MD: KOSS The Plug

1999-11-01 Thread Gen8798
I bought KOSS "The Plug" earbuds today -- they are awful! They feel uncomfortable in ears; they are cheeply made (they look like they should cost $2, not $20), and they are just the worst headphones i've ever had. - To stop gett

Re: MD: MDS-JB930 divide and rehearsal bug

1999-11-01 Thread RWShepherd
>I just got the Sony MDS-JB930 . >If I'm trying to split a track, all is OK while going backwards to find >the >split point, but when I move the split point forward it goes mad! > >So to start with I hear the rehersal, then move the split point earlier >- >all fine, but when I try to move th

MD: new member & md4 owner

1999-11-01 Thread Daniel Miau
Hi all MD fans! another Aussie add to your list! I'm a bit of a musician, and i've just bought a 2nd hand mutli-track yamaha md4, and i think it's brilliant. but i noticed on the MD website, it was specified as ATRAC version 2. Is that correct? I thought it may have been higher, 3 or 3.5 perhap

MD: Big 3-D spinning MiniDisc Gear on Minidisco

1999-11-01 Thread Paul Budnitz
Hey y'all, We just put up a brand new gallery of big 3-D SPINNING IMAGES of MiniDisc gear on our site. You can control the spin of the images, and zoom in and out to get a better look. We've scanned the MD-MT831, Aiwa HX-55, and many others. Check out: http://www.minidisco.com/minipictures

Re: MD: Coptyright infringment.... oo-err! UK-ONLY

1999-11-01 Thread Stainless Steel Rat
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 * "Simon Gardner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Mon, 01 Nov 1999 | I thought that Phillips put a fairly large warning on their press ads, | reminding people that they needed the copyright owner's permission to record | with their CDR machines. Such as you

Re: MD: Coptyright infringment.... oo-err! UK-ONLY

1999-11-01 Thread Simon Gardner
> This is very true Simon, but I think it brings about an interesting point. > If a company advertises in such a way as to promote breaking this law, > doesn't this mean the company itself is advocating breech of copyright? This > is exactly what Phillips were doing with their adverts for CD-R, s

Re: MD: Coptyright infringment.... oo-err! UK-ONLY

1999-11-01 Thread Magic
From: Simon Gardner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, November 01, 1999 11:24 PM Subject: Re: MD: Coptyright infringment oo-err! UK-ONLY > Probably true - we're not covered by the AHRA over here, so the Berne > Convention applies - which basically states that you can

Re: MD: Coptyright infringment.... oo-err! UK-ONLY

1999-11-01 Thread Simon Gardner
> Michael Chissik has this to say in the article "Legal or not?" on page = > 95 : > > > Copying a CD into another format - whether to tape, MP3 or another CD - = > is an infringement of copyright under UK law, because it's reproducing = > the copyright protected work without the consent of the o

MD: MiniDisc Weekly News for 31 October 1999

1999-11-01 Thread MiniDisc Community Pages Weekly News
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 31 October 1999 o Marc Wielage kindly scans the [1]MZ-R90 user manual (pdf). Did you know track naming from CDs (aka ``Joint-Text'') requires a button push per track, during recording? [1] http://www.minidisc.org/sony_mzr90_user.pdf o Patrik H

MD: ADMIN: MDCP Daily & Weekly News

1999-11-01 Thread Nick_Perry
Dear all MD-L members Many of you will be aware that Rick Woudenberg's excellent MiniDisc Community Pages (http://www.minidisc.org/) has almost-daily news covering all aspects of the MiniDisc user, manufacturer and vendor community as well as details of updates to the site. We have now set up a

MD: Servired Leather MD Cases Review

1999-11-01 Thread Ian McFarlane
Hi again, Well, I just can't get a grip...had to keep writing reviews! Anyways, check out the story on the great Servired Leather MD cases at http://audio.erzone.net/accessories/servired.md.cases.shtml. Thanks again, Ian McFarlane / [EMAIL PROTECTED] / ICQ: 603920 electronics review zone: h

MD: tricks

1999-11-01 Thread Jim Gray
re the 930 editing trick, I've sometimes added a dummy track (a few seconds of silence or noise) at the end just so that I could go backwards into the previous track, rather than take forever to go forward. after finishing, delete the dummy track. it's fun, working out these little tricks, once

Re: MD: Survey

1999-11-01 Thread Jason Aspinall
- Original Message - From: PrinceGaz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, November 01, 1999 7:03 PM Subject: Re: MD: Survey > I don't know if the four or so of you who have replied to my survey > which wasn't (just a suggestion for one), but the message of this > st

RE: MD: Survey

1999-11-01 Thread Steve Riley
well, i have around 300 cd's, and so far 15 md's, most of which are blank. i really like the 80 minute prisms, they sound good to me. essentially what ill be using md for is making mix md's, both from winamp and its crossfader plug-in and directly from a mixer hooked into a set of turntab

MD: MDR-E888 availability, and popularity of MD

1999-11-01 Thread Grant Goodale
=== The original message was multipart MIME=== === All non-text parts (attachments) have been removed === A few notes from the US: * I took a trip to South Carolina over the last 4 days to participate in a wedding (not my own). While there, I stopped by the Sony Outlet st

MD: Coptyright infringment.... oo-err! UK-ONLY

1999-11-01 Thread Magic
=== The original message was multipart MIME=== === All non-text parts (attachments) have been removed === The current issue of Internet Magazine (pink one with the word "SEARCH" = on it) has something rather curious to say about recording music! Michael Chissik has this to say in

Re: MD: Survey

1999-11-01 Thread PrinceGaz
Hey guys, I don't know if the four or so of you who have replied to my survey which wasn't (just a suggestion for one), but the message of this statistically insignificant says "we don't buy pre-rec MDs" very clearly. Of course why would we if we could buy a CD and a blank MD more cheaply and j

Re: MD: Survey

1999-11-01 Thread Peter Wood
I own about 225 pre mastered CD's, 0 pre mastered MD's and 12 recordable MD's. I mainly use them for my own compilations, or the occasional library CD I want to evaluate. P. -- "We do not ask for money, only knowledge." -- Me. Peter Wood ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Visit my Sharp 7XX homepage (http://

MD: Survey Says

1999-11-01 Thread Wayne Loden
1. I have purchased 90-100 CD's during the last year. 2. I have never purchased a pre-recorded MD. 3. I would prefer the CD to an MD of any pre-recorded title. 4. None. For me, MD is a convenient format for quality portable recording. I only have a portable deck, and plan to transfer all the MD'

MD: Boston MD prices

1999-11-01 Thread John S. McLachlan
For those in the Boston area, the annual Hunt photo show is coming up. Media companies usually show up and sell all their media, not just photo stuff. The following vendors have published their show prices for this weekend already for 74 minute MDs: Maxell - 10 pack/$24.99 Sony - 8 pack/$

MD: Dixons / Mastercare

1999-11-01 Thread Keith Wilson
Just thought I'd let you lot know that I got my MD701 back today after a third attempt to repair the problem with the UTOC errors. The last time that I sent it back to get repaired, the buttons on the device failed to work. The reason THEY FORGOT TO PUT THE CONNECTOR BACK ON THAT CONTROL

MD: PC to MD interface projects

1999-11-01 Thread lars . soderman
John wrote: Can anyone comment on if/how the Thomas Meier solution could be adapted for the Sony MZ-R55? I'm writing. I've built an interface for my MZ-R50 to control it when recording MP3s from winamp via my Hoontech Digital NX with optical out. I control rec, paus, stop and trackmark func

Re: MD: Survey

1999-11-01 Thread Jason Aspinall
- Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, October 31, 1999 1:56 PM Subject: MD: Survey > I do not, outside of > acquaintances made on the net, almost all of them in Europe, Japan or > Australia, personally know anyone who has ever heard of Mini