Re: MD: 80-Minute MD's Arrive at Best Buy

2000-05-08 Thread Kheops GlassArt
Wow !!! It's a bit expensive for a 2-pack !!! $3.50 each minidisc... OUCH... It will be better for the Memorex ones for $2.30 each... However, on my new website, I beat this price for 80mn MD from Hi-Space (Great quality minidisc by the way...). If you bought 50 minidisc, it will cost you

MD: www.kheopsminidisc.com

2000-05-08 Thread Kheops GlassArt
We are working now on our new website !!! Our first section is now ready : The blank minidisc section for Hi-Space, Sony and TDK minidisc... More section will be available really soon... I'm now offering USPS standard mail, USPS priority mail and UPS Ground service... 3 different price

MD: Kheops minidisc mailing list...

2000-05-08 Thread Kheops GlassArt
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RE: MD: Low price minidiscs in the UK

2000-05-08 Thread Simon Gardner
"Adam Zenkner" writes: Coming from the U.K i am used to high prices on the high street but i was shocked to find that the two cheapest places on the web to buy minidiscs are in the U.K They are: www.unbeatable.co.uk and www.abargain.co.uk If you din't mind could you look at these

RE: MD: Where to buy MX25 (DigiOut - Addon Card to MX300)

2000-05-08 Thread Simon Gardner
I live in Europe, can anybody give me a hint where I am able to buy (online or shop, doesn't matter) the MX25, the Addon Card to my Diamond Monster Sound MX300, which features Optical Out? If you can't tell me a place where to buy (cuz perhaps Diamond stopped to manufacture them etc...)

MD: EasyBuy2000 MPTrip Discman

2000-05-08 Thread Ryan Shoemaker
I hate forwarding MP3 news to the list, but thought this might be of general interest: http://www.zdnet.com/zdtv/freshgear/firstlook/story/0,3679,2559255,00.html Comments? --Ryan __ Do You Yahoo!? Send instant messages get email alerts

Re: MD: MD getting around

2000-05-08 Thread Erik Arneson
On 3 May 00, J. Coon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I went into a CVS Pharmacy by my house on the way home, and in the tape section, along with the video, and audio tapes, they had three packs of Sony MD for $9.95 US. MD must be comming into mainstream USA. Yeah, our local Rite Aid has two packs

MD: Hoontech to MD, no track marks!

2000-05-08 Thread Erik Arneson
Howdy folks, I just got the digital output bracket for my Hoontech Sound Track NX, and I'm using the TOSlink to record music to my MZ-R37. It sounds great, but it isn't creating track marks. I'm using XMMS in Linux, and have it set for 2 seconds of silence between songs, which creates track

Re: MD: Live recording w/ MZ-R90 - help?

2000-05-08 Thread KVE
I attempted to make a live recording using my new Sony MZ-R90 last night, and the resulting recording is so distorted that it's almost unintelligible. I was using mini-cardioid mics plugged into the MIC IN (no external power) and tried using both the AGC and setting the recording levels

MD: Future of MD

2000-05-08 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Does anyone get the feel that the market support for MD is reaching a very critical juncture? Panasonic has declared MD a competitor format and will have nothing to do with it, touting their MP3/solidstate portables as the future of audio. What does Sony stand to gain by retaining legal

MD: which is the best new portable?

2000-05-08 Thread Billy Hetherington
I decided to order from MiniDisco.com, as I live in Canada and we are not able to get most models of MiniDisc recorder, (the MZ-R70 is the latest unit Sony Store now stocks). However, I was unsure about which new unit I wanted most, since R90 and R91 are only cosmetically different (and made

Re: MD: Future of MD

2000-05-08 Thread Billy Hetherington
I believe if Sony learns to push the right advertising buttons, they may convince music pirates everywhere that MD is a much better method of storing MP3 audio for portable playback. Have you ever priced Smart Media or CompactFlash memory upgrades? Or the price of Sony's new Memory Stick

MD: static in recordings from D-EJ715

2000-05-08 Thread Brian Youn
I was reading about one of the list members having static in their recordings, going from a DEJ715 to an MZR70, and had something to add... I have a DEJ815, which is almost the same as the 715, but with a few extras (backlit display and remote), and I get an occasional "static" pop here and

Re: MD: Hoontech to MD, no track marks!

2000-05-08 Thread Alexander Dietrich
Erik Arneson wrote: I'm using XMMS in Linux, and have it set for 2 seconds of silence between songs, which creates track marks just fine when doing analog recording. When watching the input meter on the MD-R37, the input drops off to absolutely nothing for the two seconds between songs.

Re: MD: static in recordings from D-EJ715

2000-05-08 Thread Billy Hetherington
=== = NB: Over 50% of this message is QUOTED, please = = be more selective when quoting text = === i am the one who earlier complained of this

Re: MD: How do the portable recorders compare?

2000-05-08 Thread Stainless Steel Rat
In a day or three I am going to write up my comparison of the MZ-R30, MZ-R37, MZ-R90, and MS702, all of which I either own or have owned, along with comments about the MZ-R50, MZ-R70, and MS722, all of which I have more or less seriously looked into. -- Rat [EMAIL PROTECTED]\ Do not taunt

Re: MD: Live recording w/ MZ-R90 - help?

2000-05-08 Thread J. Coon
If the sound is too loud, the MD recorder will clip the signal and it will be distorted. I use the low mick sensitivity setting when I record a concert with my homebrew mike. http://www.tir.com/~liteways/Mandolin.html#Microphone On really loud bands, I think setting the level manually would

Re: MD: Opinion: Best Brand of MiniDisc

2000-05-08 Thread Zr0e
I've been using fuji standard MD Blanks since the begining with my 702 and now with my r91 and have experienced no problems (Except the 702 UTOC error but thats not caused by the disc.. and another story alltogether) I had a source to get the fuji discs at a very reasonable price and I do not

Re: MD: EasyBuy2000 MPTrip Discman

2000-05-08 Thread Mitch Hulburt
I think you hit the nail on the head here. While it looks cheap initially, you have to factor in the cost of a CD burner for your computer if you don't have one. They are starting to come with computers as part of the package, but it still isn't very common. So $102(player) + $299(burner = a

MD: MZ-R30 vs. MZ-R37 vs. MD MS-702 vs. MZ-R90, et. al.

2000-05-08 Thread Stainless Steel Rat
Yeah, the comparison is a little unfair, but these are models that I own or have owned. FEATURES Battery Life: MZ-R90 wins this one hands down. The R90's NiMH flat pack is good for upwards of 11 hours of playback. The R30 (and R50) share the #2 spot with their Li-Ion battery packs. The

MD: md compression

2000-05-08 Thread Matthew Wall
=== The original message was multipart MIME=== === All non-text parts (attachments) have been removed === First off dont get all bent out of shape on the compression arguement. = what i was curious about is from what i've read ATRAC removes sounds = that are not hearable by the

MD: Buying MD Blanks in Seattle WA

2000-05-08 Thread Paul McCombs
Mitch Hulburt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I hope the become more common. I just got my Sharp MD-MT15 last week, and have been having a hard time getting a hold of blanks. I live in downtown seattle and don't have a car right now. So far the only place I can find them is Tower Records, which is a

Re: MD: Buying MD Blanks in Seattle WA

2000-05-08 Thread Sean Harding
I pretty much just order them. I haven't found a place in Seattle that has them for a price comparable to what I can get from mail order... sean -- Sean Harding [EMAIL PROTECTED]|"It's not a habit, it's cool http://www.dogcow.org/sean/ | I feel alive."

Re: MD: MZ-R30 vs. MZ-R37 vs. MD MS-702 vs. MZ-R90, et. al.

2000-05-08 Thread gopi
On 8 May 2000, Stainless Steel Rat wrote: Sony vs. Sharp: End Search ('nuff said). When shifting character sets (upper, lower, special), the R90 resets the letter to "A" each cycle; 702 is smart enough to remember that "n" and "N" are the same letter. Weird. I have an MZ-R50, and it

Re: MD: Difference between PCLK-MD1 PCLK-PX1?

2000-05-08 Thread Richard Malcolm-Smith
The PX 1 is for a couple of the small mini systems, they have a 6 pin DIN connector on them which is not control A1 (Control I its called if I recall correctly) the MD1 is control A1 - the same protocol used between most of the sony audio equipment - Original Message - From: Mohit