MD: MZ-R55 or MZ-R90?

2001-01-10 Thread Cornel Magher
Where i find the cheapest one? I want to buy a Sony Minidisc but I really don't know where is the best price : in Europe or in the US? Somebody can help me? cornel - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the

Re: MD: MZ-R55 or MZ-R90?

2001-01-10 Thread Sudarshan Chacko John
There's still some good offers in the UK. U could try Argos (www.argos.co.uk) or Currys (www.currys.co.uk) Cornel Magher wrote: Where i find the cheapest one? I want to buy a Sony Minidisc but I really don't know where is the best price : in Europe or in the US? Somebody can help me?

Re: MD: Successful cloning on Sony MZ-R55 ?

2001-01-10 Thread Sean Snyders
"Sean" replies: Cloning is the right solution, but you won't find instructions for doing it on an R55. Well, the only person I know has a Sony MZ-R90/91 (can't remember now) Does cloning work on those? Or is cloning a total NONO on all Sony protables? Perhaps someone else near you has a

Re: MD: Successful cloning on Sony MZ-R55 ?

2001-01-10 Thread Sean Snyders
"Sean" replies to "Richard" If you don't know anyone with a deck, maybe you could even try it on a demo model on the shelf at a local store if they'll let you - the procedure takes all of about 2 minutes and is very straightforward - Wow, won't the sales-people go all freakin? I see that

MD: Refurbished Sharp MD-R3

2001-01-10 Thread David Fincher
I have the opportunity to purchase a refurbished Sharp MD-R3 for approximately $175. The attractive part of this particular unit is that it has both coax and optical in, while also having optical digital out. Does anyone have this unit who could tell me if they think it would be a wise

MD: MD-MD copy

2001-01-10 Thread Björn
Hello MD-world, I have a few digital recorded MD's that I want to copy digitally to another MD (digital copy from MD to MD). I have a MD player with digital out and another MD recorder with digital in. In the faq, it is described that it is not possible to make a copy...but I hope that there

Re: MD: Sony E500 vs. E700 vs. E900

2001-01-10 Thread Steve Corey
"Churchill, Guy" wrote: If you can't ever hear tell the difference, does it matter? I I submit that it does matter, for the reasons I mentioned in my previous post that future technology will enable the ability to vastly improve current recordings. It's like the Caruso restorations. They

Re: MD: Successful cloning on Sony MZ-R55 ?

2001-01-10 Thread Sean Snyders
"Sean" replies to "Richard" If you don't know anyone with a deck, maybe you could even try it on a demo model on the shelf at a local store if they'll let you - the procedure takes all of about 2 minutes and is very straightforward - Wow, won't the sales-people go all freakin? I see that

Re: MD: Successful cloning on Sony MZ-R55 ?

2001-01-10 Thread Sean Snyders
"Sean" replies: Cloning is the right solution, but you won't find instructions for doing it on an R55. Well, the only person I know has a Sony MZ-R90/91 (can't remember now) Does cloning work on those? Or is cloning a total NONO on all Sony protables? Perhaps someone else near you has a

Re: MD: Refurbished Sharp MD-R3

2001-01-10 Thread Neil
On Wed, 10 Jan 2001 05:43:29 -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have the opportunity to purchase a refurbished Sharp MD-R3 for approximately $175. The attractive part of this particular unit is that it has both coax and optical in, while also having optical digital out. Does anyone

Re: MD: MD-MD copy

2001-01-10 Thread Neil
On Wed, 10 Jan 2001 15:17:00 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello MD-world, I have a few digital recorded MD's that I want to copy digitally to another MD (digital copy from MD to MD). I have a MD player with digital out and another MD recorder with digital in. In the faq, it is

MD: MD-MD copy

2001-01-10 Thread Björn
Yes indeed, I want to copy digitally from a consumer MD to a consumer MD...and yes indeed, the SCMS is preventing me to do this. Is there a DIY (do it yourself) solution (I think this SCMS is only a few bits in the protocol) to remove this SCMS? Do you have suggestions/experience with this?

MD: FUJI MD

2001-01-10 Thread Jalen, Ken
The local music shop is discontinuing their line of MDs. They have FUJI 5 packs @ $8.50 USD. Does anyone have any comments about FUJI MDs. Thanks - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to

Re: MD: md-l-digest V2 #853

2001-01-10 Thread James Jarvie
For that matter it may be possible to restore the complete sound of Bach playing the organ. But why make it more difficult that it has to be. I somehow suspect that there are not alot of recordings extant of dear Johann playing the organ. More's the pity. In the majority of cases, I

Re: MD: FUJI MD

2001-01-10 Thread Leon
AFAIK Fuji seems to have a fairly good reputation. I've heard less complaints than with Maxell discs. they market audio/visual media under the Axia brand in Japan, just in case you come across any comments on Axia. Leon on 1/10/01 9:59 AM, Jalen, Ken at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The local

Re: MD: md-l-digest V2 #853

2001-01-10 Thread Anthony Lalande
People today are so spoiled. Go back 15 years to the era of LPs and cassettes. Minidisc sure sounds like high quality to those of us who are old enough to have been music lovers in the pre-digital age. By the way, many of my favorite recordings never saw the light of day in the digital

Re: MD: Sharp MD 831 remote

2001-01-10 Thread zaheerm
I managed to get the remote replaced without any hassle (thanks Richer Sounds!!) So far I am very pleased with the 831, but I certainly wouldnt be pleased had I paid full price for it. For me, it certainly beats the Sony's in the price range. The biggest downer for me though, is the inability to

Re: MD: md-l-digest V2 #853

2001-01-10 Thread Steve Corey
James Jarvie wrote: For that matter it may be possible to restore the complete sound of Bach playing the organ. But why make it more difficult that it has to be. I somehow suspect that there are not alot of recordings extant of dear Johann playing the organ. More's the pity. Of

Re: MD: md-l-digest V2 #853

2001-01-10 Thread Francisco J. Huerta
With all due respect, don't you think this paragraph has discredited your entire post? Wouldn't it be easier to bring back Bach from the dead? Of course there aren't. I was referring to an imaginary technology that could enable one to trace back in time whatever resonances were created by

Re: MD: md-l-digest V2 #853

2001-01-10 Thread Francisco J. Huerta
With all due respect, don't you think this paragraph has discredited your entire post? Wouldn't it be easier to bring back Bach from the dead? Of course there aren't. I was referring to an imaginary technology that could enable one to trace back in time whatever resonances were created by

Re: MD: md-l-digest V2 #853

2001-01-10 Thread Francisco J. Huerta
With all due respect, don't you think this paragraph has discredited your entire post? Wouldn't it be easier to bring back Bach from the dead? Of course there aren't. I was referring to an imaginary technology that could enable one to trace back in time whatever resonances were created by

Re: MD: Subwoofer out

2001-01-10 Thread Bob Willcox
On Sat, Jan 06, 2001 at 12:14:52AM -0500, Stainless Steel Rat wrote: * las [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Sat, 06 Jan 2001 | Actually, if you are saying what i think you are, having a separate left | and right subwoofer, in spite of the commonly held theory, sounds | different (if the channel

MD: MD Preamps

2001-01-10 Thread Ken Cotton
Delurking to ask for advice - MD related: My old Adcom preamp/tuner had lost a channel. Are there any MD/tuner/preamp units? (I have a great amp.) Non MD related: Can't even find Adcom anywhere. Are they still in business? Many thanks, Ken

Re: MD: md-l-digest V2 #853

2001-01-10 Thread Steve Corey
"Francisco J. Huerta" wrote: With all due respect, don't you think this paragraph has discredited your entire post? Wouldn't it be easier to bring back Bach from the dead? Having done neither, I don't know which one would be easier. But I did say that it was "pure sci-fi" the "fi"

Re: MD: MD Preamps

2001-01-10 Thread J. Coon
I'm not aware of any. THere are boom boxes, shelf units, deck recorders, portable recorders, decks with CD and MD with 4 x CD---MD... Here is the list of current, and some not so current models. http://minidisc.org/equipment_browser.html Ken Cotton wrote: Delurking to ask for advice -

Re: MD: Portable MDLP

2001-01-10 Thread Alan Dowds
Hello, I wanted one too, but couldn't track one down here in the UK. But I was on holiday in New York last week, and picked up an MZ-R900 there. Haven't had much time to play with it yet, but it looks great and seems to be pleasantly feature-rich, with Long Play, great battery life, small size,

MD: Roland UA-30 external Laptop Sound card

2001-01-10 Thread J. Coon
It has come to my attention that some people have laptop computers that they want to connect to a Minidisc recorder. Some of the computers lack a decent sound card, having only a mic input and no line input. THe Roland UA-30 Audio Canvas uses the USB and provides and audio interface for any

Re: MD: Sony MZR900 in UK

2001-01-10 Thread Alan Dowds
Just looked - seems I paid a wee bit too much in New York - Oh well... Mine is white though - so I suppose there's some rarity value there. CYa Al - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2001 4:45 PM Subject: Re: MD: Sony MZR900 in

MD: atrac sharp questions

2001-01-10 Thread Drexel Atkinson CIRT
Sony and Sharp use different atrac formats. I have a sharp ms722 which has great sound. I record live music of various groups and then using the line out, load everything to my computer where I edit it and then put it on cd's. This works fine, but I would like to do a digital download to

Re: MD: MD-MD copy

2001-01-10 Thread J. Coon
Bjrn wrote: Yes indeed, I want to copy digitally from a consumer MD to a consumer MD...and yes indeed, the SCMS is preventing me to do this. Is there a DIY (do it yourself) solution (I think this SCMS is only a few bits in the protocol) to remove this SCMS? Do you have

Re: MD: Sony E500 vs. E700 vs. E900

2001-01-10 Thread J. Coon
Steve Corey wrote: In the majority of cases, I cannot tell the difference between CD and the ATRAC on my MZ-R90. However, I did a recording with it of some acoustic guitar, where I didn't set the levels properly, and I can hear a difference between the ATRAC and the DAT version. (I used

Re: MD: MD Preamps

2001-01-10 Thread J. Coon
Ken Cotton wrote: Non MD related: Can't even find Adcom anywhere. Are they still in business? Looks like it http://www.adcom.com/main/ http://search.dogpile.com/texis/search?q=Audio+Adcomfs=webbrand=dogpileattrib=rs -- Jim Coon Not just another pretty mandolin picker. mailto:[EMAIL

Re: MD: Subwoofer out

2001-01-10 Thread Stainless Steel Rat
* Bob Willcox [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Wed, 10 Jan 2001 | I could definitely tell the difference when I switched from a single mono | subwoofer to two subwoofer's driven in stereo on my main system. The | feeling I got was one of overall better bass balance in the room. That could be because your

Re: MD: atrac sharp questions

2001-01-10 Thread J. Coon
Atrac version only affects the way it is recorded in the first place, not how it is played back. Just get the one you want and it will be compatible. Drexel Atkinson CIRT wrote: The problem I am trying to resolve is: While the ms722 uses atrac 6.0, the sony decks use a different format

Re: MD: Sony MZR900 in UK

2001-01-10 Thread Sean Snyders
"Sean" replies: Alan Dowds wrote: Just looked - seems I paid a wee bit too much in New York - Oh well... Can you give us some info ( pros/cons) about the unit. Have you got any cloning info on the unit, etc ? Mine is white though - so I suppose there's some rarity value there. spunky !