no idea on what the low output is, i can't seem to find my manual
marc
On Mon, Jul 09, 2001 at 06:59:38PM +0100, charmless wrote:
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> yeah thats a pretty good guess, cus when i plug it in to my amp it sounds good. But
>what's with
i don't have a ton of experience w/ earbuds, i wear the sony sport style with mine
because they rock for use while jogging.
but if they sounded fine w/ a different unit it could be something w/ the way its
outputted, not enough of an amp in this one or something.
On Mon, Jul 09, 2001 at 02:56
I have never noticed bad treble or bass at high volumes, is bass set to 2? are you
plugged into the remote or straight into the unit. i hve noticed that the sound is a
bit worse when not going through the remote.
marc
On Mon, Jul 09, 2001 at 12:57:24PM +0100, charmless wrote:
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> 1.
OS's should
be disabled no matter what OS you are using.
marc
On Tue, Jul 03, 2001 at 12:57:29AM +0100, PrinceGaz wrote:
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> From: "Stuart Howlette" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > While not trying to rush to the defense of the Live (i dont have one
> > anyway),
yes it will be compatible w/ ATRAC3
On Wed, Jun 27, 2001 at 09:09:39PM -0400, las wrote:
> the 900 with a ATRAC3 (allowing LP) is not as great as the difference between
> the 900 and the new gear assuming that it will also be able to record in the
> "standard" ATRAC3 MDLP mode.
>
--
i don't think it applies to the current product line, read the english version, its
going to be new equipment w/ atrac and atrac3 along w/ this new encoding version
marc
On Wed, Jun 27, 2001 at 02:12:37PM -, Mike Lastucka wrote:
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> I'm curious how they can send the
digital audio. i don't know the
MDS-PC3, but any other system that advertises Computer hookup uses either the xitel
line of products or something similar.
marc
On Wed, Jun 27, 2001 at 10:49:52AM +0200, Francis Auquier wrote:
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> Hi all,
>
> Radio commercials heard lately
hat i just picked up. changers make that a bit
harder(though the md-98z is a 6disc changer from the front slot, damn why isn't tha
tin the US)
marc
On Wed, Jun 20, 2001 at 11:31:48PM +0100, Simon Gardner wrote:
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> At 14:28 20/06/2001 -0700, Marc Britten wrote:
> >anybody know ho
(since the current stereo is busted, its a
perfect time) but i don't want to give up the ability to through a brand new cd in and
listen on my way home.
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worked great.
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me to help w/ windows a bit, at home i
only have linux installed.
lets focus on writing a library to use, and we do some porting back and forth. then
the plugins should come.
i may have some sort of windows license i can dig up and use to install a copy for
some coding i guess.
marc
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i noticed the feature list shows a few features not supported for my unit w/ the DIY
stuff, but nothing vital from what i could see. i think it was volume
marc
On Tue, Jun 19, 2001 at 10:04:35PM -0400, Wesleyan Hsu wrote:
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> than the DIY instructions he first posted on his web sit
project to do.
as for software, do you have experience doing parport development? or a lot of
programming experience in general? if so I'll help. I do a lot of serial
communictions and would love to jump in and see what i can do w/ this.
marc
On Wed, Jun 20, 2001 at 02:12:42AM +1000
I'm all for it and will contribute if i can
might i also dissuade from the use of FaqOMatic or anything like that. We can make
this look so much more professional and usable for beginners by hand.
marc
On Tue, Jun 19, 2001 at 08:52:48PM +0100, Stuart Howlette wrote:
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> Any mor
BeOS, god i hope they can access PDF's do you know how much developer info is
distributed for BeOS in PDF form?
Be has several programs for viewing PDF's both their own and ported Unix applications.
BSD, BSD is a unix w/ support for several of the PDF apps that I've used
FreeBSD(i'm assuming
rhaps we should go w/ both, but w/ PDFS its going to make searching a lot easier.
marc
On Tue, Jun 19, 2001 at 07:22:57PM +0100, Stuart Howlette wrote:
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> > what wouldn't be a compatible pc? every system i know of can display
> PDF's(with the proper free softwa
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the answer to your question is yes.
a quote from an article from www.asiaweek.com(with an interesting looking mp3 player
on it)
http://www.asiaweek.com/asiaweek/technology/2000/0428/cover3.html
The secret of the success of the floppy (and the CD and video cassette as well) was
universality.
main advantage i believe USB to have over older connection models is supplied
power, no more ugly wall warts for the Printer/scanner/etc
On Sun, Jun 17, 2001 at 07:22:11PM -0400, las wrote:
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> Marc Britten wrote:
>
>
> USB and firewire were established around the same time. It
On Sun, Jun 17, 2001 at 03:10:00PM -0400, Stainless Steel Rat wrote:
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> * Marc Britten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Sun, 17 Jun 2001
> | it probably can, but Firewire has all of the stuff in place. but then
> | again so do USB CD-R's
>
> USB CD-R/W is a SCSI hack.
Xitel stuff does through sound card type api's) then the
digital source goes into the MD player which converts it to ATRAC and writes it to
disc.
marc
On Sun, Jun 17, 2001 at 05:51:01AM -0400, Eric Woudenberg, Minidisc.org Editor wrote:
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> > The -- singular -- standard for this is
gable and can take standard AA's. I think of
this as a bonus because theres been a few times when i hadn't recharged my MD player
in weeks and the battery finally died while using it, so i just pull out a spare AA i
carry around and stick it in.
marc
On Fri, Jun 15, 2001 at 02:02:0
of the premier Illbent DJ's, used to
record ambiant noise from one bar then goto where he was playing and use that in his
set.
marc
On Fri, Jun 15, 2001 at 01:46:16PM -, Mike Lastucka wrote:
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> Hah, indeed. :) I should try this out sometime just in a bar or something
> a
i believe that the 900 remembers settings for several disks so that if you have
different bass settings and the like it will switch em for you
marc
not bjoern but the guy before said the below
On Thu, Jun 14, 2001 at 06:52:22PM -0700, Ask Bjoern Hansen wrote:
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> > As for the porta
of the model) and seems to work fine. I
think its build to work w/ sony's and if it works w/ anything else your lucky ;)
On Wed, Jun 13, 2001 at 10:02:28PM -0400, las wrote:
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> Marc Britten wrote:
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> > in case anyone was wondering i finally got off my butt and hooked up my
outputting data to the right /dev/dsp device. on
my machine with a SB Live! value it was /dev/dsp2, but most would probably use
/dev/dsp1 (my /dev/dsp1 is taken up by the other output devices on the SB Live!)
marc
On Wed, Jun 13, 2001 at 09:42:35PM -0400, Stainless Steel Rat wrote:
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outputs including 2 speakers so i used /dev/dsp2)
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local smalltime(read volunteer) radio station and
was doing interviews. and it was THE first MD unit sold in my town(i was there the
minute they opened the day they got them) so it would just be cool to have working
well again.
On Tue, Jun 12, 2001 at 01:58:17AM -0400, las wrote:
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> Marc,
of cheap sony wrap arounds that i bought
on a trip to replace a different pair of headphones that got crushed(don't ask) and
i'm looking for something w/ good sound, but will also stand up to the bouncing of
outdoor cross country running.
marc
On Mon, Jun 11, 2001 at 03:38:34PM -0700,
probably nothing, its a but underused now days, like limey dago, limey maybe but dago?
not many people know that one
marc
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> I've never heard that euphemism before. :) Interesting. I think I'll toss
> tha
x27;s that where recorded w/ my MD-R700DPC and my
MD-700DPC will play the MD i recorded using the MZ-1
if by prerecorded you mean a packaged alblum i don't own any of those so i couldn't
tell you.
is there a resource someplace where i can find stuff on the MO Focus and laser power
you m
x27;t record(it does i tested it same time issue/clicking as play but it will start
eventually) or play.
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why wouldn't it be?
MD players have to have the same shielding as CD Players and laptops and all that.
marc
On Mon, Jun 11, 2001 at 05:57:59PM +0100, Andrew Grafham wrote:
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> I remember way back when there was a discussion on here about whether or not
> it was safe/allowed t
damn him!
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> Well. All this because a new guy to the list dared to post a message from
> Hotmail. :)
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isolationist policy: a lot of people like to claim that we had an isolationist policy
untill then, however how can you explain our involmvement w/ the philipines and china
in the early late 1890's early 1900's. we tried just as hard as the british to live
upto "the white mans burden"
ARE TOO! ;)
On Fri, Jun 08, 2001 at 01:11:10PM +0100, PrinceGaz wrote:
> should open their eyes to the fact that they are not actually the
> center of the universe :o)
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On Fri, Jun 08, 2001 at 01:05:22AM -0400, Danny-K wrote:
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> You should buy the warranty.
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maybe the bat has to take a long horizontal tunnel to get out of hell before it can
rise.
On Tue, May 29, 2001 at 10:07:18PM -0400, Stainless Steel Rat wrote:
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> Sure. I never said its growth in the past two years wasn't anything but
> fast. "Bat out of Hell" implies a meteoric rise that
unless i'm way off(haven't played w/ it this way) the sony USB connection is
downstream, from soundcard to MD, not upstream, from MD to soundcard.
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could goto some good use for making disc's for work use.
(any typeo's are because one arm is in a sling and that makes it hard to type)
marc
On Fri, May 25, 2001 at 11:01:47AM -0600, Steve Corey wrote:
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> Here's a MDLP faq:
>
> http://www.minidisc.org/mdlpfaq.html
I have a R700 but i've been too lazy to play around with the mdlp function, maybe i'll
play with it this weekend.
but thats pretty much what i've been wondering too, how much more lossy is it?
marc
On Fri, May 25, 2001 at 11:03:40AM -0400, Thomas, Ferris wrote:
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> H
I've found
http://www.planetminidisc.com/planetminidisc/amdmoveit.html
which should work well for jogging. sony has a rebate offer going right now for
certain MD portable units where you get a carrycase that straps to your arm(i'm still
waiting for mine)
marc
On Wed, May 23,
yes, see
http://linuxppc.org/hardware/apple/index.php3?css_ok=1
On Thu, May 10, 2001 at 04:28:08PM -0500, Brent Harding wrote:
> Does linux run on a powerbook?
> Can I use PC laptop compatible hardware?
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> I think my only concern is battery life.. I am a little confused.. what
> does "batter is AA formfactor (i.e. round)" mean? it just uses a
> regular AA battery? rechargable?
yeah, it can use both a regular AA battery and the recharg
get a good needle, clean off the vinyl and pray
marc britten
On Fri, May 04, 2001 at 07:00:27AM -0400, Jim Coon wrote:
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> What are some of the ways to copy LP to MD and flter scratches and
> clicks?
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they used to have a data minidisc, but it took different equipment and different
discs(go figure),. it was scsi only, and slow as malases(sp?)
but if they redid some stuff(usb link like the PC line of sonys recordables) that
would rule.
marc
On Thu, May 03, 2001 at 07:51:49PM +0100, Edwin
On Thu, May 03, 2001 at 09:26:35AM +0800, Churchill, Guy wrote:
>
> The Neo 25
>
> http://ssiamerica.com/products/neo25/
>
> First serious contender for MD.
> Battery life could be better. No editing features
> but still an impressive list of goodies.
battery life coud be better is an unders
my rambling
marc britten
On Mon, Apr 30, 2001 at 03:50:07PM -0500, David W. Tamkin wrote:
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> | 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
> wh
ut 3 years) I
can't do a direct comparison, but I have not noticed a difference in my mild use. I'm
willing to guess that sony decided that g-protection worked as well as the old method
and was cheaper to implement since everything else was using it.
marc britten
On Sun, Apr 29, 2001
s long as the program can
> | identify the overlap, the resulting WAV file will be a perfect copy of
> | the audio data.
>
> As long a) the disc is not excessively damaged and b) the CD-ROM mechanism
> isn't a piece of shit, you can get a PCM data stream that
lens. It
was suggested to use an alcohol. Isopropyl or Grain? Or use another
chemical?
Any thoughts or experience would be appreciated.
Thanks, Marc
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rue objective audiophile is a rare
> -- some say mythical -- creature.
The acute auditory perception of the rare objectivus audiophilus, would not
lend itself to doing a serious "A - B" of digital gear, especially at 16
bits.
Marc
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please, who makes that?
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What is the RedBook standard, and how do I either convert aiff to it or
record it in the 1st place?
Any known shareware?
Thanks,
Marc
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to have as an
on/off option. Even if the function overmarked a bit, that is easy to
correct and not even necessary to correct.
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lides into the
clam shell opening. I am trying to figure out, what could be different
about the R5 that it would require a different cleaner?
I never got a cleaner, how often do you find it necessary to do?
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heir sales talent is nil in this area, that
may kill them. But that just forces one to rely on a variety of sources for
research, as it should be.
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technology they use to do that. I wonder if
that technology would recognize radio commercials.
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ys" for meI also collect mono and
polyphonic chanting.
> ... some of the music I download
> off the Internet... I've
> previously purchased on vinyl, 8-track, cassette and CD. Some even
> on shellac.
I trust you are talking flat, not cylindrical shellac?
Can you sh
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USB device will work under Linux?
>
> I doubt it, unfortunately. USB support in Linux is still pretty flakey,
USB support on Mac is decent. So is it likely I could use any USB audio
device on a Mac?
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> I'll ask this, then I will return to lurk mode. In terms of running or heavy
> exercise, does MD hold up w/o skipping? I know there are 10 second memory
> cushions and up to 40 second cushions to prevent skipping, but I'm not sure
> how effective they are under dures
Tony Antoniou wrote:
> I was referring to your R55. I knew about you owning an R50 once, but to
> quote the R55 to be a bad decision because of one fault (aside from the
> battery life of course )
ooh no, you misunderstood me, the only downside of the 55 on my part is the
battery life, (I ha
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"J. Coon" wrote:
> I just got the SB Live Value and the Hoontech cards. I was wonder if
> there would be any point to connecting both the digital and analog
> cables between the SB live value and the CD ROM? It isn't clear in the
> instrutions if you should use one or the other, or both.
>
Do
Hi,
I got two pairs of the headphones which I got with my Sony MZ-R50 and
the MZ-R55, both brand new, I never used them.
I'd like to exchange them for a pair of Earbuds, preferably Sony
MDR-E821LP
which are about the same pricetag..
Cheers.
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Silly me, silly me,
This is only a Player, not a recorder...;)
http://www.aiwa.co.jp/english/exhibi/new_p99/am-hx50e.html
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Wallace Choi wrote:
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> SONY KICKS IT!! so suck it!!!
>
> haha anyways... would you mind explaining how the Aiwa unit is far
> superior than the Sony MZ-R55? i have the MZ-R55 and i have no problems
> with it
>
> Wallace
I'm not talking about problems.
just look at its qualities:
http:
Tony Antoniou wrote:
> So from one problem, you've deduced that your Sony product is a piece of
> crap.
>
> I don't know why I bother venting, but I will anyway.
>
ooh, you're all aggressive now 'eh.
I f*cking had the R50 before, and I was soo very f*cknig pleased with it,
but it got stole
ooh gosh, why did I buy this one?! :)
A few days ago, my brand new (1 moth old) MZ-R55 exhibited a 'DISC ERR'
message after not
being able to read an MD for a minute, (an MD which I use regularly, and
never had problems with before)
A few minutes after, I attempted the read again, with the same
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> My CD Rom (Panasonic?) h
Simon Mackay wrote:
> Hi everyone!
>
Hi Simon.
>
> I have a Creative 8x CD-ROM which has terminals on the back for some sort of
> digital out. If I wired those across an RCA socket, would that provide the
> kind of SP-DIF digital signal expected by a consumer-grade digital recorder
> or outboa
Sorry, I was looking at that:
SONY MZR-55 (World Model) $365.00
Which means what? it comes with a special power supply suitable for every
country?
The bare SONY MZR-55 $289.00 price they have there is OK.
btw, my Dad was in Hong Kong recently he saw the MZ-R55 for approx $230 US.
Cheers.
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Roger Braunstein wrote:
> I was wondering if anyone knows whether or not
> http://www.minidisctoday.com/ is a scam? I was just wondering because the
> price on that Panasonic MJ-70 seems too good to be true, and the method of
> payment is check by mail. If anyone has bought from them, please t
Rob Adams wrote:
> The only thing that impressed me about the R55 was the smaller size
yeah, the size is a nice thing, did you see the new Aiwa AM-HX50?
http://www.aiwa.co.jp/english/exhibi/new_p99/am-hx50e.html
One word about it, impressive.
Some specs about it:
Weight: Approx. 91g (inclu
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Dear Gen, my favorite AOLer, did you bother to look on Sharp's site?
> Does anyone know what version of ATRAC Sharp 702 uses, and how it's sound
> quality (recording and playback) compare to later Sharp models and CD sound.
>
good question for the list.
> Also what
Ian Scott wrote:
> Anyway, MD-audio discs ARE playable in MD-data drives. As far as the PC
> goes, I think all they can do is just play. They can't even record!
> Someone needs to hack some software so we can get the ultimate cheap
> titling solution :D
Where can I find such software for the PC
Hi guys,
I've been looking at the PDF service manual of the MZ-R55 taken from:
http://www.minidisc.org/mz-r55.pdf
and found a few differences in the part list of each model of the R55.
1. Why some of the metal conductors are replaced with the same
conductors + ferrite beads? (my guess would be
Wilson, Scott wrote:
> Okay, I'm new to this list here, so don't make fun of me too much. Anyway,
> here's what I'm trying to do. I want to do digital recording between my
> computer and a digital recording device so my plan was to buy a Sound
> Blaster Live and a mini-disc recorder. The SB L
Tony Antoniou wrote:
> That's because Motorola digital phones just plain out suck. 3#-)
>
> Sorry, but as an employee of a major mobile phone dealership, I have nothing
> nice to say about Motorola's given the amount of problems we've had with
> them.
>
ooh, I just love my phone and have nothin
Magnus Strandh wrote:
> Hi folks,
> I'm new to the list so I apoligize if my question is old for you:
>
> I am looking for a portable MD recorder to replace my stolen Walkman. Since
> I will mainly record my MDs from my home CD player (Arcam Alpha One), which
> has NO optical digital output (onl
>
>
> > Although these batteries can be topped up as you go along, it is worth
> > letting the battery run fairly low between charges to maximise the life
> > cycle of the battery.
>
> Most of it made sence, but this last line is rather uther non-sence. If you
> drain a LiIon battery deeply, you'
richard wrote:
> Lithium batterys are weird creatures.
>
Indeed.
>
> The one on my startac usually gave 18 hours of go, one day it decided to go
> for about 25 hours on that battery... after that I could never get more then
> 3 hours out of the battery and it would never give any warning that
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> > From: PrinceGaz [mailt
"J. Coon" wrote:
> Marc SPARC wrote:
> >
> > Why do you need a deck, you can use any of the portables just fine, connected to
> > an amplifier.
> >
>
> A deck has a lot of advantages over a portable. You can use a remote.
> You can record with a
Hi guys,
Do you have an idea of the SB16 uses internal S/PDIF signals, or other
signals we can hook up off the SB16's main chip and convert to S/PDIF ?
if we manage to do such a thing, we can use this circuit to do digital
recordings via fibre to our MD or other devices...
http://www.stack.nl/
This kind of info is very important to anyone who usesr rechargable
batteries and want to prolong or at least not shorten the life of his
batteries.
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/lawtronics/nicdmn.htm
Especially these two types of batteries are of intrest to portable MD
users,
is th
nick wrote:
> G'day..
>
>
> As for portability, i was looking at the Sony MZ-E33.. which is reasonably
> priced, and uses atrac-4, apparently.. it has the good headphone amp in it
> that the original recorder has - i need it to drive some beefy sennheisers
> :)
I'd recommend the Sony MZ-R50, h
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Hi guys and gals,
I bet it's not a simple topic to answer, but I wonder what are the real
differences
between blank minidisc brands such as sony, basf, tdk, others...
sound quality? reliability?, etc..
Is it worth buying Sony instead of TDK for example?
Thank you.
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