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Howdy all,
Anyone actually have or used a Sony R55CIF (that one they sell at =
best buy with the mp3 link) I've seen very little info on this and the =
retards that work
If you read the MDCP FAQ... I think degradation, especially on modern
equipments, don't start occuring until at least the 5th generation. I've
done cassette--MD--MD (all analog connections), and the last generation
sounds fine. Just 1-2 generations between copies should go unnoticed even
with
On Wed, 12 Apr 2000, Erik Arneson wrote:
Hi,
On 12 Apr 00, Michael Mitchell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
If you want a digital copy of your MP3s, unfortunately, you've got to
bail out to Win98. That's about the only reason I boot Windows anymore...
Well drat, that sure isn't the
G'day
The other day, someone mentioned using mains cable as speaker cable, because
its so damn cheap. Is anyone using this setup?
I've heard things about the quality of interconnects between amp and
CD/MD/other stuff making a difference to sound quality, and simliar things
about speaker
I need to get rid of one pretty beat up looking Sony MDS-501.
I bought it broken, got it working once by increasing laser power a tiny
bit. It worked for a week. Then I stored it for 6+ months. When I
tried an MD in it again, I got "Disc Error". So AGAIN I had to increase
laser power again
Nick,
I've heard things about the quality of interconnects
between amp and
CD/MD/other stuff making a difference to sound quality,
and simliar things
about speaker wire, and 99.9% oxygen free copper wire
or some crap.
There must be some truth in it,
My nan used to use mains cable for an FM radio aerial. It worked really well
until our cousin visited and saw a cable with no plug on it, so promptly put
one on it and plugged it in BANG!!! No more HiFi.
If you want to use mains cable as speaker cable can I suggest you label it
clearly? :o)
From: Dave Kimmel [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2000 6:31 AM
Subject: MD: MD - MD dubbing?
I've noticed HMV.com selling some of their selection MiniDisc format,
which leads to an interesting question (either that or it just shows that
I don't RTFM
Shawn wrote:
As you may know from physics class, electronics travel along
the outside
diameter of each of the copper strands. As a result, finer copper
strands means more strands fit into a given wire gauge
diameter. That equals greater electron flow.
The depth to
I wrote:
Douglas Self wrote an article about this in Electronics
World a couple of
years ago.
I have located the article in Electronics World Oct 1997. I can scan it if
anyone emails me privately.
simon
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G'day
The other day, someone mentioned using mains cable as speaker cable, because
its so damn cheap. Is anyone using this setup?
I've heard things about the quality of interconnects between amp and
CD/MD/other stuff making a difference to sound quality, and
Anyone have opinions on cables between audio components (RCA),. There seems
to be a huge market for 'premium' cables between audio components, with
prices running to very high levels. Not being knowledgeable in this area
I'd be interested in people's opinions.
Pete
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MD: Fw: Mains cable as speaker cable
For my $.02 I changed from box issue interconnects to low/mid price custom cables.
The old guy who sold them to me said the improvements (which I am pretty sure I
hear) were to do with shielding in the cable from other cables, the quality of the
connection
Hi everyone!
As judging from my observations with new cars at the Melbourne Motor Show,
the motoring columns in the daily press, write-ups in motoring magazines and
reports on this list; it is becoming a common practice for vehicle builders
to specify a slot-in single-disc CD player and radio
Peter Brown wrote:
Anyone have opinions on cables between audio components
(RCA),. There seems
to be a huge market for 'premium' cables between audio
components, with
prices running to very high levels. Not being
knowledgeable in this area
I'd be
I don't think it has ever been scientifically proven that any cable is
better than another...
The main thing is that if you think it has made an improvement then that's
all that matters...
Psychologically, the aim has been achieved.
25 years or so, back in the UK, the hi-fi 'golden ears' brigade
Hey everyone,
Is there an aftermarket adapter that will supply the 5 volts needed by my
Sharp 702 so I can plug it up in the car? I don't care so much about charging
as I do continuous music. :)
I'm sure I could get away with 4.5 volts (like another poster whose wall
wart went out) but
Ed wrote:
There are large advantages of MD over cassette - its editing for one.
But for now I *still* use cassettes for "air checks" of my radio show
Ed - use the MD, you can re-record it *one million* times, forget
degradation, and it is much easier to dump unwanted junk (the editing
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'm not sure if this is still popular - I got pretty much sick and tired of
the whole thing, along with green dye for the edges of CD's
I know some hi-fi nuts that have gold plated mains plugs on their valve
amps etc
Hmm,
There is something true in those
#1 - Everyone keeps trying to defend the sound quality while the popularity
of mp3 clearly demonstrates that it's not an issue.
#2 - Portability, robustness, editing capabilities and size are the main
points with sound quality that I can't tell from cd, nor would I care to
descern. Not to
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Hi everyone!
A couple of years ago, our previous State
On Thu, 13 Apr 2000, Paul Irvine wrote:
#1 - Everyone keeps trying to defend the sound quality while the popularity
of mp3 clearly demonstrates that it's not an issue.
The main reason MP3 is popular is because you can download songs for free.
Add to that that most people aren't audiophiles
Sadly, you're 100% correct. You can always try to use Noise Reduction
methods from Cooledit Pro or Soundforge, but even then, it will still sound
as rough as guts.
Adios,
LarZ
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Let me apologize first, cause it's all in Japanese. I'm not good enough in
Japanese to precisely translate everything, so I'll just give a rough idea.
I first saw the quotes on this page:
http://page.freett.com/Tfactory/Audio/MDqual/ATRAC1.html
the page itself is arguing about how blanks make
"Shawn R. Lin" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
However, I find it very hard to believe that the Sony's D/A converter
is *so* much worse that it accounts for 100% of the obvious
differences in sound quality.
Certainly the DAC makes a difference! If it didn't, audio companies
wouldn't bother selling
Paul Irvine wrote:
#1 - Everyone keeps trying to defend the sound quality while the popularity
of mp3 clearly demonstrates that it's not an issue.
Agreed. It is not the reason MD is not selling in huge numbers.
#2 - Portability, robustness, editing capabilities and size are the main
#4 - Price: The cost plus the fact that the format requires you
to invest in
a recorder as well as any players you might want. This is because
the music
industry for some reason decided not to support it with pre-recorded
selections. Probably because the things cost so much that they knew
Their main "first test" (double page spread) this month is of the Sony
MXD-D3 CD/MD deck, where it got the full 5 stars. What interested me is that
they noticed (more) degredation when it was high-speed copying than at
realtime.
Can anyone comment on this? Does this happen, or is it more
Hey Folks,
I'm getting a new computer at work (I'm an audio
engineer/Producer) and I will be doing a lot of work with MD (Yay.) I
need to get a drive that will allow me to rip MD's (To And From) at more
than realtime. Anyone know much about what my choices are (for Mac or
PC)? Thanks
James Caran wrote:
Hey Folks,
I'm getting a new computer at work (I'm an audio
engineer/Producer) and I will be doing a lot of work with MD (Yay.) I
need to get a drive that will allow me to rip MD's (To And From) at more
than realtime. Anyone know much about what my choices are
Hi everybody..
I will not send you any other publicity for my minidisc website store... Now
I just start a mailing list for my different promotion because I don't want
to bother anymore people of this mailing list with all my promotions about
minidisc...
I don't want to spam people with my
Francisco Jose Montilla wrote:
It seems that the only one that works is the Turtle Beach...
(thanks Andrew Veliath!) please tell me in case you know about any other
(by personal replies or alike).
The Hoontech Digital-NX (which I own) does digital-out under
Linux (and it's cheap).
I just bought an open box R37 with no accessories or manual and I have some
questions.
1. Anyone know where I can get a copy of the manual?
2. Does it use standard AA Ni-cads or some special Sony batteries?
3. Can all functions be performed without the remote?
Thanks!
On 13 Apr 00, Alexander Dietrich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The Hoontech Digital-NX (which I own) does digital-out under
Linux (and it's cheap). Also, the ALSA project is supporting
the Soundblaster Live! now, although I don't know if they've
gotten the digital-out to work yet.
Wow, that
1. Anyone know where I can get a copy of the manual?
On the MDCP: http://www.minidisc.org/mzr37_user_manual/
2. Does it use standard AA Ni-cads or some special Sony batteries?
It comes with two rechargeable AA batteries - runs fine on alkaline AAs, so
I'd have thought Ni-Cads will be ok as
The largest improvement, especially at low frequencies, come from low
resistance. Since the speaker itself is only a few ohms, series resistance
added by small gauge cable and normal connectors will quickly destroy the
high damping factor of modern solid-state amplifiers. The PA rig I built
On 13 Apr 00, Curtis Mathews [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I just bought an open box R37 with no accessories or manual and I have some
questions.
I've got one of those, and I love it.
1. Anyone know where I can get a copy of the manual?
I don't know the answer to this one. :( Sorry.
2.
Does the sound blaster live value have a optical digital out?
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On 13 Apr 00, Curtis Mathews [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I just bought an open box R37 with no accessories or manual and I have
some
questions.
I've got one of those, and I love it.
1. Anyone know where I can get a copy of the manual?
http://www.minidisc.org/mzr37_user_manual/4-5.html
From: Shawn R. Lin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2000 9:19 PM
Subject: Re: MD: MD Drive
MDH-10 (external) or MDM-111 (internal) are the only ones I know of.
You will need special software to do ripping, EDL sells the software but
it's a lot of money.
If
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Simon Mackay [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2000 10:52 PM
Subject: MD: Relay record?
OK - not every home has these, but the *nicer* pro type MDs are
set up to "relay" run. Thus when one clicks off - it clicks the next
device
Does the sound blaster live value have a optical digital out?
no. (short answer)
The later (MP3+, X-Gamer, 1024 depending on region) versions have a
non-standard electrical digital out (which could be converted to optical),
or you can buy a Hoontech bracket that adds optical ports
James Caran wrote:
Who makes the drives?
Oops, sorry, they are Sony.
Shawn
On Thu, 13 Apr 2000, Shawn R. Lin wrote:
James Caran wrote:
Hey Folks,
I'm getting a new computer at work (I'm an audio
engineer/Producer) and I will be doing a lot of work with MD
Isn't that going to depend on how "wide" the I/O ports to the ATRAC encoder
is, and the speed of the encoder? If it's type-R, then it's supposed to
have double the computational ability of 4.5, but 20-bit I/O port width I
think.
If the data going in at quadrouple speed is seriously more than
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Hi. As far as it goes for me, if you have a
BTW- both (all) Sony data drives have been discontinued. The last
drives were manufactured in 1995. It is still possible to find used
and sometimes even new ones on places like eBay. I might
mention that the drives cannot write ATRAC audio without a
firmware update (EDL is the one people
Ok, Larry... That's a great Idea !!!
So, I offer for all of you on this mailing list this price until April
16...
Just take 2 pack of 5 MD MAS 0924 (10 MD at all) and it will cost you $23
for all including shipping !!! You will have 2 pack with 5 different colors
(so 2 of green, blue, red,
Hi List,
It's the end of the school year and I want to move my inventory of MDs out
of here.
Check out my auctions on Ebay! Some of these discs are very RARE in the US,
and I'm selling them DIRT cheap, most of them ;-)
Hi,
I've seen your messages on MD-L. Just wondering, do you ship to New
Zealand? if so, can you give a ballpark estimate of what postage and
handling might be? I'm looking at ordering blank minidiscs from the U.S,
but of course it has to be economical once postage and handling are
For some reason, my MZ-R90 doesn't wanna record anymore. I suppose it has
something to do with the recording laser? well, wheni try to record, the
recording level meter indicates the sound is going in ok and I can hear
through the headphones while it's recording but when I try to play it back
sorry, y'all, had my brain un-plugged when I hit "reply". sorry for the
waste in bandwidth. (just looking for a way to sustain my growing MD
addiction without paying the insane NZ prices for the media)
richard
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Sent:
aritas are like nz$25 for 5 at jaycar in auckland, and they seem fine. But
cheaper is better of cource :)
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From: Richard Lang [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, April 14, 2000 3:43 PM
Subject: RE: MD: Ok Larry... $23 for 10 minidisc including
Richard, I will look a this tomorrow...
Of course, my special with shipping is for USA only... I can ship anywhere
in the world but at actual shipping cost... Richard, could you tell me
please how many MD you want and I will figure a price for you...
Oh, By the way, I forgot on my last
hi, Richard thanks for the message
what are the contact details for jaycar, if you have them handy?
The lowest price for new MDs I've ever come across in Chch are sonys at $7ea
- if you're lucky! usually you have to buy heaps at a time. $5 is still
better than that!
richard
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I found the cheapest disks I've yet seen in Tokyo last time I was there.
Victor colour palette 10 packs for Y1500 which works out to USD$14.14 or
AUD$23.58. USD$1.42 or AUD$2.25 per disk!
I'll find out the name of the store and its address next time I'm in Tokyo
(second week of May) for anyone
Re: MD - MD dubbing, my experience has actually been with burning onto MD a
copy of another MD which was digitally (optically) burned from a CD. I've
done this a couple of times (original CD unavailable).
Obviously SCMS did it's job well (curse it!) and prevented digital recording
with a nice
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