MD: Isn't this weird?

1999-10-14 Thread Sciamano Nerazzurro
Hello all, I've bought ten BASF Maxima MDs. I inserted one into my R55, and it won't recognize it as a blank disc. You can hear the mechanism making the MD spin, but it never stops, and no "blankdisc" will ever show on the display. I've tried all ten, and they all show the same symptoms. Then, an

Re: MD: Found a CD that cannot be digitally recorded on MD

1999-10-14 Thread Andrew Hobgood
> | No, the LSB gets dropped and you still end up with a signal that will not > | overflow the register. All that happens is you lose the extra 1 bit > | resolution from the LSB end. > > And this is significantly different from "clipping" in what way? Loss of > data is loss of data, no matter h

Re: MD: Analog recording levels for vinyl?

1999-10-14 Thread Kenneth
Sorry I couldn't ask the phone. I tried to call you in the day time, but I can't find you. Will you go back to your room in the afternoon after your class? -ken- - To stop

MD: Internet and international car audio dealers

1999-10-14 Thread Tony Antoniou
I know this is kinda off-topic but I'm after a set of JBL 508GTi speakers which appear to no longer exist here in Australia (and I need the 200W RMS power handling these splits have!!). Anyone know of good (and cheap) internet/international dealers? Adios, LarZ --- TAMA - The Stron

Re: MD: Sound Professionals?

1999-10-14 Thread J. Coon
They are good people to work with. There have been many good comments about the company and the guy that runs it gives good advice. Tim wrote: > > Has anyone done business with them? I am looking at making a purchase > from them and I just looking for any good remarks! > > Thanks > > -- >

MD: Sound Professionals?

1999-10-14 Thread Tim
Has anyone done business with them? I am looking at making a purchase from them and I just looking for any good remarks! Thanks -- Tim Do You Trade Mini Disc's? See My Collection at Tim's MD Trading Site http://www.concordnc.com/kissfan/ -

RE: MD: Case Logic 24 MD wallet

1999-10-14 Thread Aston
I know this is old, but I thought I might as well mention it... I was at the London Drugs on No. 3 Rd in Richmond, British Columbia the other day, and they had half a dozen Case Logic 24 MD wallets there for CAD$25 each. I love it... I finally have a place to store my MDs =). Anyhoo, if you're

MD: Charging 1400mAh Ni-MH "gum pack" Batteries?

1999-10-14 Thread Tom Chmielinski
I am an owner of older Sony portables and have several 1200 mAh batteries (NH-9WM). I live in the US and have been charging them with the supplied Japanese 100V charger which has been working fine. My question is, can I get a full capacity charge if I put a 1400mAh battery in this charger? Wil

Re: MD: Found a CD that cannot be digitally recorded on MD

1999-10-14 Thread Magic
Stainless Steel Rat wrote: > * Magic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Thu, 14 Oct 1999 > | No, the LSB gets dropped and you still end up with a signal that will not > | overflow the register. All that happens is you lose the extra 1 bit > | resolution from the LSB end. > > And this is significantly diffe

Re: MD: Found a CD that cannot be digitally recorded on MD

1999-10-14 Thread Stainless Steel Rat
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 * Magic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Thu, 14 Oct 1999 | No, the LSB gets dropped and you still end up with a signal that will not | overflow the register. All that happens is you lose the extra 1 bit | resolution from the LSB end. And this is significant

Re: MD: Soundblaster Live! 1024 Player anyone ?

1999-10-14 Thread Magic
Case wrote: > Creative makes an add on card that has both optical in and out (TOSLINK) > it's about $50 and it works with both live and live value.. Yes, but the SBLive! sound system isn't that great because to get 0dB from the output you have to overdrive the mixer which results in distortion.

Re: MD: Found a CD that cannot be digitally recorded on MD

1999-10-14 Thread Magic
Stainless Steel Rat wrote: > Exactly. If you stuff a 17-bit number into a 24-bit register, there is no > problem. But if you then take that 17-bit number and stuff it into a > 16-bit register, you will overflow the register. No, the LSB gets dropped and you still end up with a signal that wil

Re: MD: Soundblaster Live! 1024 Player anyone ?

1999-10-14 Thread Magic
Alexander Dietrich wrote: > All I need is one > optical input to record from minidisc, no coax, no midi, no > XLR and I think consumer boards are sufficient for that. I was > just asking around here because I believe there are other MD > users who like cost efficient solutions. If you prefer stu

MD: Panasonic Noise-Canceling Head Phones

1999-10-14 Thread Gen8798
Does anyone have Panasonic noise-canceling headphones RP-HC100? Are they any good? Are they worth $80? Thanks. - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: MD: Soundblaster Live! 1024 Player anyone ?

1999-10-14 Thread Case
=== = NB: Over 50% of this message is QUOTED, please = = be more selective when quoting text = === Creative makes an add on card that has both opt

Re: MD: 722 or MT15 ?

1999-10-14 Thread Peter Wood
Hya, >Shopping.com has SHARP 722 for $250 - $50 rebate, and MT-15S for $170. Which >one should I get (I am suspicious of only 10 seconds of shock protction in >MT-15S). Hehe, I had exactly the same dilemma when I was getting a replacement for my 701. In the end I decided on the 722. Why? *

Re: MD: Found a CD that cannot be digitally recorded on MD

1999-10-14 Thread Stainless Steel Rat
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 * Magic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Thu, 14 Oct 1999 | The peak amplitude is 0dB. "Infinity" -0dB. | There is no possibility of you ever going over 0dB because that would be | a clipped signal already. If "infinity" on unit A is higher than "infinity"

MD: Alpine Car MD Units

1999-10-14 Thread BRBman
Howdy! Has anyone on the list had any experience with the Alpine MD dash units. I am thinking about either the MDA-W750 or the MDA-W890. Any info is appreciated. Thanks Brian R. Beyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To stop getting this li

MD: recording from vinyl...

1999-10-14 Thread Timothy P. Stockman
I have been doing this a lot lately using a Technics SP10 turntable, SME III arm, Shure V15-V cartridge, PS Audio IV preamp... I don't even try to get auto- track-marking to work... I do a manual fade-out at the end of each track using the analog level control on the PS Audio preamp, then I go b

Re: MD: Sony RM-D11P

1999-10-14 Thread Hynek Syrovatka
>>Recently launch in Australia is a Sony remote control RM-D11P which when use >>with the 510 series component system make short work of all titling and most e >>diting to be done on a mini disc remotely >> >>The current cost is around AUD$149 ish (AUD$1=US$0.65) so it isn't the cheape >>st so

Re: MD: Soundblaster Live! 1024 Player anyone ?

1999-10-14 Thread Alexander Dietrich
> Yes it would, although if digital input is so critical to you because you demand > that much sound quality, I would advise you to stop fussing with "cheap 'n' > cheerful" cards and go for a professional grade sound card. No, way too expensive and they usually have more connectivity than I need

RE: MD: 722 or MT15 ?

1999-10-14 Thread Jeff Carvalho
i like the 722.i think minidisco.com has it for even lower than that. jeffc -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, October 14, 1999 10:56 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: MD: 722 or MT15 ? Shopping.com has SHARP 722 for $250 - $50 r

Re: MD: Found a CD that cannot be digitally recorded on MD

1999-10-14 Thread Magic
Stainless Steel Rat wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > * Magic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Wed, 13 Oct 1999 > | You can't have a digital source that loud because the absolute highest > | amplitude you can store is 0dB. > > My understanding of it is that "0dB" is actually "i

Re: MD: Soundblaster Live! 1024 Player anyone ?

1999-10-14 Thread Magic
Alexander Dietrich wrote: > > Output is 48kHz only, as with all Creative digital-output sound cards. Your > > MD has a sample rate converter though so don't worry. > > Yeah, but that still means another loss in quality. It's > probably not much, but if you take it to the extreme, > Analog -> Wav

MD: 722 or MT15 ?

1999-10-14 Thread Gen8798
Shopping.com has SHARP 722 for $250 - $50 rebate, and MT-15S for $170. Which one should I get (I am suspicious of only 10 seconds of shock protction in MT-15S). - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word

Re: MD: Sound Cards

1999-10-14 Thread Simon Gardner
>Just thought those of you in the UK might be interested to learn >that Novatech are selling off all their Videologic Sonic Strom Pro sound >cards at £25 inc. VAT. This is not the card with the Aureal sound >system, but it does have quite a good analogue system and comes with >optical S/PDIF

Re: MD: Q about inexp. discs

1999-10-14 Thread kip martin
hi quick question--and i couldnt find a current answer in the archives: i bought a bunch of those cheap discs at circuit city and im happy with them. my question is this--where can i get individual sleeves/jewel boxes for them? they come in plastic containers of 5 (but hold 6 quite well). i gu

Re: MD: Connecting Minidisc to PC

1999-10-14 Thread Yann LEZY
=== = NB: Over 50% of this message is QUOTED, please = = be more selective when quoting text = === Hi, As far as I know, it works only for some

RE: MD: md-l-digest V2 #373

1999-10-14 Thread hassen . hammoud
I purchased the Audiophase MD player from Best Buy a few weeks ago and I think it's awesome! Keep in mind that this is not one of the high-end units and that I wouldn't recommend it if you could only purchase once piece of MD equipment. The unit is an attractive blue clam-shell case with black

MD: Connecting Minidisc to PC

1999-10-14 Thread Max
Hi there, I have a Sony MZ-R55. I'd like to connect it to my PC to record CDs onto minidisc, download MP3s, and edit my tracklist. I know Sony sell a cable which apparently comes with software. Does anybody know where I can find into on doing this? Obviously I'm after a digital connection. Any

Re: MD: Analog recording levels for vinyl?

1999-10-14 Thread J. Coon
Eric Woudenberg wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm finally digitizing some vinyl favorites of mine (i.e. recording > LPs to MD) and I'm puzzling over the recording levels. If I set them > high enough to peak just under 0dB, the LP surface noise (which seems > to be about 50dB down) keeps the LEVEL SYNC fun

RE: MD: Recording compilations with a high degree of control

1999-10-14 Thread Simon Mackay
Hi everyone! If I buy a CD-MD combo deck or bookshelf system, what "easy-record" functions should I look out for when choosing such systems. The kind of custom-built compilation work that I would do would be done off different CD albums, including career-summary albums (the so-called "Best of" o

Re: MD: very cheap blank MDs at Circuit City

1999-10-14 Thread Tracy Doyle
I stopped by Circuit City on the way home yesterday and they had the colored Memorex MDs, 20 for $29.99!! I think $1.50 is an awesome price for blanks!! They had 3 packs left and they were kind of "tucked" away on a bottom shelf, but well worth the hunt. If you are looking for some low pr