz tone I was referring to. The original post mentioned frequencies above 20Khz and used the 5Hz as an example. Anyone that has seen any of the Starwars movies has felt the low freq rumble. Magic wrote: > > I'll sit you in front of my bass tube and play a 5Hz tone at you...

Re: MD: Pure marketing hype from Sony

1999-10-04 Thread Magic
"J. Coon" wrote: > Christopher Spalding wrote: > > besides which who says we use our ears to detect these "inaudible" > > frequencies, we can't hear a 5Hz tone, but we know when it's happening. > > > > Christopher Spalding > > Genius, generally excellent and gifted person. > > I'm starting to qu

MD: Microphones

1999-10-04 Thread Magic
Hi all, Can anybody recommend a nice mic for use with a Sony 930 MD? I plan to get two and run through a Berringer pre-amp. I'm not worried about the connections much (I would actually prefer 6.5mm jack to XLR because I have more equipment with jack sockets) but what I *do* want it to do is

Re: MD: VW Gold adaptor problem solved - thanks

1999-10-04 Thread J. Coon
I ain't Sony that is the problem, I have seen the cassette adapter sold separately from the power adapter. SO, it must be the store you bought it from doesn't want to stock both. Scott, Tony wrote: > > Dear All, > > To those of you who replied to my question, thanks. My friend followed the

RE: MD: Canada MD sites

1999-10-04 Thread Rick Pali
From: James Tisdale > I thought that I had seen someone talking about this > new totally Canadian MD site. What is the URL to this site? The URL is http://www.minidisc-canada.com/ It was advertised with much enthusiasm in alt.audio.minidisc about a month ago and it still hasn't opened. Rick.

MD: Canada MD sites

1999-10-04 Thread James Tisdale
I thought that I had seen someone talking about this new totally Canadian MD site. What is the URL to this site? James Tisdale - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: MD: best/favorite headphones?

1999-10-04 Thread Mike Blossom
Trace, I read on some website that the best headphones for a portable are the Grado SR60. Rather, they're the best that do not require an amplifier. Based on that advice, I bought some, and I love them. They sound fantastic with my portable, and give a nice, well defined bass. They sound

Re: MD: best/favorite headphones?

1999-10-04 Thread Dan Frakes
"Moran Bentzur" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>what does everybody this is the best sounding/best >>valued headphones? Both for a portable size and/or full-sized. > >portable: Koss ksc/35 >full-sized: Grado SR-60/80 These are great suggestions. There are better (in fact, *much* better) headphone

Re: MD: email privacy

1999-10-04 Thread Dan Frakes
Simon Barnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >There are reasons other than privacy for sending direct emails. For >instance, on this list, people are often told to keep an off-topic thread >(like this one :-( ) to themselves. I thought that if something in one of >these emails turned out to be of more

Re: MD: Sharp 831 Recharge

1999-10-04 Thread Moran Bentzur
Link wrote: > I'm using the Japan adapter in a US outlet, will this cause severe damage to > my unit... Everyone I spoke with says it isn't a big deal... > > I will try to keep better track next time of exact charging time and try to > totally kill the battery. I think both aren't very wise.

MD: Sharp 831 Recharge

1999-10-04 Thread Link :-7
Hi List, Just received my Sharp 831 from Minidisco. The battery life is really long even when pushing Grado SR-60s. My battery light was flashing yesterday after a long day in the computer lab. I would say that I might have been able to use the unit for another hour at most. I put the uni

Re: MD: References: <002601bf0e39$954a1c10$0200a8c0@pandora.be>

1999-10-04 Thread Ralph Smeets
SMEETS_Ralph/france_grenoble_gr@gnx003 wrote: > Hi, > > I've got the MDX-7900R. It's a great unit, except that the receiver is a > little bit weak... It could use some improvement! I mean the receiver. The MD and amplifier part sound perfect! Cheers, Ralph -> Those Pioneers/Kenwoods look a lit

Re: MD: email privacy

1999-10-04 Thread Stainless Steel Rat
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 * Simon Barnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Mon, 04 Oct 1999 | but if someone tried to sue me for | violating their copyright over an email quotation, Nit-pick: international copyright law does not allow for suit, only to order a cease and desist violati

Re: MD: VW Gold adaptor problem solved - thanks

1999-10-04 Thread Ze'ev Maor
- Original Message - From: Scott, Tony <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, October 04, 1999 5:02 PM Subject: MD: VW Gold adaptor problem solved - thanks > Sony shop would only sell him the adaptor with a power adaptor as well > (which he didn't need), but that's S

RE: MD: VW Gold adaptor problem solved - thanks

1999-10-04 Thread Tony Antoniou
The guy at the Sony shop must've been a pushy prick then because you can get the dummy tapes and power adaptors individually. There should not have been any reason for him to sell both unless he was out of stock of the individual tapes at the time. Adios, LarZ --- TAMA - The Strong

Re: MD: References: <002601bf0e39$954a1c10$0200a8c0@pandora.be>

1999-10-04 Thread Ralph Smeets
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi All, > > Thsi post might be slighty off topic, sorry. > I like the minidisc format a lot so in my new car I'd like a minidisc = > player. I was thinking about the Sony CDX-C880R or CDX-C7850R = > CD-Receiver and a Minidisc changer from sony MDX-65. Does anyone have

Re: MD: best/favorite headphones?

1999-10-04 Thread Moran Bentzur
> I am sorry if this topic has previously been discussed/"ran > -into-the-ground", but what does everybody this is the best sounding/best > valued headphones? Both for a portable size and/or full-sized. I > appreciate any suggestions. > thanks > -Trace portable: Koss ksc/35 full-sized: Grado S

Re: MD: best/favorite headphones?

1999-10-04 Thread Andrew Hobgood
> I am sorry if this topic has previously been discussed/"ran > -into-the-ground", but what does everybody this is the best sounding/best > valued headphones? Both for a portable size and/or full-sized. I > appreciate any suggestions. I've got a set of Sony MDR-V600's they're very, very

MD: VW Gold adaptor problem solved - thanks

1999-10-04 Thread Scott, Tony
Dear All, To those of you who replied to my question, thanks. My friend followed the advice to get a Sony cassette adaptor ... and it works fine. So the old no name adaptor has been retired. The only downside is that the man in the Sony shop would only sell him the adaptor with a power adapto

Re: MD: REC while disc change

1999-10-04 Thread KVE
> Date: Sat, 02 Oct 1999 19:38:43 -0400 > From: Eric Woudenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: MD: REC while disc change > > This feature first appeared in the MZ-R50 (Sony's first 40 second > shock memory recorder), and I assume they have left it in on the > MZ-R55 and MZ-R90. > > Rick --

Re: MD: Digital out on soundcard/CDROM

1999-10-04 Thread lpsweers
I carry the part you need. ___ Linus Peter Sweers Toslink Receivers and Transmitters at http://members.xoom.com/sweers/toslink/index.html ___ On Sun, 03 Oct 1999 20:38:33 +0200 "Julien Blaise (E-coli)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> w

Re: MD: email privacy

1999-10-04 Thread David W. Tamkin
Simon Barnes wrote, | ... if someone tried to sue me for violating their copyright over an email | quotation, I'd be forced to punch them. Forced or just very eager? Seriously, though, that's part of the point: nobody has sued as yet, as far as I've heard, largely because there's been no econ

MD: best/favorite headphones?

1999-10-04 Thread Tracy Doyle
I am sorry if this topic has previously been discussed/"ran -into-the-ground", but what does everybody this is the best sounding/best valued headphones? Both for a portable size and/or full-sized. I appreciate any suggestions. thanks -Trace

RE: MD: References: <002601bf0e39$954a1c10$0200a8c0@pandora.be>

1999-10-04 Thread Tony Antoniou
You summed it all up for me dude. Sony don't make no crap indeed. That's why I'm the proud owner of a Sony MDX-C8900 and it's still treating me well after having it for just over a year, and hell yes, it gets a workout everytime. As for the car audio salesmen, it's rare to find salesmen who can

Re: MD: Pure marketing hype from Sony

1999-10-04 Thread J. Coon
Christopher Spalding wrote: > besides which who says we use our ears to detect these "inaudible" > frequencies, we can't hear a 5Hz tone, but we know when it's happening. > > Christopher Spalding > Genius, generally excellent and gifted person. I'm starting to question that a lot! -- Jim Coo

Re: MD: References: <002601bf0e39$954a1c10$0200a8c0@pandora.be>

1999-10-04 Thread J. Coon
First, never listen to what a salesman says. If you do, be sure to translate it. What he is saying is "more commission, more commission, more commission." If you think that in some off beat case he may have a point, (probably not) check out the specs on the two units and see what they say.

RE: MD: REC while disc change

1999-10-04 Thread Simon Barnes
Rick wrote: > Well, the feature in question is not quite "continuous record during > disc change", it's more "recording start before TOC read". In other > words, you can't record anything while you're taking the old disc out, > but you can start recording just about as soon as you put the new di

Re: MD: Digital out on soundcard/CDROM

1999-10-04 Thread Ze'ev Maor
- Original Message - From: Julien Blaise (E-coli) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Hi Everyone > I'm a newbie with MD, and I own a R55. > On my soundcard and my CDROM, I have a digital output (2 pins) > Perhaps it's a silly question, but I would like to know if there is a > way to convert the digi

RE: MD: email privacy

1999-10-04 Thread Simon Barnes
> Rick Pali wrote: > > The idea comes from the simple fact that there are two types of mail. > List/newsgroups and email. If I wanted to send you something that wasn't > confidential, I'd just respond to your list post. > > If I send you something via email, yours will be the only name in the '

RE: MD: email privacy

1999-10-04 Thread Simon Barnes
> David W. Tamkin wrote: > > Simon Barnes asked, > > | Where did this idea come from ? > > The idea came from the law. blah blah blah blah Berne Convention blah > blah > copyright is automatic blah blah. M'Lud [your honor] {paraphrased} > HeaVEEE! I'll freely admit to having a dysfunctional

RE: MD: email privacy

1999-10-04 Thread Simon Barnes
David (SB for short ? - that would give us the same initials), remind me, when IS your birthday ? simon - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: MD: Date: Mon, 4 Oct 1999 09:31:51 +0100

1999-10-04 Thread Le Beau Ben
I bought the Kenwood KMD 870R head unit and have been very pleased with it's performance. The tuner is excellent and I generally prefer the feel of Kenwood in-car stuff. It feels better made than the Sony stuff. I'd pay the extra and go for the Kenwood. Ben (Not biased at all) -Original Me

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1999-10-04 Thread Joeri Van Hoof
=== The original message was multipart MIME=== === All non-text parts (attachments) have been removed === Hi All, Thsi post might be slighty off topic, sorry. I like the minidisc format a lot so in my new car I'd like a minidisc = player. I was thinking about the Sony CDX-C880R or