MD: Target

2000-08-06 Thread Jeff J. Voeller
Speaking of drug testers, I just noticed that Target has two different PC-Link-equipped portables for sale. They've been selling blank discs for several years and in fact just added Maxell and Memorex after previously only stocking Sony.

Re: MD: What up with MD

2000-08-05 Thread Jeff J. Voeller
On 4 Aug 2000, at 21:19, las wrote: From all of the e mails I have read here, it seems that even Best Buy has thrown in the towel on MD. They still stock plenty of it in Sacramento, where the Good Guys also reports selling a lot of it.

Re: MD: What's up with Best Buy !

2000-08-05 Thread Jeff J. Voeller
On 3 Aug 2000, at 11:29, Mike Burger wrote: One thing I learned a long time ago: If you're looking for sales people with even a moderate facsimilie of a clue, never shop at Best Buy or CompUSA. Even half the Circuit City folks I talk to have no clue. These are all stores that inspect

Re: MD: Why does Sony not have earbuds on US models?

2000-07-18 Thread Jeff J. Voeller
On 17 Jul 2000, at 17:27, Alexander Dietrich wrote: Sorry, but that's just not true. I don't know if american headphones are built differently, but riding Hamburg's subway I'm always amazed at how loud people can turn their earbuds and NOT have their eyes come out bleeding. I tried and

Re: MD: Why does Sony not have earbuds on US models?

2000-07-17 Thread Jeff J. Voeller
On 16 Jul 2000, at 23:18, J. Coon wrote: I think the real reason is so the cops can tell if you are driving and listening to MD. As someone who would prefer to ride public transit but can't deal with the people, I think Americans prefer headphones to earbuds because earbuds can't be

Re: MD: Digital CD-MD-Amp passthrough

2000-06-28 Thread Jeff J. Voeller
I think you could do a simple test to determine if your MD unit is passing an unaltered digital signal or not, assuming you have DTS capability. Put a DTS CD in your CD player, pass the signal through your MD recorder, then attempt to decode the DTS signal after it's been through the MD

RE: MD: Mono recording compatibility

2000-03-21 Thread Jeff J. Voeller
On 21 Mar 00, at 15:43, Tony Antoniou wrote: Add my JA30ES to being a playback-only unit with mono discs. As far as I know, the only unit that cannot play mono discs is the original home unit, the MDS-101. To my surprise, even the original two-ton Walkman recorder MZ-1 will happily play

Re: MD: Cheap solution for cd player deck or portable

1999-12-19 Thread Jeff J. Voeller
I'm looking for a cheap solution for a cd player deck or portable that _WILL_ play cd-rw and cd-r that has a optical output as well. I want to buy one at a local consumer store (best buy, circut city, good guys, etc). Several months back I got a Sony CDP-CD335 at Circuit City for, if I