Re: MD: CD-DA

2000-08-22 Thread James S. Lee
It seems to me that a medium is analog if, upon inspection, one can discern a pattern in the medium that is analogous to the source event. Thus the grooves in a vinyl LP can be seen to vary in proportion to changes in frequency and amplitude of the source. One can even, with a microscope, discern

Re: MD: Best Online Prices for Sony Discman Gear

2000-08-22 Thread J. Coon
=== = NB: Over 50% of this message is QUOTED, please = = be more selective when quoting text = === "Lynch, Jason JD" wrote: > > Sorry I'm actuall

Re: MD: CD-DA

2000-08-22 Thread Stainless Steel Rat
* "J. Coon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Tue, 22 Aug 2000 | PCM is digital. CDs are digital. All true. But the underlying substrate is ultimately analog, as is just about any recording medium, which is the point the twice times previous poster was trying to make. -- Rat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>\ Whe

Re: MD: where to buy new mz-r50...

2000-08-22 Thread J. Coon
Crak Therapy wrote: > i am going back to the future to purchase a new mz-r50. [i am interested in > minidiscs mainly for live recording of gigs etc. i bought a mz-r90 but it's > not the best for live recording(distorts too easily, skips sometimes when > recording, and it had its first recording f

MD: where to buy new mz-r50...

2000-08-22 Thread Crak Therapy
hi all, i am going back to the future to purchase a new mz-r50. [i am interested in minidiscs mainly for live recording of gigs etc. i bought a mz-r90 but it's not the best for live recording(distorts too easily, skips sometimes when recording, and it had its first recording failure last week

RE: MD: Best Online Prices for Sony Discman Gear

2000-08-22 Thread Lynch, Jason JD
Sorry I'm actually after portable CD players, not MD gear. Jason -Original Message- From: J. Coon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, 23 August 2000 12:46 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: MD: Best Online Prices for Sony Discman Gear "Lynch, Jason JD" wrote: > I'm in Austral

Re: MD: Best Online Prices for Sony Discman Gear

2000-08-22 Thread J. Coon
"Lynch, Jason JD" wrote: > I'm in Australia and want to buy a discman for my Girlfriends birthday, the >prices >here are rediculous. What are the cheapest places online that sell >portable CD gear >that will ship to Australia? Check out this site http://minidisc.org/ and http://www.geocities.

Re: MD: CD-DA

2000-08-22 Thread J. Coon
Stainless Steel Rat wrote: > > * "Timothy P. Stockman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Tue, 22 Aug 2000 > | CDDA is *not* analog! It is as digital as CDROM, your computer hard drive, > | etc. > > CD-DA is Compact Disc Digital Audio. That means Linear PCM (pulse code > modulation) 16 bits wide at a sa

MD: should we wait for lp.

2000-08-22 Thread Yaniv S. Eyny
I am trying to help my friend buy a stereo system. Is it worth waiting for the lp. Do you think there is a good chance that there will be a noticeable difference in sound quality when you record in the lp mode. If so, I think it is probably not worth the wait. Also, does anyone have opinions

MD: Best Online Prices for Sony Discman Gear

2000-08-22 Thread Lynch, Jason JD
Hi everyone, I'm in Australia and want to buy a discman for my Girlfriends birthday, the prices here are rediculous. What are the cheapest places online that sell portable CD gear that will ship to Australia? Thanks! Jason EOM NOTICE - This message contains information intended

MD: MP3 to MD

2000-08-22 Thread yuffymusic
Hello, has anyone used a Xitel MD Port DG1 or the Sony PC Link for recording MP3s from the PC onto MD?? thanks wendy - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: MD: CD-DA

2000-08-22 Thread Stainless Steel Rat
* "Timothy P. Stockman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Tue, 22 Aug 2000 | CDDA is *not* analog! It is as digital as CDROM, your computer hard drive, | etc. CD-DA is Compact Disc Digital Audio. That means Linear PCM (pulse code modulation) 16 bits wide at a sampling frequency of 44.1KHz, which is a di

Re: MD: Sony MD mono workarounds...

2000-08-22 Thread Jonathan Irwin
On Tue, 22 Aug 2000, Timothy P. Stockman wrote: > I beleive the ADC outputs a normal stereo signal. The channels are combined > in the digital domain *after* the ADC, at least on the JE520. On the JE520, probably, but I was referring to the R3, which probably isn't combining them in the digit

Re: MD: CD-DA

2000-08-22 Thread Timothy P. Stockman
> Rather, the CDDA is stored with an RF > encoded carrier wave on the disc. In other words, it's stored in > analog. Different transports will come up with slightly > different sets of CDDA after reading it. CDDA is *not* analog! It is as digital as CDROM, your computer hard drive, etc. CDs

Re: MD: Sony MD mono workarounds...

2000-08-22 Thread Timothy P. Stockman
> I assume they are being combined before going through the > MD's ADC I beleive the ADC outputs a normal stereo signal. The channels are combined in the digital domain *after* the ADC, at least on the JE520. - To stop getting thi

MD: 80min MD : Have you had any problems ?

2000-08-22 Thread Malcolm
Hi, the subject kind of says it all really ! I have a Denon D-G1MD miniHiFi and a Sony MXD-D3 comboCD/MD. The Denon has intermittent drop-out and skipping on record and playback with HiSpace 80 (* ) but is OK with HiSpace 74 It will record and playback Maxell ProMD80 ok. The Sony is happy with

Re: MD: CD quality compared to MD quality

2000-08-22 Thread Les
Hello Guess what, any music in the hands of a consumer is in the end converted to analog since standard speakers can not convert digital information. This means each piece in the system used to reproduce sound has an effect and you have almost proved my point. You are asking a standard JVC dec

Re: MD: Sony MD mono workarounds...

2000-08-22 Thread David W. Tamkin
I asked Jonathan, T> (2) if we want to fool a Sony MD recorder into matching the correct samples T> for monaural recording, should we lop off one sample from the leading T> silence in the left channel or one sample from the leading silence in T> the right channel? He responded, I>

Re: MD: CD-DA

2000-08-22 Thread matthew c. mead
On Tue, Aug 22, 2000 at 12:31:33AM -0400, las wrote: > Either I misread something or the author wrote it incorrectly, but he stated > that an MD copy could never sound as good as the original CD. then he said > something to the effect, neither could an CD-DA?? > > Just what did he mean by that?

Re: MD: Napster

2000-08-22 Thread Stainless Steel Rat
* Mike Burger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Tue, 22 Aug 2000 | === | = NB: Over 50% of this message is QUOTED, please = | = be more selective when quoting text = | ==

Re: MD: Napster

2000-08-22 Thread Mike Burger
=== = NB: Over 50% of this message is QUOTED, please = = be more selective when quoting text = === On 22 Aug 2000, Stainless Steel Rat wrote: >

MD: The The Vs. The Corporate Monster

2000-08-22 Thread Clinton, Martin
Hi everyone, Thought people might be interested in the article posted by Matt Johnson on his band's site: www.thethe.com Martin * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * This email with attachments is solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom i

Re: MD: Napster

2000-08-22 Thread Stainless Steel Rat
* las <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Tue, 22 Aug 2000 | Could someone please explain to me how Napster makes any money?? They do not | charge anything for using their service and do not advertise. They don't make money. | So how can they afford to fight the record industry and appeal decisions | on t

Re: MD: Napster

2000-08-22 Thread David Sowa
In the world of the internet you make money the old fashioned way by convincing someone who has a whole lot of it to give you some. The person with a lot of money takes a chance that this will be a whole new business paradigm and will make their money back and a bunch more over time. The Napste

MD: So old !!!

2000-08-22 Thread Peter Forest
Now, I believe you... You're really old ! By the way, you make me really laugh with your great funny message... So you meet my friend, Kheops the pharaoh in the Deep Egypt... when he was using the first egyptian minidiscs... they had the knowledge at this time... Have a nice day my friend !