Re: MD: Sony Minidisk Recorder with USB?

2000-04-18 Thread Sean Harding
On Tue Apr 18 at 01:53:58 AM, Neon John wrote: So.. Is Best Buys and Circuit city making this up? Is there such a device? Of any brand? I really don't want to buy a fancy sound Yeah, Sony has them. It's basically just the recorder with an adaptor that plugs into USB on the PC end and

Re: MD: Sony Minidisk Recorder with USB?

2000-04-18 Thread Sean Harding
On Tue Apr 18 at 02:44:26 AM, Neon John wrote: Any idea where go buy one and what the model is? Now that I'm back in BF egypt, I'd rather buy online if possible. There's more than one. I believe they all have "PC/IF" in the model number (for "PC interface" I assume). I know that there's at

Re: MD: Sony Minidisk Recorder with USB?

2000-04-18 Thread Matt Wall
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re: MD: help! dropouts

2000-04-18 Thread Jeff Rodenkirch
thanks for the reply. The issue for me is I thought that I had 40 secs of shock memory. Sony disc (maybe a mistake) -- but I have several recordings of me walking the entire length of the AA terminal at Dallas (20min) and a lot of motion to the MD: no probs. Is the problem in the fact that

Re: MD: Sony Minidisk Recorder with USB?

2000-04-18 Thread Neon John
Sean Harding wrote: On Tue Apr 18 at 02:44:26 AM, Neon John wrote: Any idea where go buy one and what the model is? Now that I'm back in BF egypt, I'd rather buy online if possible. There's more than one. I believe they all have "PC/IF" in the model number (for "PC interface" I

Re: MD: magnetic damage

2000-04-18 Thread Francisco Jose Montilla
On Mon, 17 Apr 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, since mds are recorded w/ magnetic signals, can airport metal detectors or x ray machines cause damage to the info on md's? Well, MD recording is MO, (Magneto Optical), this means that to be magnetized, i.e. oriented

Re: MD: magnetic damage

2000-04-18 Thread Shawn R. Lin
Francisco Jose Montilla wrote: So I'd bet you can put a dynamo magnet over a MD disk if you like and it will remain intact. I don't know what a dynamo magnet is, but I was able to corrupt data on an MD using a ceramic magnet out of a microwave oven's magnetron. -- Shawn Lin

Re: MD: Sony Minidisk Recorder with USB?

2000-04-18 Thread Sean Harding
On Tue Apr 18 at 04:18:45 AM, Neon John wrote: minidisc digitally, preferably faster than real time. This sony setup is analog. So. Guess it's time to get over the urge to What's analog about it? I don't have one, so I could be wrong, but I thought it was just taking USB audio (digital)

Re: MD: magnetic damage

2000-04-18 Thread JR Moore
. I don't know what a dynamo magnet is, but I was able to corrupt data on an MD using a ceramic magnet out of a microwave oven's magnetron. Yeah, but a magnetron is like, a powerful magnet. Thats where all the weight comes from in those things. You basically have the magnet around a

Re: MD: magnetic damage

2000-04-18 Thread Ralph Smeets
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Francisco Jose Montilla wrote: So I'd bet you can put a dynamo magnet over a MD disk if you like and it will remain intact. I don't know what a dynamo magnet is, but I was able to corrupt data on an MD using a ceramic magnet out of a microwave oven's

MD: MiniDisc in my car -- possible?

2000-04-18 Thread J. C. R. Davis
We've all discovered that FM modulators are no good. So I'll reverse the question: is there an affordable option to play MDs from my portable (R37) in my car, which has a factory CD player only? (I have no CD changer controls, BTW.) J. C. R. Davis ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

MD: These differences in MD -- what are they?

2000-04-18 Thread J. C. R. Davis
Many have claimed lately to hear some differences in MiniDiscs and compact discs. Exactly what ARE these differences? J. C. R. Davis ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word

Re: MD: MiniDisc in my car -- possible?

2000-04-18 Thread jonathan . ledbury
It depends how handy you are with a soldering iron. You could always remove the radio take off the cover and fit yourself a line in to the amp in your stereo. You would have to locate the point where the audio is fed into the power amp section of your radio, break the

Re: MD: These differences in MD -- what are they?

2000-04-18 Thread Ralph Smeets
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Many have claimed lately to hear some differences in MiniDiscs and compact discs. Exactly what ARE these differences? J. C. R. Davis ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) During the development of MD, it was clear that a disc that is only 1/5th of the size of a CD can only hold

Re: MD: magnetic damage

2000-04-18 Thread PrinceGaz
From: "Shawn R. Lin" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Francisco Jose Montilla wrote: So I'd bet you can put a dynamo magnet over a MD disk if you like and it will remain intact. I don't know what a dynamo magnet is, but I was able to corrupt data on an MD using a ceramic magnet out of a

Re: MD: These differences in MD -- what are they?

2000-04-18 Thread Leon
From: Jeanmougin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Can you indicate the URL of this japanese anti-MD website? Is it in english? It is in Japanese: http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~iy8t-snd/antimd.html If MD weren't so popular in Japan, the site would sound exactly like some hate crime. hehehe. Check out the

Re: MD: These differences in MD -- what are they?

2000-04-18 Thread Rajiv Aaron Manglani
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MD: Amazon has the $30 for 20 MD price too

2000-04-18 Thread Ed . Wong
Amazon now has the $30 for 20 MDs http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/stores/browse/-/music-gear/172539/002-1730517-0823618 - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: MD: Amazon has the $30 for 20 MD price too

2000-04-18 Thread Sean Harding
On Tue Apr 18 at 02:09:00 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Amazon now has the $30 for 20 MDs Here's an easier URL for that: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B3ETSJ sean -- Sean Harding [EMAIL PROTECTED]|"I want easy people http://www.dogcow.org/sean/ | from now

Re: MD: Amazon has the $30 for 20 MD price too

2000-04-18 Thread Chris
If anyone is considering buying anything from amazon take a look at www.noamazon.com first and then decide wether or not to buy from them. Chris - Original Message - From: "Sean Harding" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2000 11:15 AM Subject: Re: MD:

MD: analog quality (was Sony Minidisk Recorder with USB)

2000-04-18 Thread Timothy P. Stockman
I find that, even when transfering 128K MP3 to MD, it is best to use digital I/O so further degradation does not occur. Analog sound cards often have a much poorer S/N ratio than the original MP3 file, and they often have frequency response or phase shift errors at low frequencies due to

RE: MD: magnetic damage

2000-04-18 Thread Black_Angel
I don't know what a dynamo magnet is, but I was able to corrupt data on an MD using a ceramic magnet out of a microwave oven's magnetron. Teorically it's impossible to damage a MD only with a magnetic field. But the magnetic field might generate electromagnetic waves and heat the MD, and then

Re: MD: md-l-mimedigest V2 #603

2000-04-18 Thread jgvp
Care to provide more details on this adapter, and also where can one find anything about it on the Sony web pages. ? Thanks. on 4/18/00 1:54 pm, md-l-mimedigest at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Sean Harding [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2000 23:09:48 -0700 Subject: Re: MD: Sony

Re: MD: Sony Minidisk Recorder with USB?

2000-04-18 Thread Brent Harding
Is it possible to get or easily make an adapter for my satellite receiver that will let me switch channels from the computer? I want to record various radio shows from it, and have automated control, some how, of the receiver, so I can have the computer put on the right channel at the right

Re: MD: Sony Minidisk Recorder with USB?

2000-04-18 Thread Brent Harding
=== = NB: Over 50% of this message is QUOTED, please = = be more selective when quoting text = === My sblive sounds good through the speakers.

MD: mz-r55 battery

2000-04-18 Thread AFeagle92
is there any replacement or alternate gumpack type battery avalible for the sony mz-r55 and where can i find it? the one supplied's life is only 4 hours on a full charge. - To stop getting this list send a message containing just

Re: MD: magnetic damage

2000-04-18 Thread Stainless Steel Rat
* "Black_Angel" [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Tue, 18 Apr 2000 | Teorically it's impossible to damage a MD only with a magnetic field. No, it is impossible to _erase_ an MD with a magnetic field. But a sufficiently powerful EM field could warp or crack the metallic layer, rendering the disc unusable.

Re: MD: magnetic damage

2000-04-18 Thread Brett Tyre
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't an MD encoded optically? Maybe I'm just mistaken, but there better be a damn good reason for having a Class 1 Laser product sticker on my deck... -- NP: Kox Box -Electronic Brainwash Brett Tyre [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] London Drugs, Comp. Dept.

Re: MD: magnetic damage

2000-04-18 Thread Stainless Steel Rat
* "Brett Tyre" [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Tue, 18 Apr 2000 | Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't an MD encoded optically? Magnetio-optical media like MD is composed of nominally non-magnetic metallic layer bonded to an inert substrate. When recording, the MD laser (the optical part of MO) heats a