MD: FYI - Becker Mexico MD head F.S....

2000-07-06 Thread Richard Anderson
From: http://www.carstereo.net.uk/html/main.shtml By: Miles Burnell RARE ITEM FOR SALE: Becker 4937 Mexico Pro MD Player Silverstone 6 Disc CD-Changer Becker Mexico Pro MD Player and Silverstone 6 Disc CD Changer (See www.becker.de for further details) 10 Months old, Boxed with

MD: DP-DJ150

2000-05-13 Thread Richard Anderson
from http://www.enjoythemusic.com/News/ 4 / 28 / 00 Denon Electronics has released a new turntable for the DJ marketplace. While their new DP-DJ150 uses a substantial motor and offers the usual quartz direct-drive system with variable speed control like the longstanding Technics 1200

Re: MD: MEMOREX BLOCK ERROR RATE ( long)

1999-10-01 Thread Richard Anderson
Magic wrote: As MDs are classed as non-perishabvle items, it is common for warehousing groups not to stocj rotate the items. This means that when the stock is renewed, the old stock stays at the back, and is only distributed if the stock level drops low enough for sll the newer stock (now in

Re: MD: MEMOREX BLOCK ERROR RATE ( long)

1999-10-01 Thread Richard Anderson
Magic wrote: There were a few discs of that type mixed in with the type I have in the shop stock, and they *did* all arrive in the same package from the warehouse. The discs I had were all of the type in the top picture on the web page you sent, yes. Hmmm. A (small?) shipment made up off

Re: MD: MEMOREX BLOCK ERROR RATE

1999-09-30 Thread Richard Anderson
Arnaud Devilder, Area sales manager of MPO media ( makers of CDR's, MD's, LD's, LP's, DVD's etc...) wrote: Dear all, I am sorry to inform you that due to a very strong competition against Taiwanese manufacturers, European made discs Hi-SPACE/MPO do not manufacture anymore Memoresx MDs for

Re: MD: MD --- Cassette

1999-09-28 Thread Richard Anderson
Barry wrote: I'm wondering what the best way to get a recorded minidisc transferred to a regular old cassette would be. I can't seem to locate anything that would let me do this digitally (I'm SURE I'm wrong about that). to which magic replied: Unless you are talking about linking to a

Re: MD: MD --- CassetteYann

1999-09-28 Thread Richard Anderson
LEZY wrote: If you are using a portable, the output is always analogic (never seen any digital one yet... anyone has ?). Magic replied: Yes, the Sony MZ-R1, but it is not dissimilar to a brick in many ways (large,combersome and heavy). It is an old unit though, no longer available What's

Re: MD: Error Correction Audibility (Memorex error rates)

1999-09-27 Thread Richard Anderson
Magic wrote: The pack of 5 discs were purchased last month. We tested some other Memorex discs in the shop and almost all of them had BLER 40 to 60. Which shop? I didn't know memorex were available in the UK. What do they look like ( i.e who makes them? ) Memtek do not make their own

MD: There are holes in my minidiscs ( dear Liza, dear Liza :-)

1999-09-19 Thread Richard Anderson
Whilst sorting through a box of old MD's to decide if they were worth keeping, I found quite a few that wouldn't spin up in my R55, giving disc errors. Opening the shutters of these discs I saw pin-prick holes in the disc surface that light was able to shine through. I have found discs like

MD: Pioneer in-car MD changer...

1999-09-11 Thread Richard Anderson
Hey everybody, I've just installed my new Pioneer P100 changer into my car, connected to my MEH P5000R MD head unit and CDX P5000 CD changer, and I've noticed that when changing MD's ,the current MD continues to play at reduced volume whilst the next disc is selected, and continues to play

re: MD: Audiophase MD Player On Sale for $99 at Best Buy

1999-09-07 Thread Richard Anderson
Daryl wrote: Incidentally, I displayed the MDP1 today since no one in my store had displayed it yesterday when the ad was set (I merchandise my store's computer department). It is quite obviously a Sony design. Its battery compartment alone gives its origins away. The MDP1, by the way,

MD: Traxdata MD's

1999-08-30 Thread Richard Anderson
Found on Traxdata's site ( http://www.traxdata.com./ ) "Traxdata to launch new MiniDisc range After years of being at the forefront of CD based technologies, Traxdata have decided to launch a brand new MiniDisc range. Initially, two types of discs will be available: the TXA74-MD, a 74

MD: KVJ Fairdeal / NH 14WM 99p TDK's

1999-08-30 Thread Richard Anderson
Howdy folks. Just got home from London today, where I'd popped along to KVJ and picked up some MD bargains. Sony 60min premium discs - 99pence each, 8 for 10. JVC 74mins 1.40 each, 11 for 10 Hi-Space 80 mins, 1.99 each, 16 for 10. And finally, a NiMH gumstick for my new shiny R55. NH 14

Re: MD: 79p Md's

1999-08-11 Thread Richard Anderson
I wrote: -- I rang head office, they confirmed that the cheap 79pence MD's are Samsungs, not Hi-Space, and they do not have any 'yet'... The also apologised for the mis-leading add, saying 'it won't happen again'hmmm I

MD: The continuing adventures of Julian Richer.....

1999-08-10 Thread Richard Anderson
Hello people, I popped into my local Richer Sounds today, and here's what I found out: 1: The 79 pence Hi-Space discs DO NOT EXIST. The cheapest you can buy a Hi-Space for is 99pence, as this is just above cost. The voucher printed in What Hifi this month is, IMO, not worth the paper it is

MD: 79p MD's

1999-08-10 Thread Richard Anderson
You wrote: -- Well as I said before, I called the Newcastle branch and spoke to Simon (a quick check on the back of the catalog shows he is the assistant manager) I found HiSpace74 were UKP1.49 each, and he confirmed they were

MD: Pre-rec MD's in the UK

1999-07-20 Thread Richard Anderson
Today I was out at the McArthur Glen outlet village in York, where Virgin music ( not associated with the Virgin Megastore ) have an outlet store called 'XS' , and they had The Sex Pistols' "Kiss This" for 7.99 stlg, and if you buy more than 3 items, you get 1 off each one, so it eventually