Re: MD: Sony MDS-JE520

1999-08-04 Thread Dewayne Hughes
You can order the MDS-530, which has the new DSP-R ATRAC, for $219 from Wholesale Connection. Shipping (to Indiana, anyway) is $20, for a grand total of $239. The MDS-JE520 is last years model. In fact, for $249 plus shipping, you can by the MDS-JE630 from Wholesale Connection, which I

Re: MD: Cheap Minidiscs

1999-08-03 Thread Dewayne Hughes
Best Buy sells the Memorex 5 packs for $9.99 every few weeks ($2 each). I bought 80 of them last time. There is absolutely, positively no difference between Brand A and Brand B, unless the quality is so low that the discs fail, which I have never personally experienced. I expect that the

Re: MD: md-l-digest V2 #303

1999-08-03 Thread Dewayne Hughes
Try this: 1) Turn your computer volume up to about 8, high, but not so high that it distorts. 2) Put the JE320 into record mode, so you can see the VU meters "dance" 3) Set the record level on the JE320 so that the peek is about 1 bar below the "0" level This should give you fairly good

MD: No A1 (S-Link) on the 530

1999-08-03 Thread Dewayne Hughes
The JE530 does not, I repeat DOES NOT have the S-link interface. I looked at the web site, and called 1 (800) 222-SONY today to double check. I would swear that the Sony web stated otherwise last week, but the page was updated two days ago, so I will never know for sure. Anyway the

MD: PCLK-MD1

1999-08-02 Thread Dewayne Hughes
After much debate, I broke down and ordered the PCLK-MD1 and a MDS-JE530 today. I have two questions regarding the PCLK unit. (I probably should have asked these before I ordered . . . .) 1) Does anyone know if more than one MD deck can be controlled with this device? 2) Is there a