Re: MD: Digital Copy Question...?

2000-02-22 Thread David W. Tamkin
| When I copy that MD to MD digitally (yeah, I have a Prospec stripper) do I | lose any sound quality? I mean digital is digital, so do I undergo another | ATRAC compression and lose the slightest bit of sound quality? Mark, There are no hard data, but there seems to be additional small loss

Re: MD: Stop press: The Cassette is back!

2000-02-22 Thread Stainless Steel Rat
* [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Tue, 22 Feb 2000 | Well, I'm not an MP3 fan but I have to admit it's kinda cute. | an mp3 player shaped like a cassate tape All the problems of MP3 combined with all the problems of compact cassette... didn't the DCC die? -- Rat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>\ Caution: Happ

Re: MD: Stop press: The Cassette is back!

2000-02-22 Thread jds
=== = NB: Over 50% of this message is QUOTED, please = = be more selective when quoting text = === Well, I'm not an MP3 fan but I have to admit it

Re: MD: My Diamond Rio Experience

2000-02-22 Thread LAS
=== The original message was multipart MIME=== === All non-text parts (attachments) have been removed === Edward Nigma wrote: > I agree with LAS in the sense that MD and Mp3's involve compression. > So do cd's for that matter. Cant wait to get my hands on SACD Technically t

Re: MD: Quality earphones

2000-02-22 Thread Stainless Steel Rat
* Richard Ian Träcy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Mon, 21 Feb 2000 | (1) What do you think of kind that go round the back of your head? Sony. Which means okay at best, but usually mediocre. | (2) What's the best wireless set for the price? (the less the better!) Don't bother. Get a Sennheiser 490

Re: MD: My Diamond Rio Experience

2000-02-22 Thread LAS
Hi. It all goes back to the moving parts problem. Solid state is immune from shock. With the prices of regular RAM going up, I don't see the price special memory (is it called static RAM?) dropping in the near future. Also, using a standard sized memory module, such as Flash cards or Smart me

Re: MD: My Diamond Rio Experience

2000-02-22 Thread LAS
> > > could shock memory be replaced with the ability to eliminate silence and > have a good transition between songs? Like those CD changers that take 5 to > 10 seconds to change disks, can you set them to record some in memory so by > the time the disk has to change, you could have gapless play

Re: MD: Quality earphones / Koss :)

2000-02-22 Thread Mitch P.
=== The original message was multipart MIME=== === All non-text parts (attachments) have been removed === I gotta tell you guys that I really like the Koss KSC-35. I went through many earbuds and headphones. When I got my hands on the Koss KSC-35, there was no competition. Smo

MD: Sony MDH-10 Data Minidisc Drive

2000-02-22 Thread Edward Foster
Here I am again asking if anyone has an MD data drive that they would like to sell for around $125. I also would like to know if anyone knows of any place to buy one (other than eBay). Thanks, eD - To stop getting this list send a

MD: Digital Copy Question...?

2000-02-22 Thread Link :-7
Hi List, I'm just wondering, if I copy from CD to MD, there is a compression of ATRAC. When I copy that MD to MD digitally (yeah, I have a Prospec stripper) do I lose any sound quality? I mean digital is digital, so do I undergo another ATRAC compression and lose the slightest bit of sound

Re: MD: My Diamond Rio Experience

2000-02-22 Thread Edward Nigma
I agree with LAS in the sense that MD and Mp3's involve compression. So do cd's for that matter. Cant wait to get my hands on SACD and DVD-audio. Supposedly, they match the fullness and warmth of LP's. My $.02 E. Nigma "To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must o

MD: UNKNOWN CABLE IN SONY COMMERCIAL

2000-02-22 Thread Robert Vargas
Does anyone know what the white cable in the Sony Minidisc commercial that is connected to the MZ-R55 is? The commercial usually runs on MTV. - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscr

Re: MD: Remote plug

2000-02-22 Thread LAS
=== = NB: Over 50% of this message is QUOTED, please = = be more selective when quoting text = === Your right Jim. They both have "custom" plug c

Re: MD: Stop press: The Cassette is back!

2000-02-22 Thread Magic
From: Eric Woudenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Peter Ravn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2000 4:13 PM Subject: Re: MD: Stop press: The Cassette is back! > > Hi Peter, > > Peter Ravn writes: > > >Check out http://www.supremevideo.com/audio/hit/comp.htm > >

Re: MD: My Diamond Rio Experience

2000-02-22 Thread Brent Harding
=== = NB: Over 50% of this message is QUOTED, please = = be more selective when quoting text = === could shock memory be replaced with the ability

Re: MD: Stop press: The Cassette is back!

2000-02-22 Thread Albert Tanone
>Is this the futire of MP3 - novelty items ? At this point, it's certainly making more news than MDs though eh? Albert - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: MD: My Diamond Rio Experience

2000-02-22 Thread Brent Harding
=== = NB: Over 50% of this message is QUOTED, please = = be more selective when quoting text = === Do they sell these smart cards in packs like, 1

Re: MD: My Diamond Rio Experience

2000-02-22 Thread Brent Harding
=== = NB: Over 50% of this message is QUOTED, please = = be more selective when quoting text = === the trouble is automation with md, if you want

Re: MD: My Diamond Rio Experience

2000-02-22 Thread Matt Wall
Actually if i recall correctly DVD-audio and SACD will not match the fullness and warmth of LP's, the reason lp's have this warmth as we like to call it is because it is all analog and it has a response time. To get this with today's technologies you really need to dish out some serious cash and

Re: MD: My Diamond Rio Experience

2000-02-22 Thread LAS
"PS sorry about the babbling" I can only speak for myself. But I did think it was babble. I really enjoyed your comments and found them very informative. Larry - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word

Re: MD: Stop press: The Cassette is back!

2000-02-22 Thread Timothy P. Stockman
Wow! A $200 cassette! Do you want fries with that? - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: MD: Minidisc web

2000-02-22 Thread Lynch, Jason JD
Larry, I can highly recommend Minidisc web. Last month i bought a Sony MZ-R91 from them. It was shipped to me from Hong Kong to Australia in two days via FedEx. Also, i was wanting the blue version of this unit which they said they had, but whilst organising to get the international version i

MD: MD USB summary...

2000-02-22 Thread Timothy P. Stockman
First, a quick thanks to all who have taken part so far in this thread. Much of the discussion has centered aroung the obvious fact that an MD with a USB port starts to look similar to an MP3 player to the user. This is indeed true, but my original reason for proposing USB for MD was to eliminat

RE: MD: Sound card with Optical out

2000-02-22 Thread KVE
=== = NB: Over 50% of this message is QUOTED, please = = be more selective when quoting text = === Here is the cheapest one I know. It is Zoltrix

Re: MD: Sony MDS-JB930 at Sony Factory Outlets?

2000-02-22 Thread Gene Poertner
John Two months ago I shopped for and bought a Sony JB930. A refurbished unit at the Sony Outlet ( in Tracy, CA) was $399 US. I bought a new one at Good Guys for $349. I dont know if that was a special or if that was their regular price. I am very happy with the unit and its features. Gene

Re: MD: Remote plug

2000-02-22 Thread Richard Wright
At 18:47 22/02/00 +0100, you wrote: >>It should accept the R55 remote fine, as well as any other relatively >>recent (ala the last 4 or 5 years) Sony remote. The newer Sony remotes >>should work fine too. See below. This paragraph was referring to the Sony MZ-R37 - not a Sharp. >I saw the remo

Re: MD: My Diamond Rio Experience

2000-02-22 Thread Gadagada
In a message dated 2/21/00 11:34:15 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << Aside from the no moving parts issue, I find no advantage to solid state storage if it still involves compression. ATRAC and magneto/optical digital storage have proven themselves. >> However, w

Re: MD: My Diamond Rio Experience

2000-02-22 Thread Gadagada
In a message dated 2/22/00 12:19:11 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << Can't you put it back into the digital camera and reformat the card? My Olympus R340D uses Smartmedia, and there are instructions on how to format the media. From the manual, >To format the card,

MD: Sony MDS-JB930 at Sony Factory Outlets?

2000-02-22 Thread John Salomone
Hi all, I was just wondering if anyone had ever seen a 930 at a Sony Factory outlet. I've been salivating over this model for some time, but I'll be moving in a couple months to within five minutes of a Sony outlet and thought I could wait a little longer if they're selling refurbs at a gr

Re: MD: Remote plug

2000-02-22 Thread J Coon
=== = NB: Over 50% of this message is QUOTED, please = = be more selective when quoting text = === I don't think Sony remotes will work on Sharp M

Re: MD: My Diamond Rio Experience

2000-02-22 Thread Matt Wall
Howdy all, I have a couple things to say about the rio exp, the usb stuff and other things. Fist off i have a rio also, I got it for free, it never get's used, and it totally bites, i've heard descent portable tape recorders that sound better than all the portable mp3 solutions out there rig

MD: Remote plug

2000-02-22 Thread Joost de Meij
>It should accept the R55 remote fine, as well as any other relatively >recent (ala the last 4 or 5 years) Sony remote. The newer Sony remotes >should work fine too. See below. I saw the remote of the R55 from a friend, but it did not fit in the MD-MT15. The remote plug from a R55 looks like OI

MD: Help! - MZ-R50 service manual needed!

2000-02-22 Thread Maciej Burczyk
I seek urgently an MZ-R50 service manual (what I could find is only the part list and some diagrams on www.minidisc.org). I have a MZ-R50 MD which stopped recording recently. It has been diagnosed at Sony authorized service center as "laser not giving enough power to record". Playback is fine. Th

RE: MD: My Diamond Rio Experience

2000-02-22 Thread Simon Gardner
Out of interest, how long does transferring songs take with the Rio (I'd appreciate figues for the USB Rio 500 and other players too). I'm planning on writing a facts+fgiures article on the actual time/cost of MD versus MP3 players (all I hear from the MP3 crowd is "MD can only record at 1x"). A

Re: MD: mds-pc1

2000-02-22 Thread Francisco Jose Montilla
On Tue, 22 Feb 2000, Er!k Hauters wrote: Hi, > Somebody knows the codes to access te mds-pc1 by my com1-port? Have a look at http://web2.airmail.net/will/mdslink.txt There are other resources listed on minidisc.org. Please lemme know if you discover anything e

MD: Minidisc web

2000-02-22 Thread Law8080
Has anyone done business with Minidisc web? Are they quick to ship? TIA LArry - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: MD: UTOC Error - What Is It?

2000-02-22 Thread Ralph Smeets
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi James, UTOC stands for "User Table Of Contents". You can find a UTOC on each recordable minidisc. The "UTOC" is used to store data on where to find a song on the disc and titles. The famous "UTOC" error on Sharp units had a simular description. I've read on this lis

MD: mds-pc1

2000-02-22 Thread Er!k Hauters
Somebody knows the codes to access te mds-pc1 by my com1-port? Tanx -- Er!k - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]