Re: MD: mzr 700 and sound quality questions

2001-07-11 Thread Marc Britten
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: yeah thats a pretty good guess, cus when i plug it in to my amp it sounds good. But what's with the low output btw??

Re: MD: mzr 700 and sound quality questions

2001-07-09 Thread Marc Britten
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

Re: MD: Sound cards

2001-07-03 Thread Marc Britten
=== = NB: Over 50% of this message is QUOTED, please = = be more selective when quoting text = === the sblive is a PCI soundcard and therefor any

Re: MD: NetMD means more gadgetry to buy

2001-06-28 Thread Marc Britten
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.

Re: MD: Sony MDS-PC3 and MP3

2001-06-27 Thread Marc Britten
=== = NB: Over 50% of this message is QUOTED, please = = be more selective when quoting text = === its just a hookup to the computer that outputs

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

2001-06-27 Thread Marc Britten
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: I'm curious how they can send the data to existing units

Re: MD: Mironics computer interface

2001-06-20 Thread Marc Britten
=== = NB: Over 50% of this message is QUOTED, please = = be more selective when quoting text = === i have to admit, while it may be possible for

MD: rule #1 about running w/ MD

2001-06-20 Thread Marc Britten
sick of waiting for the arm strap from sony's rebate thing i stuck my r700 in the back pocket of my workout pants(it has a zipper so it was safe) the virually unshockable MD as sony advertises lasted a whole block before gshock and the buffer finally gave up hope. so don't keep your MD unit

MD: MD car audio

2001-06-20 Thread Marc Britten
hi, anybody know how many and what kind of car units are availible that do CD and MD? and not a CD changer. i've been pooring through the equipment list but many of the listed products are no longer availible or i just can't find them. I would love to switch my car over to MD(since the

Re: MD: Minidisc.org manuals: GIF or PDF?

2001-06-19 Thread Marc Britten
=== = NB: Over 50% of this message is QUOTED, please = = be more selective when quoting text = === what wouldn't be a compatible pc? every system

Re: MD: Minidisc.org manuals: GIF or PDF?

2001-06-19 Thread Marc Britten
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

Re: MD: MD FAQ

2001-06-19 Thread Marc Britten
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: Any more votes for

Re: MD: Mironics computer interface

2001-06-19 Thread Marc Britten
=== = NB: Over 50% of this message is QUOTED, please = = be more selective when quoting text = === wow, that looks pretty cool, i think i have a

Re: MD: Mironics computer interface

2001-06-19 Thread Marc Britten
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: than the DIY instructions he first posted on his web site. The site

Re: MD: Re: Recording speeds

2001-06-17 Thread Marc Britten
it probably can, but Firewire has all of the stuff in place. but then again so do USB CD-R's its probably a bit different going to solid state MP3 players since all your doing is dumping a file, here you would need to turn the mp3 audio into a viable digital source(like the PCLink or Xitel

Re: MD: Recording speeds

2001-06-17 Thread Marc Britten
On Sun, Jun 17, 2001 at 03:10:00PM -0400, Stainless Steel Rat wrote: * 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. That is, the driver and drive pretent

Re: MD: Recording speeds

2001-06-17 Thread Marc Britten
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: Marc Britten wrote: USB and firewire were established around the same time. It took a long time for USB

Re: MD: More on the Sony Clip and ATRAC3vs MP3

2001-06-17 Thread Marc Britten
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.

Re: MD: Which is the best dual Mini Disc / CD Player

2001-06-15 Thread Marc Britten
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: As for the portable, from

Re: MD: home made mics

2001-06-15 Thread Marc Britten
=== = NB: Over 50% of this message is QUOTED, please = = be more selective when quoting text = === not quite the same thing, but DJ Spooky, one

Re: MD: Which is the best dual Mini Disc / CD Player

2001-06-15 Thread Marc Britten
=== = NB: Over 50% of this message is QUOTED, please = = be more selective when quoting text = === the 700's have a normal sized AA rechargable

Re: MD: xitel DG-2 and linux

2001-06-14 Thread Marc Britten
of 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: * Marc

Re: MD: xitel DG-2 and linux

2001-06-14 Thread Marc Britten
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: Marc Britten wrote: in case anyone was wondering i finally got off my butt and hooked up my xitel from my sony md

MD: xitel DG-2 and linux

2001-06-13 Thread Marc Britten
in case anyone was wondering i finally got off my butt and hooked up my xitel from my sony md-r700dpc and played around a bit to get USB into my linux kernel and its working fine. just tell it to output to /dev/dspx where x is 1 or 2 depending on your setup(my soundcard has a bunch of

Re: MD: MZ-1

2001-06-12 Thread Marc Britten
oh, i have a new MD portible, the R700DPC, an excelent unit. and i understand that the atrac on the old unit is, well, old. i just pulled it out and started looking at it again for no real reason, it would be kinda cool to get working again. I bought it when i was doing interviews for a

Re: MD: MD Players on Aeroplanes

2001-06-11 Thread Marc Britten
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: I remember way back when there was a discussion on here about whether or not it was safe/allowed to use Minidisc

MD: MZ-1

2001-06-11 Thread Marc Britten
hi, I have an old MZ-1 that started having troubles years ago and i tucked it away. sony said the head was out of alignment and wanted 150 USD to fix it. at the time that was WAY more money that i could spend on anything so i just forgot about it. recently i pulled it out and started

Re: MD: MZ-1

2001-06-11 Thread Marc Britten
=== = NB: Over 50% of this message is QUOTED, please = = be more selective when quoting text = === ok, i just tested it and it will play MD's

Re: MD: md-l-digest V3 #42

2001-06-11 Thread Marc Britten
probably nothing, its a but underused now days, like limey dago, limey maybe but dago? not many people know that one marc On Mon, Jun 11, 2001 at 11:21:18PM -, Mike Lastucka wrote: I've never heard that euphemism before. :) Interesting. I think I'll toss that at one of my brit

Re: MD: Headphones

2001-06-11 Thread Marc Britten
=== = NB: Over 50% of this message is QUOTED, please = = be more selective when quoting text = === are these great for sport use? i have a pair

Re: MD: Minidiscs

2001-06-09 Thread Marc Britten
damn him! On Sat, Jun 09, 2001 at 04:57:01AM -, Mike Lastucka wrote: Well. All this because a new guy to the list dared to post a message from Hotmail. :) - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the

Re: MD: MZR700 warranty?

2001-06-08 Thread Marc Britten
I agree I bought a MD-700DPC and got the warenty my last MD unit died because of head problems that sony wanted $150 US to fix, considering i could have bought a more modern unit(this thing was ancient and died after 3 years) for that much i opted to not do it then. anyways buy the warenty

Re: MD: Minidiscs

2001-06-08 Thread Marc Britten
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) - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the

Re: MD: If MDs had come out before CDs

2001-05-30 Thread Marc Britten
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: 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

Re: MD: MD -- CD-R

2001-05-29 Thread Marc Britten
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. marc - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word

Re: MD: MDLP Question

2001-05-25 Thread Marc Britten
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: Has anyone on the list

Re: MD: MDLP Question

2001-05-25 Thread Marc Britten
cool faq, didn't see that on the sight. i think the problem w/ mindisc.org is theres just too much info ;) the 132(aka lp2) file seemed acceptable(only lisnted to a little of the example file linked from the faq) I'll definatly have to give it a shot this weekend, the extra space could goto

Re: MD: MiniDisc Carrying case

2001-05-23 Thread Marc Britten
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, 2001 at

Re: MD: Sony Laptops

2001-05-16 Thread Marc Britten
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? - To stop getting this list

Re: MD: sony mz-r700 battery / USB vs digital soundcard

2001-05-13 Thread Marc Britten
On Sun, May 13, 2001 at 09:20:10AM -0400, Lalita wrote: 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 rechargable

Re: MD: LP to MD Scratch/click filter

2001-05-04 Thread Marc Britten
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: What are some of the ways to copy LP to MD and flter scratches and clicks? - To stop getting this list

Re: MD: Serious contender for MD

2001-05-03 Thread Marc Britten
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

Re: MD: audio recorders and the public...

2001-05-03 Thread Marc Britten
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

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

2001-05-02 Thread Marc Britten
my rambling marc britten On Mon, Apr 30, 2001 at 03:50:07PM -0500, David W. Tamkin wrote: | 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

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

2001-04-30 Thread Marc Britten
) 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 at 08:09:28PM -0400