The good news is I've convinced my girlfriend that it's
broken and we'll just have to buy a new deck. :) So
your probably asking .. why bother fixing the JE-510?
Well, I'd like to try and fix it first.
Nah, buy the new deck first and try to fix the old one second. Possession is
nine tenths
capabilities, but CoolEdit
2000 has really good batch functions, including specifying the output
format. I use it at work all the time to convert wavs to mp3s (on the
order of tens of thousands of files) and it could just as easily use the
ATRAC codec to save out the files.
-steve
Danny-K wrote
Does anyone have any experience with these types of MD's? I'm sure I
remember seeing somewhere that Memorex weren't that great,
but it might have
been Maxell ones (plastic shutters). I haven't seen anything
about Verbs
though, whats the verdict?
I've used various Sony, TDK and Maxell
I don't know if it is available in Canada but I really like my Blaupunkt
Dallas MD deck. (The US site shows the stateside equivalent my model - the
first link below - and the new, 'improved' version):
http://www.blaupunktusa.com/receivers/receivers_00_dallas.htm
. Perhaps if you just added a digital input to your mixer above,
which would also be useful as an alternate clock source.
-steve
-
To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word
unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Just bought my first deck yesterday, and now I need some disks. So can
anyone in the UK point me in the direction of the cheapest
place to buy,
mail order or otherwise?
Thanks,
Nick.
I would recommend Richer Sounds. TDK discs are £1 a piece,
MP3's. I think it would be a great resource, if you have the server
space.
-steve
-
To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word
unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
does anyone know if the sony mz-e500 comes witha backlit remote?
No, it does not. However, I've had one for a few months, in fact I'm
listening to it right now, and I reckon that it's a great little player.
S.
think of off the top of my head.
-steve
Christopher Hicks wrote:
loaded with CoolEdit 2000 which has, among other neat features, the
ability
to generate a 1000 Hz square wave and save it as a WAV file. Imagine
this
file is then recorded (again via digital SPDIF) by the MD and then
played
I was in the Croydon Dixons today and bought a five-pack of Sharp *80*
minute MDs for eight quid (7.99). That's £1.60 each, the
cheapest brand name
80 min discs I've seen so far, especially in those quantities.
If you don't need the 80 minute capacity, Richer Sounds are selling TDK at
99p
Also thinking of replacing my SONY MZR50, whats the best portable at
present?
I guess that depends on your criteria but, of the people that I know, all
have either stayed with or moved to Sony portables. Assuming - given the
virgin.net address - that you're from the UK, I bought the MZ-E500
Is it possible to play back MD's that were recorded in MDLP
on an older,
non MDLP player ?
No. IIRC, the tracks will play as a silence half as long as the track that
was recorded and, unless it was turned off on the recording deck, the track
title will be prefixed with LP:. Of course,
Audiocles, the ancient God of Audio. I've never been
a visual person anyway. And I have to laugh at the '52 virtual
screen' I tried some of those, and to me it just seemed like you were
looking at a really small screen really close up.
-steve
Dan Frakes wrote:
Steve: the issues with the ER-4S needing an amp isn't whether or not they'll
play *loud* enough; rather, it's whether or not they'll play *well* enough
;) The ER4S are simply designed to be used with a powerful headphone amp.
If you were to buy a good amp and then use
it. They also come in a nice case with various
accessories.
Here's a link for info: http://www.etymotic.com/hifi/index.asp
-steve
Tim Pitman wrote:
I've just purchased a Sony MZR-900 and would like to buy some better
earphones for it. I'd really like some that are comfortable, and with good
sound. I
PROTECTED]]
* Steve Hill [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Wed, 06 Jun 2001
| On a CD the laser is reflected off the disc, onto a photodiode which
| produces four analogue voltages. These are then used to
perform tracking
| and linear speed adjustments, and are also processed to produce the
| digital data
in the analogue
stages used to reproduce it. The wow, flutter, hiss, popping, cracks, etc.
of the various analogue systems is often easily perceptible on even modest
systems.
OK, I'll get off my high horse now,
Steve.
-
To stop
that this should not be a surprise.
Steve.
-
To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word
unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: Stainless Steel Rat [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
* Steve Hill [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Wed, 06 Jun 2001
| I see no reason why you cannot compare the bandwidth and/or space
| requirements of digital and analogue recordings. Given that
all recordings
| are ultimately stored as an analogue
Hello...I am looking for a car power adaptor for the Panasonic SJ-MR200
-- it needs 1.8 volts, 500mA. I believe the Panasonic SJ-MR100 has the
same power requirements. I've tried it with a 1.5v power supply, but
that doesn't work. Any ideas?
- Steve
, but perfectly acceptable for mono or narrow stereo
sources.
Try the codec for yourself and see if you find the compression
acceptable.
-steve
Marc Britten wrote:
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
(if it has such a function),
so after it plays the last track, it skips to the first track. If you
just want the first track, start with the end of the last track, to get
the pre-roll, record the first track, and then edit the MD.
-steve
Timothy Stockman wrote:
I tried adding a TOSlink to by Samsung
=== The original message was multipart MIME===
=== All non-text parts (attachments) have been removed ===
-
To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word
"unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
=== The original message was multipart MIME===
=== All non-text parts (attachments) have been removed ===
-
To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word
"unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
=== The original message was multipart MIME===
=== All non-text parts (attachments) have been removed ===
-
To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word
"unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
and here are the times it takes
to encode a 5 minute song to mp3 at 160 kb/s with CoolEdit 2000:
quality=9 3:45
quality=3 1:38
quality=1 0:42
I'd really like to know what system you're using.
-steve
-
To stop getting this list send
That really speeds up editing. and 2. The batch processing is really
good.
-steve
Taky Cheung wrote:
I'm using a Duron 800 with 128MB PC133 ram. I'm really impressed with the speed.
It shows the ETA when I save the file to mp3 128kbps. I was first think of
using SBLive PlayCen
=== The original message was multipart MIME===
=== All non-text parts (attachments) have been removed ===
-
To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word
"unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
"J. Coon" wrote:
Steve Corey wrote:
until the last possible moment (74:59) pop out the disc, and shove
There isn't any way that I know of to get the disc out without writing
the toc, except taking out the battery or putting it in service mode.
Neither will do you any good.
O
d
still be a feature that could be turned off.
-steve
-
To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word
"unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
one, HyperCam, and I use the mjpeg codec
from
http://www.mainconcept.com
-steve
-
To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word
"unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
with the Zefiro ZA2 and VIA Apollo Pro 133
chipsets.
It seems that some bits of hardware just doesn't get along with each
other.
-steve
-
To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word
"unsubscribe"
and Elsa Gloria
Synergy AGP video card. Some people have reported problems like yours,
and I'm wondering if the Nightingale just doesn't work well with some
systems.
-steve
-
To stop getting this list send a message containing just
for about $40.00 (USD)
It has been verified that it does bit-for-bit transfers. Here is a link
to a FAQ on it: http://pipedreamer.bizland.com/zoltrix/
-steve
-
To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word
no drawbacks to the Nightingale. I only use it for
recording to/from DAT or Minidisc, and it just works. Plain and
simple. What more could you want from it?
Yeah, toss the SBLive. Its onboard DSP makes it unsuitable for exact
digital transfers. And the fact that you can't bypass the DSP.
-steve
(the
ZA2 is ISA) and it only costs $40.00 including the optical upgrade.
-steve
-
To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word
"unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
ine,
since there is a lot of traffic and train noise. Even when I listen at
home, the degradation from 160 kb/s mp3 to MD isn't noticeable.
-steve
-
To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word
"unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
the sampling rate to
192 kHz. But at that resolution, there will be no difference in the
ear's response to an analog or a digital signal.
-steve
-
To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word
"unsubs
amps out there. Film
seems to behave the same way. Perhaps there is some sort of analog
visual distortion that just looks good, in the same way that analog
audible distortion sounds good.
-steve
-
To stop getting this list send
"David W. Tamkin" wrote:
Steve Corey wrote,
| I only object when someone says that MD is high quality recording, when it
| is middle quality recording.
That's a subjective call, based on what scale one uses and where one draws
the demarcations. MD is not maximum quali
looked up Meridian Lossless Packing and came up with this:
http://www.meridian-audio.com/p_mlp.htm
From the article: "MLP is expected to reduce bandwidth by 38 to 52% (to
6.6-8.6 Mbps), allowing anywhere from 73 to 89 minutes on a DVD-5"
That is nowhere near 5:1 lossless c
ity recording, when it is middle quality recording.
-steve
-
To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word
"unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
things. MD can't be beat in some areas, so in that
sense it is the best technology available for the situation. But there
in the back of my mind is the thought that I'm short-changing the
recording.
-steve
-
To stop getting this list
credit anything.
Sorry for the lack of MD content.
-steve
-
To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word
"unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
ssibilities.
MD has many uses. Long Play mode is one of them. Recording music is
one of them. I will even go so far as to suggest that recording music
in a LP mode is one of them (oh, no! heresy!) But don't delude yourself
that you are getting high quality recordings in whatever MD m
, you're only out $20 or so. Here's a website with
info:
http://pipedreamer.bizland.com/zoltrix/
-steve
Linus P Sweers wrote:
Does anyone know of soundcards that feature both spdif input and output.
I need to input and output digital information to my computer. I already
have the toslink
signal level. The song is not nearly as
dramatic as it could be.
OK. end rant. And remember, it's just my opinion.
-steve
-
To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word
"unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
ignal gain is useful. As long as the default is no gain
change. I prefer my digital dubs to be clones. If I need to process
the signal, I will use other methods.
And Steve, if your idea of older music is Peter Gabriel, it's not surprising
that there's little if any overlap in our collections.
art record/playback software.
-steve
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi,
Is there on the market a MD-recorder which could start
recording at a preprogrammed date/time ?
Kind regards
MJ Wiechowski
-
To stop getting this list send
s? Ah
well. enough raving for now.
-steve
-
To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word
"unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
really like to
know.
-steve
-
To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word
"unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I have a simple question...where can I buy an in-dash MD player for my car?
Do I have to special order them? It certainly seems no stores carry them..
-
To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word
On Thu, 30 Dec 1999 09:38:25 -0800 (PST), Neil wrote:
Why does the constitution define copyright?
It doesn't. Automatic F. See ya!
-
To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word
"unsubscribe" to [EMAIL
that comment at Steve, BTW). It's
possible for people to disagree without insulting each other.
Thanks.
I strongly disagree on a couple of issues. I'll try to keep it short
and hit them real fast.
Today, the sole source of income, and hence the sole method of
sustenance, for most musical
to hear it anymore and I want to be sensitive to
that. And you are just plain mean. STOP.
- Original Message -
From: Jeffrey E. Salzberg [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Steve [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, January 01, 2000 1:10 AM
Subject: Re: MD: Constitution Quickie
I
. If nothing is
done about this, if this is tolerated conduct for someone on the list,
I am unsubscribing.
Regards to the list, Steve
- Original Message -
From: Jeffrey E. Salzberg [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Steve [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, December 31, 1999 9:57 PM
Subject
To be honest with you Neil, what speaks volumes is that you cannot
answer your own questions. I just got a very mean-spirited e-mail to
my personal address from Jeff Salzburg and I'm a little ticked off
right now. I am ceasing all correspondence on the
I get paid to do such things. It's time consuming and it's hard work.
Why don't you do the research and writing and answer your own
questions and e-mail me in private. You'll need that big book I was
telling you about first. ; )
, as some seem to be claiming.
The Congress, the Courts, the AHRA and the Constitution have
established that it is legal activity.
I'm winging this folks, if I make a mistake please forgive me.
Happy New Year to you too!!! : )
Regards to the list, Steve
industry. I think of the bigger dots I eat, which empower
me to chase and eat the evil recording industry characters, as my
Constitutional rights. ; )
Regards to the list, Steve
On Thu, 30 Dec 1999 19:43:53 -, in you wrote:
From: "Steve" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
(...snip)
(shift
The short answer to your questions is that other considerations may
and have many times superseded the strict letter of the copyright law
in the United States. The American Home Recording Act is just one of
many, many instances. Find yourself a nice big recent treatise on
American copyright
No offense intended. Sorry you caught a stray bullet. ; )
On Tue, 28 Dec 1999 12:33:53 -0500 (EST), in you wrote:
In the U.S., we let wackos carry guns, we let hate groups babble on
incessantly, and we let home MD users record CDs they don't own.
y wouldn't do
it.
Thank you all for a tremendously entertaining time. End of topic.
Regards to the list,Steve
-
To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word
"unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I think of the Amercian Home Recording Act as punching a hole in
copyright law to keep it from violating your Constitutional rights.
Where in the Constitution U.S. copyright law comes from:
SECTION VIII. POWERS GRANTED TO CONGRESS
The Congress shall have power to ...
8. To promote the
In the U.S., the IRS has decided that in-kind trades of services are
taxable income (you fix my car, I'll chop down your tree), and the IRS
has won on that point. This would favor Jeff's point to some degree
-- if in-kind trades are a form of income, they are commercial
activity. It is
they are right or not!!!
It's not unethical to copy a CD to MD!!!
THINK.
Regards to the list, Steve
On Sun, 26 Dec 1999 21:56:46 -0800 (PST), in you wrote:
Hey list,
I haven't posted in a long time, but some of you
who go way back will remember me and the many flame
wars I got into over
cent posts It's a delight to see you enter
the frey, and on the right side too.
Regards to the list, Steve
On Tue, 28 Dec 1999 15:56:35 -0500, in you wrote:
"Magic" [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
So, you can't prosecute me for owning or using a minidisc recorder
or blank disc
) for your listening pleasure in your own home trumps
copyright law. It ain't a close call, folks. Yet now the recording
industry gets more of your money for some reason.
Isn't anybody mad about that?
Damn.
Regards to the list, Steve
On Tue, 28 Dec 1999 15:56:35 -0500, in you wrote
the
world. In my experience, the views I have expressed are pretty common
fodder in scholarly legal circles. Perhaps, when you come to terms
with the literal, clear meaning of the AHRA, you will be less
astonished now.
BUT I DOUBT IT ; )
Regards to the list, Steve
On Mon, 27 Dec 1999 07:32
be nice.
Regards to the list, Steve : )
-
To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word
"unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
of music.
Just my opinion of course. I'll never touch the subject again.
Do I think I changed your mind? NO.
Regards to the list, and Merry Christmas, ; ) Steve
On Fri, 24 Dec 1999 15:26:29 +6, in you wrote:
I would like to do some MD trading of some popular music groups.
However
Does the MT831 have auto level control for recording? My old Aiwa AM-F7
had this feature and I wonder if I just missed on how to utilize it on the
Sharp. I'm dubbing some CD's which have varying levels of volume and it'd
be handy rather than me having to watch over it and manually adjust
get a life.
; )
With warmest regards, Steve Higgs
On Fri, 10 Dec 1999 02:57:13 -0700 (MST), in you wrote:
Steven Brooks wrote:
This does sound like a great deal, especially at $1.75/each. I've had a
10-pack of Memorex, that I haven't even used up yet, so I'm sure 20 would
last quite
for portables, especially the
r55, please let me know.
that damn pc link kit is way too expensive.
steve riley.
media.
look.
listen.
everlasting peace:
http://www.imagineradio.com/mymusiclisten.asp?name
http://www.imagineradio.com/mymusiclisten.asp?name=maldor =maldor
http
two
changers, ie a cd and a md changer.
steve riley.
media.
look.
listen.
everlasting peace:
http://www.imagineradio.com/mymusiclisten.asp?name
http://www.imagineradio.com/mymusiclisten.asp?name=maldor =maldor
http://www.imagineradio.com/mymusiclisten.asp?name=maldor
they're a particular idea. it seems to be
md's are being used by the more audiophile type of
folks, who know how to move audio around and make
their own mixes. so it doesnt matter to me that
most of america hasnt caught on. their loss.
steve riley.
media.
look.
listen.
everlasting peace
if someone could get together a titler for a mz-r55 that would seriously
rock. theres a nice plug in for winamp
too that can interact with one, so if someone does manage to put one
together im all over that.
steve riley.
media.
look.
listen
hey, anyone have any luck with any particular portable
cd players for recording digitally? i keep trying with a
discman through its lineout with a optical mini-mini
and im gettin a no signal. any ideas?
steve riley.
media.
look.
listen.
everlasting peace:
http://www.imagineradio.com
of the older discman (discmen?) models
that doesnt have an optical out. must
be just an analog out or something. how disappointing.
oh well, guess im upgrading.
steve riley.
media.
look.
listen.
everlasting peace:
http://www.imagineradio.com/mymusiclisten.asp?name
http://www.imagineradio.com
card,
so ill let everyone know how it turns out. looks like
an awesome sound card tho.
steve riley.
media.
look.
listen.
everlasting peace:
http://www.imagineradio.com/mymusiclisten.asp?name
http://www.imagineradio.com/mymusiclisten.asp?name=maldor =maldor
http://www.imagineradio.com
if
anyone has had any luck with the infamous battery
life problem; i remember seeing some radio shack
batteries that could go for 20 hours or so.
steve riley.
media.
look.
listen.
everlasting peace:
http://www.imagineradio.com/mymusiclisten.asp?name
http://www.imagineradio.com
a portable is just wonderful. Also, I can
BLAST it without worrying about feedback from the tone-arm to the
speakers.
Enjoy.
Regards to the list, Steve Higgs
On Thu, 14 Oct 1999 16:54:49 -0400, in you wrote:
Eric Woudenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I'm finally digitizing some vinyl favorit
I'm heading over to Hong Kong mid Oct and wonder which would be the better
of the group to buy. I've currently got a Aiwa AM-F7 which is great. The
features are good and I like the jog shuttle. The only thing is there is a
slight hiss which is annoying as I don't think there should be any. I
, but there's no way
a laser gyro failure could do that.
All the best,
Steve (back to deep lurk mode)
-
To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word
"unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
that Sony pair of MZE 33 and JE320
for similar prices (although we have no Circuit City,
AFAIK).
Otherwise, I may have to shuffle off to Buffalo to
get some MD stuff - even with duties at the border
it's cheaper.
All the best,
Steve
Glad to hear it, perhaps I am too jaded by my JE-510 problems. My
Sony R50 portable recorder and E40 portable player have both been
flawless.
Regards, Steve
On Sat, 21 Aug 1999 13:00:08 EDT, in you wrote:
FWIW, I currently have 7 MD recorders/players of various ages. Only problem
written too much!!!
Regards to the list!Steve
On Mon, 16 Aug 1999 21:42:48 -0700, in you wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello all. September issue of SoundVision (which is Stereo Review gone to
hell) has some interesting items. First, a letter from a reader refers to
Ken Pohlmann's
on the market. Crutchfield's
service is worth a few extra dollars, I think. (I bought my Pioneer
300 CD player through them and got GREAT service, and felt very
confident in the whole transaction).
Regards to the list, Steve
On Fri, 20 Aug 1999 02:34:10 +0100, in you wrote:
I am considering
product will hit
the market?
Regards to the list!Steve
On 01 Aug 1999 10:53:12 -0400, in you wrote:
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
Hash: SHA1
* "PrinceGaz" [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Sun, 01 Aug 1999
| Why would they do this? Probably becasuse they're c
hey, anyone have any experience with sharp's md-mt15? or know an unbiased
review source?
steve riley.
media.
look.
listen.
everlasting peace:
http://www.imagineradio.com/mymusiclisten.asp?name
http://www.imagineradio.com/mymusiclisten.asp?name=maldor =maldor
http://www.imagineradio.com
90 matches
Mail list logo