MD: Sony TC-PX100 question

2001-01-12 Thread Aeonblue
=== The original message was multipart MIME=== === All non-text parts (attachments) have been removed === does anyone know where i can fidn this? it's the cassette player for the sony 555 mini system! I am looking for any retailer/etailer/ importer! mike === MIME part removed

Re: MD: MD

2001-01-12 Thread las
=== = NB: Over 50% of this message is QUOTED, please = = be more selective when quoting text = === The Ratman is right again. In fact the entire

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

2001-01-12 Thread Jen Wood
For serious listening or recording maybe, but when I bought my md player (sharp mt77) I wanted something that could fill the role of a portable mp3 player but have the benifits of a tape/cd portable(like not having to spend an arm and a leg on additional storage) without being as bulky. There

Re: MD: whether MD is high quality (was Sony E500 vs. E700 vs. E900)

2001-01-12 Thread Steve Corey
"David W. Tamkin" wrote: Steve Corey wrote, | I only object when someone says that MD is high quality recording, when it | is middle quality recording. That's a subjective call, based on what scale one uses and where one draws the demarcations. MD is not maximum quality nor top

MD: High Quality?

2001-01-12 Thread James Jarvie
MD can't be beat in some areas, so in that sense it is the best technology available for the situation. But there in the back of my mind is the thought that I'm short-changing the recording. - -steve Actually, I have to agree with you. I have the same feeling sometimes in the back

Re: MD: lossless compression

2001-01-12 Thread Francisco J. Huerta
I beg to differ. The format is called MLP (Meridian Lossless Packing) and it is distributed by Dolby Labs. It can compress any PCM file, and yes, it is supposed to be used in DVD-A. - Original Message - From: "David W. Tamkin" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "MDList" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent:

Re: MD: MD

2001-01-12 Thread Francisco J. Huerta
I think cassettes were considered very, very high-end circa 1980, when the fabulous Nakamichi Dragon appeared. 20-20k hz flat frequency response, low wow and flutter, Dolby, no auto-reverse... I would kill to have a deck like that now. Francisco. - Original Message - From: "Anthony

Re: MD: lossless compression

2001-01-12 Thread Anthony Lalande
I beg to differ. The format is called MLP (Meridian Lossless Packing) and it is distributed by Dolby Labs. It can compress any PCM file, and yes, it is supposed to be used in DVD-A. So if CDs can hold 74 minute of uncompressed audio with 650 Megabytes, a (Single-sided, single-layered) DVD

Re: MD: lossless compression

2001-01-12 Thread Steve Corey
"Francisco J. Huerta" wrote: I beg to differ. The format is called MLP (Meridian Lossless Packing) and it is distributed by Dolby Labs. It can compress any PCM file, and yes, it is supposed to be used in DVD-A. 5:1 lossless compression doesn't exist, at least not yet. I looked up

Re: MD: ATRAC loseless compression techniques...

2001-01-12 Thread Stainless Steel Rat
* Anthony Lalande [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Thu, 11 Jan 2001 | Does any loseless compression algorithm require the entire set of data for | read access before it begins compression? No. In fact none do. Conventional compression algorithms operate on fixed-size blocks of data. Real-time

Re: MD: lossless compression

2001-01-12 Thread Stainless Steel Rat
* Steve Corey [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Fri, 12 Jan 2001 | That is nowhere near 5:1 lossless compression. Right. These days the most advanced compression algorithms with large blocks is around 2.0-2.5:1. Five to one is not going to happen for a while. The memory and processing requirements are

Re: MD: ATRAC loseless compression techniques...

2001-01-12 Thread Anthony Lalande
No. In fact none do. Conventional compression algorithms operate on fixed-size blocks of data. Real-time compression of an audio stream is easilly possible with a bit of buffering. The issue is not that but compressing fast enough so that the buffer is not overrun. Well, in effect, the

RE: MD: lossless compression

2001-01-12 Thread mike . hinson
I have recently been looking at Lossless compression products was quite impressed with the following Free product. http://www.monkeysaudio.com/ - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to

Re: MD: ATRAC loseless compression techniques...

2001-01-12 Thread Stainless Steel Rat
* Anthony Lalande [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Fri, 12 Jan 2001 | I'm wondering if you would get better compression by treating the whole | stream as 1 block, and then compressing that, or compression in many smaller | blocks. I guess it all depends on the compression used. All data compression

Re: MD: ATRAC loseless compression techniques...

2001-01-12 Thread Anthony Lalande
32-64K blocks is the norm for high-level compression these days. That is what bzip2 uses, and boy is it slow even on a fast Pentium-III. One minute of linear PCM is ~8.75MB. You would need a supercomputer the size of a refrigerator to utilize a block size that large. Well, I can go to

RE: MD: md-l-digest V2 #855

2001-01-12 Thread Howard Chu
From: Anthony Lalande [EMAIL PROTECTED] Pretty much correct. Something to note: the ATRAC specification has never changed, but the sophistication of implementations has. The older versions all used fixed point arithmetic, because the readily available DSPs were all fixed point. Newer

MD: Sony MD Bundle 6 for $100

2001-01-12 Thread Dan Frakes
At MacWorld Expo today, Guitar Center http://www.guitarcenter.com/ was selling the Sony MD Bundle 6 (MDS-JE330 deck + MZ-E33 portable player + two blank MDs + optical cable) for $99.99. No, that's not a misprint ;) They have limited stock, but they said they would honor the price on phone

Re: MD: MD

2001-01-12 Thread Dan Frakes
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Re: MD: MDS-JE330

2001-01-12 Thread JT
On Fri, 12 Jan 2001, Dan Frakes wrote: [...] MDS-JE330 deck How does this compare with the JE320 deck? What does it have that the JE320 does not? Thanks, Josh - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the

Re: MD: Sony MD Bundle 6 for $100

2001-01-12 Thread Dan Scellen
I don't understandHow do we order this? Can we order it online or do we have to call? And why are they so cheap?? Dan - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to