MD: "types" of discs (was buying cheap blanks)

Larry answered Adam, | There are basically only 3 different types of MDs. If you're going to call the three capacities of recordables different "types," you have to count premastered MDs as a fourth type. - To stop getting this

Re: MD: buying cheap blank mini discs from over seas.

Adam wondered, | i live in sydney australia and i was just wondering if i bought mini disc | in england could i use them on my australian mini disc. | | or are they like dvd and have different regions. There are no regions for MD; if it works in one place, it works in the rest of the world. Th

Re: MD: A question on TOC cloning

Mark Crane asked, | If a portable unit is failing to record TOC information, | then can one safely assume that it is broken and not misconfigured? I'm not at all sure what you mean by "misconfigured." There shouldn't be any user-settable configuration option to make an MD recorder stop saving

Re: MD: A question on TOC cloning

Michael Johnson asked, | What MD decks can I absolutely count on for being able to clone or restore | the TOC, or "restore" the audio on a disc that has recorded, but doesn't | register the track?? For starters, the following Sony decks can clone TOCs: MDS-JE440, MDS-JE520, MDS-JE640, MDS-JB920

Re: MD: Q about MDLP - ATRAC3

Rat, you were off the mark on a couple points. | The dummy data is required so that MiniDiscs recorded in | LP modes will not damage older players. "Damage"? There would be no damage, just pointless noise. | That is why you get slightly less than 160 minutes in LP2 mode out | of an MD-80 disc

Re: MD: MZ-R90 not writing TOC

Jim asked, | Will the 940 deck do toc cloning? Maybe you can save the recording. Yes, it can; perhaps that's why Steve didn't express any concern about losing the recording. - To stop getting this list send a message containing j

Re: MD: Nude Ex cord length

Jinx asked, | Anyone know where I can get a pair of those great Nude Ex earbuds with a | NORMAL SIZED LONG CORD instead of the annoying short cord that minidisc | users love so dearly. I hate only being able to use a pair of headphones | with my MD player and not my CD player as well. If the c

Re: MD: NetMD upload petition?

Rick wrote, |And digital |upload is already possible using an optical-out MD deck and |optical-in soundcard. However this is expensive, allows real-time |transfer only, and requires a user to push "RECORD" and "PLAY" |simultaneously (pretty clunky in the Wired Age). Why simu

MD: retracting the question

There's a saying that the only stupid question is one to where the person asking already knows the answer. All I had to do was go into recording properties and select Wave Out as the source, and then use any of the recording software I have (such as Sound Grabber or GoldWave) to record it. Prob

Re: MD: transfering .exe self-playing sound file to MD

Jinx suggested, | Usually a program comes directly with your soundcard. What kind do you | have? If its a sound blaster, the sound recorder has a wave out option | that records everything. (at least it does for me.) I don't know what the heck it is; it's whatever piece of junk came with the

MD: transfering .exe self-playing sound file to MD

I've a Windows program that plays a song, and I'd like to have the song on MD. Lacking digital output on my soundcard, my only route appears to be connecting the speaker output of the soundcard to the analog input of an MD recorder. A DG1 was included with my MZ-R900, but it took me a lot of ti

Re: MD: MZ-R700 and MD first impressions

When I told Brian how he could skip to the start of a disc in a Sony MZ-R700, Mike commented, | Which doesn't help if you're using the remote, which has no end search | button. :) Neither does the alternative of ejecting and reinserting the disc, which also can't be done from the remote.

Re: MD: MZ-R700 and MD first impressions

Brian asked, | The other thing that bothers me is that I have yet to find a way | to return to the first track on a disc without repeatedly hitting the << | button. Is there a way to do that? Eject and reinsert the disc; or since your model is a Sony portable with an END SEARCH key, press END

Re: MD: case for MD (was jogging with MD)

Aileen asked, | I've been on here for quite sometime, mostly lurking... I was wondering if | any of you knew of a carrying case or something to hold an MD player at | waist level. Something like a fanny pack, but light and simple. Does | something like that exist? Camera bags come in a variety

Re: MD: STI blanks at Circuit City

F.L. wrote, | Someone just told me about "STI" blanks for $1.20 from Circuit City, | see today's (10/4) minidisc.org news. Has anyone tried these STI | discs? I've never heard of them. When I bought them in May, they were $US 1.40 (actually, $34.95 for a box of twenty-five [with slip cases]);

Re: MD: CD copy protection question

Matt Wall asked, | OK, from what i have read [about] the audio cd's with protected content ... | you can still make a single generation digital copy via toslink cable. That is not definite. It might be the case. For the rest of this post, let's assume it is, but we are *not* sure yet. | ummm

Re: MD: Copy protection?

Stuart posted (as quoted in Pekka's follow-up), | In reply to the ORIGINAL question, no, this will not affect CD to MD | transfers, as highlighted on the Minidisc.org page My understanding is that this type of protection is strictly ripproofing and is not *expected* to impair S/PDIF transfers,

Re: MD: Portable MD recorders with optical out

| Maybe some professional recorder does (although I highly doubt that). No need for doubt, Stuart. The HHB Portadisc, for one example, is a professional-grade portable MD recorder with optical (and I believe also coax) output. - T

Re: MD: need _brand_ for optical cable with slim grip ends

Mark Gadzikowski wrote, | I have an RCA six-foot optical cable that properly fits my MD | recorders and my CD player. ... When an | audio card is NOT in the computer, the cable clicks into place as | expected; it's the computer housing that physically prevents the | cable finger-gripper part f

Re: MD: Net MD (slightly OT)

Shawn Lin wrote, L> I personally haven't noticed any stability problems with Win98SE L> either. I tried WinME and it was a big, bloated, and crashed a lot. Just the opposite of my experience with those two ... anyhow, Matt Wall wrote, W> ... with the implementation of W> burnproof (and whate

Re: MD: (Slightly OT) NET MD

Matt Wall wrote, | one more thing about virii and windows and i should be done. if mac held | 90+% of the market they would have most of the virii written for them. | same goes for any other os. it's not exploits/bugs as they are in every | os. it's just the sheer number of people using this

Re: MD: Advice on Inexpensive MDR for Field?

Stilson Snow wrote, | Mostly I use the 'mono' record mode that | doubles the length of recording time (not as long as MDLP, of course) ... There are two MDLP modes: LP4 and LP2. The capacity of SP mono is less than that in LP4 but exactly the same as LP2.

Re: MD: recording not in realtime?

Gerard Naude wrote, | At the end of the day ATRAC is just a big math algorithm. The speed at | which the algorithm is applied does not matter. It does for processing power, and as Graham Baker has pointed out, for the write mechanism to keep up. But please read on; Gerard continued, | The onl

Re: MD: MD good enough for vinyl archiving?

Jim Coon joked, | Maybe we could invent a scratch crackle inserter and sell them. People | could make "oldies but goodies" out of any kind of music. There's nothing to invent; just get some crackle noises and mix them into anything you like or play them at the same time. ---

Re: MD: TOC Cloning on JB940

Ed Heckman asked, | I just recently received a new Sony JB940. Does anyone happen to know if TOC | cloning is possible with this unit? It most certainly is. I use my JB940 for all the cloning I do (recoveries for other people and, well, stuff for myself). The instructions for the JE520 work i

Re: MD: recent addition to the world of MD

Jinx asked, | How long did it take for your armcase to come? | I ordered mine a while ago and it never showed up. Mine took about two months; around the midpoint I got email from them saying they had received my form. - To stop ge

Re: MD: Future MDLP with variable compression?

Rick wrote, | Hi Le! "Hello, the"? | Which brings up a question: What's the edit point accuracy of an MDLP | machine in LP4 mode? Is it 11.6*4 == 46.4ms, or 11.6*2 == 23.2ms? On my JB940, 46.4 ms. In divide mode it uses "f" for the duration of an SP stereo frame, and on LP2 or LP4 recordings

MD: who came up with the cloning procedure

Jim Coon wrote, | David Tamkin came up with the procedure that I used ... The original idea of cloning TOCs, the notion to use it for recovering data, and the basic procedure did not originate with me but rather with some users of longer standing. All I did was write up the instructions for th

Re: MD: minidisk question (from David.Ruppe@abc.com)

Not sure whether Mr. Ruppe is a member, so I'm carboning his own address ... and he gave two, I'm carboning both. David Ruppe asked (in Nick Perry's care), | Could you help me do that or otherwise point me to | someone who could help me with a problem with my MZ-B3. | I suspect I'm screwed, bu

Re: MD: Md recorders smaller than the actual disc?

Gerald wrote, | I was just wondering when md recorders are going to become smaller than | the actual disc. In theory only half of the disc needs to be covered by | the MD recorder(to reach the middle of the md to turn it, and to cover the | disc opening). Are current MD recorder sizes restricted

Re: MD: Resume Play on JB940

Tugrul followed up, | I'm a bit upset now to see that JB940 doesnt | have this feature. I worked a long time with 50ES which might convinced me | that all decks had resume function. Well, people get used to what they have. When I listen on a deck, the interruptions are usually brief enough tha

Re: MD: Resume Play on JB940

Tugrul asked, | On every MD deck and portable I owned there was | this resume play option. Every deck? I've never heard of a deck with that feature. On portables it's standard. My experience with CD players is similar: portables resume (or have a switch to enable resumption), while decks do

md-l@amulation.com

J&R's Back to School 2001 catalogue came today. On p. 65 there is an item coded MAX MDJC and described as a six-pack of Maxell MiniDisc jewel cases for $US 2.49. The illustration is unclear, and I couldn't find the item on J&R's web site, so I don't know whether these are slip cases, flip cases

Re: MD: Grouping

Simon Mackay wrote, | Also, has anyone put up on the MDCP any manuals for Group-enabled MD | equipment? Apparently not yet. | This can help people to understand how the function works and its | limitations, including compatibility with legacy MD gear such as the Sony | MDS-JE520 deck. I shoul

Re: MD: Sharp MD-R3 go boom?

Larry explained to Will, | Sorry, I thought that you were referring to the Sony MD-R3. Can't believe | that Sharp would use the same name as Sony. What were they thinking? They didn't need to think anything. The vintage-1995 Sony portable that you were thinking of is the MZ-R3. The model na

Re: MD: long-lasting MD

John McLachlan wrote, | Stumbled across this whilst surfing c-net. Had never heard of it, | and the site gives no clue how they get 5 hours on one MD - more | compression? Yes. | Anyone else heard of this? Where have you been, John? MDLP is news from over a year ago. The best information I

MD: MD at Wal-Mart

Rick Woudenberg quoted Bruce Yarbor, | I'm still waiting for our Wal-Marts to start carrying them, | when that happens, I'll know they have arrived! There are blank MDs (Sonys only, last I was there) at the Wal-Mart in Niles, Illinois. I didn't see any MD hardware there, though. -

Re: MD: POLL: How many of you will buy/upgrade to the MZ-R909?

Stuart Howlette answered Act444's poll, | PASS | I will not be upgrading, because the 900 is a beasty piece of equipment | anyway, and if I want to use Type R, I'll use my deck, simple as that, | which leaves the group function, hehe, bunch of crap Stuart and I are in very much the same positi

Re: MD: too much of a god thing: a drawback of MDLP

Stuart Howlette wrote, | Titling, to me, is | more of a novelty than as a compulsory part of recording. And for me it is a nicety rather than a necessity. That's why I called hitting its limit "a drawback of MDLP" in the subject line and not "the downfall of MDLP." | Maybe the best idea, thou

MD: too much of a god thing: a drawback of MDLP

Dang. It's nice to put loads of music and lots of tracks onto a single MD. But when it's a compilation and each track needs to be noted with song title and artist (in contrast to copying an album or several by one artist, where the performer need be named once in the disc title and not on every

MD: pointer to explanation of joint stereo?

Does anyone here have a reference for an explanation of the concept behind joint stereo? Because of the way LP4 narrows the separation of stereophonic material, I had the impression that joint stereo encoded an (L+R)/2 channel and an (L-R)/2 channel, allotting more bandwidth to the former. But

Re: MD: titling

When I listed reasons I wouldn't want titles from the CDDB copied automatically to my MDs, Michael Hoffman added, | The titles shown on the CD case may even be wrong and mislead the typist. | I have a couple CDs like this. So have I. It just goes to show that even when you use an MD for a copy

Re: MD: MP3/MD recording

When Jon [I think that's his name -- sorry for the short memory] wrote, > According to the docs it does have CD-RW capability. Larry responded, | I don't think that this unit records!! It what they're saying about | CD-RW is that it can read CD-RW discs. I'm sure that's the meaning (that it

MD: Life is full of compromises.

Macdef wrote, | I'm a huge rock fan, and rock music compromises the vast majority of | my CD collection ... That's priceless. Presumably, Macdef meant that rock music composes the vast majority of his/her CD collection, which comprises many genres. Still, it's hard to read a post comprising s

Re: MD: The MP3 versus MD stuff - a factual comparidon

Robert Lynn followed up that when the phrase "the audiophile MP3 community" appeared in his previous post, | That's a quote from the article at the URL I gave. Not from me at all. Thank you for explaining. That wasn't clear before. | All MDs hold 60, 74, or 80 (and I've seen 85s on the minidi

Re: MD: MP3/minidisc recording

Jon Martin wrote, | I download LOTS of OTR (Old Time Radio) shows from usenet. | I just picked up a MP3 CD player at Target for $60 From Koss. | That is used as the input to a MDLP unit - Works decent so far. | One of my computers is not tied up, solution is all AC based, (no batteries) | small

Re: MD: MD and MP3 technologies are merging / titling

Thanks to Michael Hoffman for the links to 8-cm CDRWs for sale at cdr4less.com and yesbuy.com. I'd never yet heard of those companies and had not seen 8-cm CDRWs for sale before. On cdr4less.com's home audio CDR page they perpetuate the myth (repeated to me last week by a Circuit City employee)

Re: MD: Choice between Aiwa AM-F70 and Sharp MD-MT90

Stilson Snow wrote, | I like the Automatic Level Control of the Aiwa for speech, and the Sharp | doesn't have that. I like the bass boost of the Sharp for live music and | the Aiwa doesn't have that. The F70 has bass boost on playback, though you may like the MT90's implementation better. If

Re: MD: The MP3 versus MD stuff - a factual comparidon

Rob, when you call your post "a factual compilation," you're holding yourself to an exacting standard. | MiniDisc is always separate stereo in SP mode. No, SP can be pure mono in SP mode as well as fully separate stereo. Also, LP2 is fully separate stereo. (LP4 is joint stereo.) | 212Kb/sec

Re: MD: titling is a red herring

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote, | As I said before, I think the whole titling argument is a red herring. That's for sure. Transfering titles from CD-Text or MP3 ID tags onto my MD copies of the tracks would be useless to me. I don't want my MDs to bear the screamlocked or misspelled titles (as they

Re: MD: MD inferior to MP3: it's not computer-literate

Michael Hoffman wrote, | A Mini CDR blank is now $0.67 and should become $0.25, for 180 MB. Is that in US dollars? I've yet to see them below $.50; with what crystal ball do you see them dropping to $.25? They'll be useful to me only if they show up as rewritables (in fact, a CDRW that size w

Re: MD: PCLK-U5 in Europe

Nick Wall cut and pasted a message from [EMAIL PROTECTED] that called the PCLK-U5 "Xitel's DG2 analog" [sic]. [EMAIL PROTECTED] responded, | 1) the DG2 is not analog its digital(the an series is analog) I think this 5703171-person meant "analogue," not "analog": that is, that the PCLK-U5 is an

Re: MD: Solution to mp3 > md track marks?

Gerard wrote, | My xwave 7100 card is now working fine. Now to get automatic track marks | when doing mp3 > md via my optical out, can I write a small app to switch | off the optical out between tracks, to force the md to start a new track? | Or is this not such a good idea? Go ahead and try it

Re: MD: Computer Editors

Jinx asked, | After I record any upload the huge wav file onto my computer from my | minidisc recorder, anybody have any ideas on what program to use to split | into tracks and edit the recording for distribution onto full sized cds? | I'm using Cakewalk Homestudio and Sound Forge XP. They're n

Re: MD: Just bought

I'll tackle one of Jinx's questions: | First of all, how does the auto recording level feature work? Does it | adjust the sound if the level gets lower automatically or does it do it | just when you start? How does it know that what you're recording isn't | just crowd noise or something? It k

Re: MD: Timed MDLP Recordings

Nick Wall asked, | Second, if I use a timed plug to turn on the power and start recording, | will the deck remember the MDLP setting, ie the fact that it's on LP2? My JB940 does: you set the recording mode, input setting, and gain level and it stores them in non-volatile RAM. If you have it di

Re: MD: net md

Matt Wall posed, | so i'm curious how many of us are holding out on any new md equipment till | netmd arrives? i know i'm one. NetMD will be of no use to me. Depending on how intrusive and impeding the security measures turn out to be, it will be a real boon to a lot of people, but I won't be

Re: MD: Sharp MD-MS702 AC adapter

Rick wrote, | Depends upon what you mean by inexpensive. Radio Shack sells a 5 volt | adapter for about $20. The sell all varieties of the actual DC | connector individually, so you're sure to be able to connect it to the | Sharp. Certain models of adaptor at Radio Shack include the price of on

MD: er, wrong attirbution

That wasn't Shawn, it was the Rat who explained to Jim that the type byte on a CDR is not alterable. Apologies for the misattribution. (Had to stay up late taking care of my mother, trying to use the computer between tasks, falling asleep at the keyboard and making lots of mistakes.) -

Re: MD: How to make audio CDR out of Computer CDR

Jim explained, | Because of the RIAA, my consumer grade stand alone CD burner will only | use audio CDR or CDRW. I tried using the media from my computer and it | rejects them. That's what it's supposed to do. So the reason for your question is that you want to find out whether the deck is go

Re: MD: How to make audio CDR out of Computer CDR

I mistakenly sent my reply privately to Jim, but Shawn covered everything I wanted to say. What some of us are wondering is why, if Jim has a burner in which he hopes to alter the type byte of the CDR, he needs to change the type byte at all. He could just burn the audio tracks in the same devic

Re: MD: MDLP Titling question

Simon Mackay wrote, | This ability to title MDLP tracks and discs on non-MDLP decks is useful if | you have a Sony JE500, JE510, JE520, W1 or other Sony MD deck where you | are able to "type" the title into the unit using its remote control - the | deck has the large remote control with many but

Re: MD: MDLP Titling question

Fredrik asked, | I know you can't play your LP-recorded stuff on a regular player but is it | possible to title the songs on one? As Stuart has already said, yes; it will play back as silence but you can still title it. That's covered in the MDLPFAQ as well. One thing I'd like to add about it

Re: MD: MP3 downloading via NetMD

Dan explained that if NetMD software is available only for Windows, | Users of other platforms will assume | that MD isn't compatible with their systems, and will just buy MP3 systems | (just like they did while Sony was saying "our MD recorders are only | compatible with Windows"). However, So

Re: MD: MP3 downloading via NetMD

When Dan Frakes said that Windows-only NetMD software from Sony would make MiniDisc itself platform-dependent, I asked, T> How would that make MiniDisc platform-dependent? Are you predicting that T> people who use other OSes will stop all MD use in a huff over being left T> out of the first rel

Re: MD: Sony and their damned "end search"...

Of course you'll get no argument from me, Timothy. Nothing in the instructions for Sony portables with manual end searching warns a user to put the hold switch on, press the END SEARCH button, open the write-protect, or just remove any disc first when leaving the unit unattended. The last two w

Re: MD: NetMD means more gadgetry to buy

Stuart Howlette wrote, | 2) New users will buy these as (from what I can see) the media is cheaper, | unless they need new types of discs, but then it'll be a different format | altogether The announcement said that tracks written under NetMD will be playable in older equipment, so we won't nee

Re: MD: Sony's "Net MD" - high speed ATRAC download via USB

Simon Mackay said about NetMD and editing in the computer, | You have a perfect compilation MD which "segue-shuffles" well in Sony car | and portable MD players! If the MD hardware doesn't do proper segues in shuffle mode on its own, you still won't have it, unless you reshuffle on the computer

MD: AM-F70 sound quality

Larry asked, | Regarding the AM-F70, have you found the sound quality with headphones as | good as other units (say Sharp)? I've never compared side by side. The quality is good enough; the Swoops headphones that come with it are uncomfortable, so I rarely used them. I don't have any Sharp un

Re: MD: NetMD means more gadgetry to buy

Larry wrote, | [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | | > I have an Aiwa AM-F70 | | You are correct I used the wrong model number. That wasn't intended as a correction, and I'm sorry if it sounded that way. When you called yours an F70 you were clear enough, and more often than not I don't use the full len

MD: R900's carrying case

Mike Lastucka wrote, | ... the thing comes with a decent carrying case ... You're fortunate where you are. In order to get an R900 with a warranty valid in the US, I had (1) to buy a bundle that includes a Xitel DG-1, for which I have no use; (2) to take the model in red, red, red, red, or if

MD: legality of recording concerts (was home made mics)

| My only other question would be about the legality | of it. I'm assuming it's, well, not legal. When the artist's management (or the artist, if the management contract leaves it up to the artist) specifically permits it, it is legal. Even then, sometimes you'll have trouble from the venue or

Re: MD: spine labels

Ken Clinger wrote, | This is another question, rather than a response. Are the very thin spine | labels actually to be put on the MD itself? I'd always assumed that they | were for the case ... They're for the case or the disc, or one of each if there are two and that's how you want to use them

Re: MD: length of a '74' MD

Gaz wrote a bunch of correct stuff, but then, | If you really need to get every last scrap of space out of a disc, if | copying tracks from eg. several CDs, by leaving the record session in | pause mode instead of stopping it whenever you change the source disc | will avoid the loss of a second

Re: MD: Minidiscs

Mike Lastucka asked, | Does the choice of minidisc basically boil down to which | one do you would find more impressive to pull out of your player in the | vicinity of others? Largely. There may be differences in build quality and durability (more of the shells, latches, shutters, and hubs tha

Re: MD: RESCUE

James Caran asked, | I have an MD that I recorded on my Portable that will not play | back, even on my MDS-JB930 deck. I suspect that the very end of the write | did not work, and the TOC is screwed up. | | Can I rescue this disk with my MD Deck, or is it a more difficult | maneuver? There was

Re: MD: USB-cable in the Sony MZ-Rx00PC's

Christoph asked, > I'm wondering what wonderful things the USB-cables that come with the > Sony MD-recorders (e.g. MZ-R700PC) will do for me. As I understand the > naming of the tracks on the MD will be easier. Rat answered, | No, it won't, since none of that information is carried on the PCM

Re: MD: Sony MZ-R900DPC in stock at etronics.com

After I'd seen Richard's and Rat's replies and thanked them, another came in from Greg Schwabacher, the person who had originally told us about the etronics.com offer. Thank you as well, Greg. | The picture of the MZ-R900DPC shown at etronics.com is incorrect. | First off, they show a Sony MZ-

MD: color of the MZ-R900DPC

Thanks, Richard and Rat. That bright red is too much for me, and I'll wait for the silver model. - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: MD: DCC?

Danny-K asked, | I also get the feeling that maybe DCC is not compressed sound? Sorry, but it is compressed (under an algorithm known as PASC). - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [

Re: MD: Sony MZ-R900DPC in stock at etronics.com

Greg Schwabacher let us know, in Rick's care, > ... etronics.com ... now have the Sony > MZ-R900DPC in stock for $329.99... Here's the link: > http://www.etronics.com/product.asp?stk_code=sonmzr900dpcr The picture on that page shows a deeper brick color for the 900DPC than the painfully vivid r

Re: MD: no more MD at best buy

Matt Wall wrote, | OK, here is my prediction. Let's say that MD does go away inside the US. | there is still a huge asian market that can not be denied and so if us | models go away you will still be able to get units. My concern isn't buying units or blanks, but rather getting service if some

Re: MD: mds-pc2 / mz-r55. cloning 74mins to 80mins??

Heiko asked ... | how to clone a 74mins MD to a 80mins MD.. i don't know how to get in | service/test mode of the mds-pc2 or mz-r55... | anyone can help me out? Good luck; you may have to get a hold of a service manual to find out how to get into test or service mode, and even then the unit mig

Re: MD: problem with the sony md r900

Federico Windhausen wrote, W> I have a problem with my new Sony MD R900. When recording with a mike, I W> can hear what it's recording through the headphones and I can see that the W> counter is ticking off when I've begun recording. But I can't hear a thing W> when I try to play back what I've

Re: MD: Anyone tried a G-Protection player?

| I suspect you're correct, but CD-portable's don't use a time buffer, do | they? They must, Richard. How else would they have data to keep playing smoothly while the head is repositioned from a dislodgment (or a ,,dislodgement'' in New Zealand)? There has to be some read-ahead, and there has

MD: "lowering" our standards

Kevin Cramb wrote, | I've always read that MP3 doesn't sound as good as the original, Neither does MD. Its compression is lossy as well. | I'm no audiophile but I like to know the music I listen to is the best | reproduction I can get on my system, so I'm not into MP3 for that reason. And ye

MD: MDLP portable with smooth single-cycle shuffle?

I'm looking to buy an MDLP portable with the following playback characteris- tics; the MZ-R900, per Brian Youn's review, meets the criteria but I'm hoping for something less expensive. Recording is not necessary; I never record in the field and I've an MDS-JB940 at home that can lay down the tra

MD: Andrew's email trouble (was can't get my message ...)

Mike advised Andrew, | Reconfigure your AOL email to not sent HTML mail. If you're | not sure how to do that, contact AOL support. They won't tell you, or so I've heard. A customer has a page in his area at that explains how to send plain text mail with AOL 6.0

Re: MD: problems with my MZR-50

| MS Outlook and Outlook Express are two different animals, Dave. So are Dave and I, Jim. Outlook and Outlook Express share a lot of characteristics and some of their faults, plus a lot of people say just "Outlook" when they mean Outlook Express, so the test was worthwhile. | In any case I am

Re: MD: problems with my MZR-50

I'm deliberately replying from Outlook Express rather than Elm to see if it hits me too. Steve Luckabaugh wrote, in the care of Jim Coon, | hello all. this is really strange. my R50 was working fine until about a | week ago when out of the blue, i'm getting no sound IN or OUT of the unit. | i

Re: MD: Longer than 80 minutes - is it possible?

Simon Mackay asked, | Is it possible within the MD standard to make discs that go longer than 80 | minutes in SP mode by tightening the "pre-groove" spiral on the disc? When 80-minute MDs were about to come out and Rick gave us the news, wasn't part of it that getting 80:59 required tightening

MD: skips in rips (was recording to CD)

Charlie Redell asked, | My problem is that when I record it to my hard | drive, there are skips in the sound that do NOT exist on the MD. Sometimes the ripped file is fine, but the playback software skips while you're playing it, especially if you have other programs running or a net connection

MD: holding STOP and CLEAR on MDS-JB940

Josh asked, | If you hold down STOP and CLEAR for a while you get some sort of test mode, | any idea what this is? Do you get the same thing if you hold STOP without CLEAR? Then it's Retry Cause Display mode. - To stop getting th

Re: MD: AVLS on Sony portables is useful for...

Brian wrote, | When hooking up a portable to a Sony shelf system with the MD Walkman link | (with the link cable that looks like a remote plug at both ends), the volume | on the portable is supposed to be set at the maximum AVLS volume level to | match the input level on the stereo. | This real

Re: MD: Read ahead on MD.

Gerard wrote, | I own a JVC XM-R70, which ever since I bought it have not had one single | complaint. In anyway, when I listen to a MD without skipping around too | much, I notice that the md starts playing the desired track. Then it reads | like crazy for say 10 seconds. Then suddenly it stops

Re: MD: AVLS

Taky wrote, | I found AVLS stupid because the volume from the little portable MD | player isn't loud enough. There is no need to limit the volume. Maybe i'm | getting deaf, I most of the tiem have to turn up to 90% of the volume. ... which is higher than AVLS allows! For tabletop speakers, my

MD: AVLS isn't a nickname for AGC, Jim

When Steve Corey wrote, : I would also like to join the "AVLS is Stupid" crowd and I replied, > I'll wave to you from across the aisle, where I sit with the "AVLS Is for > the Stupid" crowd. Jim Coon responded, totally mixed up, | I have to disagree with you on this. I find AVLS very useful

Re: MD: A (theoretical) good thing about End Search

Steve Corey wrote, | I would also like to join the "AVLS is Stupid" crowd I'll wave to you from across the aisle, where I sit with the "AVLS Is for the Stupid" crowd. | But at least Auto Gain has its uses. Just let me turn it off, | and remember that its turned off. That's another nice thing

Re: MD: audio and data CDRs

Brent asked further, | I'm just wondering, is it possible to change this byte to make a CD usable | in a deck, No, the byte is read-only and is pressed in permanently in the manufacturing process. The only thing you can do is the "swap trick" and that only if your recorder is suspectible to it

MD: writing audio CDRs (was copying audio CDR to MD)

Brent asked, | Is there a way to turn data CD's into music CD's, so a deck will record | them? No, but with some decks one can simulate the effect. I'll get back to that. | Or are the disks physically different? No; the difference is a read-only indicator prewritten on the disc that tells wh

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