Re: MD: md-l-digest V2 #701

2000-07-29 Thread las
Dan Frakes wrote: > I think that you would lose that bet. If you say the "songs" meaning some version of the song, maybe 50 to 75%. Maybe. But you would probably have to buy 75 to 100 CD just to get 100 individual songs. But Napster offers something that you have no why of knowing about jus

Re: MD: md-l-mimedigest V2 #702

2000-07-29 Thread las
jgvp wrote: > You're missing my point. I can record from FM Radio because the RIAA have > struck a deal with the FM stations, so it costs me nothing. Let the RIAA > strike a deal with Napster and it still won't cost me anything. Nor should > it, if FM Radio doesn't. There is just one problem, t

Re: MD: Headphones

2000-07-29 Thread las
=== = NB: Over 50% of this message is QUOTED, please = = be more selective when quoting text = === If you are looking for a decent, but inexpensiv

MD: NAPSTER REPRIEVE

2000-07-29 Thread las
NAPSTER HAS BEEN REPRIEVED FOR NOW, PENDING APPEAL.!!! What I don't understand is how Napster can afford to take this to court?? The site doesn't have advertising and I don't see them making an income from it. But I must be missing something. Regards, Larry -

Re: MD: Napster..off topic still!

2000-07-28 Thread las
>If you have no way of paying for something then how can it be >stealing??? It's not stealing if there is no way to pay for it!! >Not true at all. TOTALLY agree... sorry las, but i don't think you can legitimately back up that arguement!. i'm not saying that i d

Re: MD: Napster stuff again...

2000-07-28 Thread las
> > > I don't mean that i disagree with boycotting, but is it likely that these > companies will ever have a change of heart/brain where profits are > concerned? Unfortunately you statement reminds me of something I learned a long time ago. We were learning about passive resistance and Ghandi.

Re: MD: Napster

2000-07-28 Thread las
"I don't get this. A band is upset that people are stealing their music, they try to shut down the company making such theft possible, and that makes them "lower than pond scum?" They *aren't* suing their fans. They are going after Napster." You don't know your fact. There are also several John

Re: MD: Napster and my venting

2000-07-28 Thread las
" Nice idea except for one fact: the people downloading the songs aren't the people who have been buying all the CDs, concert tickets, etc." I don't know that is true. Who is going to download their music?? People who don't like them?? Come on! I'm sure that many, many of the people that ha

Re: MD: Good Thought !

2000-07-28 Thread las
Didn't I hear that on the TV show "Millennium?" I'm not doing any flaming here and apologize for getting off of the topic, but that is one of those cryptic statements that people like Chris Carter write that really have no meaning in the real world. Saying that without evil there could be no go

Re: MD: Napster

2000-07-28 Thread las
=== = NB: Over 50% of this message is QUOTED, please = = be more selective when quoting text = === If napster is bad for the music industry, then

Re: MD: Napster NATIONAL BOYCOTT

2000-07-27 Thread las
I think that there should be a national boycott on buying prerecorded CDs and tapes. If the record industry's sales dropped by 25% or more, I think that they would be forced to have a change of heart!! Or should I say brain. I think that shutting down Napster is going to backfire on the music

Re: MD: Napster

2000-07-27 Thread las
I think that I have a solution to the MP3 controversy. The reason that people are not paying for the songs is because THERE IS NO WAY TO PAY!! What is the matter with the record companies?? Half of the music that is on Napster can't even be found anywhere!! It's not like you can go to Tower r

Re: MD: Cybermp3s.com

2000-07-25 Thread las
Michael, If it's illegal then someone should tell the dozens of people on internet auctions about it. No I don't think that it is illegal. Further more, if you purchase something or wish to sell the name of your business, that's perfectly kosher. There must be thousands of domains registered

Re: MD: Anyone know Japanese?

2000-07-25 Thread las
helps the situation, > how? > > On Tue, 25 Jul 2000 19:12:12 -0400, las wrote: > > > > >"Perhaps all of this is just a result of some youthful insensitivity. I don't know. >Still, I think we > >don't have to read very much world news to understand the im

Re: MD: Anyone know Japanese?

2000-07-25 Thread las
"Perhaps all of this is just a result of some youthful insensitivity. I don't know. Still, I think we don't have to read very much world news to understand the importance of building respectful communities wherever we go (online or in person)." I think that the problem is that we are just deal

MD: Sony MZR37PSPC

2000-07-23 Thread las
Hi. What is the story with this unit?? The Sony page states that it comes with a USB cable for recording from the net. Circuit City states "Includes interface cable to record MP3 files."But Sony doesn't say anything about MP3 files. If I understand this correctly, you can't record MP3 fil

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

2000-07-19 Thread las
Ralph, your not off topic. The topic is why Sony sells packages headphones instead of earbuds in the US. There are people on the list that insist that earbuds cost more to make then a comparable pair of headphones. Now that might be true. But so far no one has been able to document what they

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

2000-07-18 Thread las
> Sure we can. We don't know how much different, and we can make some > educated guesses. Earbuds cost more for equivalent sound quality for the > simple reason that everything is smaller. Reducing size increases cost. > That's basic manufacturing math. > > That's not always true. Smaller car

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

2000-07-18 Thread las
InterSil semi conductor company is right where I live. (they used to be RCA then GE then Harris), I can ask them if what you are saying is true. Larry Stainless Steel Rat wrote: > As an aside, even though making wafers smaller reduces materials cost, the > cost of etching increases as the siz

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

2000-07-18 Thread las
=== = NB: Over 50% of this message is QUOTED, please = = be more selective when quoting text = === Yeah, I also find it hard to believe that peopl

MD: Why is it???

2000-07-17 Thread las
Why is it that when I make what I consider to be an intelligent statement or question, no one usually picks up the thread. But when I ask a dumb question like the disk/disc thing, there are 2 dozen replys?. Actually the disc/disk thing is just the kind of thing a lawyer would think of. Use the

MD: Why is it???

2000-07-17 Thread las
Why is it that when I make what I consider to be an intelligent statement or question, no one usually picks up the thread. But when I ask a dumb question like the disk/disc thing, there are 2 dozen replys?. Actually the disc/disk thing is just the kind of thing a lawyer would think of. Use the

Re: MD: digital out from portables

2000-07-17 Thread las
Hi. I'm sure that there is someone here who will be able to give you a more qualified answer. But with miniature things like a portable MD recorder or player. I think that you would probably have a hard time finding the leads to connect an optical transceiver to. Basically it's an LED with a

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

2000-07-17 Thread las
od headphones. But I never find them as comfortable as some of the earbuds. Thanks, Larry Dan Frakes wrote: > las <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Someone made the statement that one reason was because it costs more to > >make earbuds of equal quality to regular headphone

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

2000-07-17 Thread las
Hee, Hee. You must be thing of the movie "48 Hours" where Nick Nolte goes to get Eddie Murphy from jail and Murphy is screaming out Roxanne when he has a headset on. Larry "J. Coon" wrote: > las wrote: > > > I don't think that it is a volume thing. A &g

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

2000-07-17 Thread las
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 turned my own volume up until it started to > hurt, but

Re: MD: Disc vs Disk

2000-07-16 Thread las
should be Disck. "Shawn R. Lin" wrote: > las wrote: > > > > Please don't answer my question by saying, "so you can tell the > > difference". > > > > Why are computer floppy disks spelled disk?? Yet CDs, CD ROMs, and Mini > > Disc

Re: MD: Disc vs Disk

2000-07-16 Thread las
should be Disck. "Shawn R. Lin" wrote: > las wrote: > > > > Please don't answer my question by saying, "so you can tell the > > difference". > > > > Why are computer floppy disks spelled disk?? Yet CDs, CD ROMs, and Mini > > Disc

MD: Disc vs Disk

2000-07-16 Thread las
Please don't answer my question by saying, "so you can tell the difference". Why are computer floppy disks spelled disk?? Yet CDs, CD ROMs, and Mini Discs spelled DISC?? Larry - To stop getting this list send a message containing

MD: Disc vs Disk

2000-07-16 Thread las
Please don't answer my question by saying, "so you can tell the difference". Why are computer floppy disks spelled disk?? Yet CDs, CD ROMs, and Mini Discs spelled DISC?? Larry - To stop getting this list send a message containing

Re: MD: Is 128kbps MP3 bad? MD has loadsa life yet!

2000-07-16 Thread las
=== = NB: Over 50% of this message is QUOTED, please = = be more selective when quoting text = === Brett, you can't rely on anything in between th

Re: MD: scms

2000-07-16 Thread las
I agree with you 100% and that's why I don't think that they should be allowed to force it on us. It can be looked at two ways regarding preventing crime. You put locks on doors to keep people from stealing or people know that stealing is a crime and even though you have a sidewalk sale, people

Re: MD: scms

2000-07-16 Thread las
I agree with you 100% and that's why I don't think that they should be alowed to force it on us. It can be looked at two ways regarding preventing crime. You put locks on doors to keep people from stealing or people know that stealing is a crime and even though you have a sidewalk sale, people

MD: Every once and a while I'm reminded just how great MDs are!

2000-07-16 Thread las
Hi. I'm going to be moving and am selling off as much stuff as I can. I pulled out one of my portable MD recorders (no, I don't plan on selling the portables, I sold the deck). I had bought a new pair of headphones and couldn't find my portable CD player. So I auditioned them on my MD recorder

Re: MD: Pleasant Surprise

2000-07-16 Thread las
=== = NB: Over 50% of this message is QUOTED, please = = be more selective when quoting text = === The other day I was playing an old CD on my com

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

2000-07-16 Thread las
=== = NB: Over 50% of this message is QUOTED, please = = be more selective when quoting text = === I don't know if this is the reason why they don

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

2000-07-16 Thread las
=== = NB: Over 50% of this message is QUOTED, please = = be more selective when quoting text = === I'm not sure that "a" is correct. But I believ

Re: MD: SCMS Strippers

2000-07-12 Thread las
=== = NB: Over 50% of this message is QUOTED, please = = be more selective when quoting text = === As far as I know they are illegal in this count

Re: MD: mini vs mp3 recorder

2000-07-09 Thread las
"Timothy P. Stockman" wrote: > I think that solid state memory media *is* the wave of the future. However, > I do see some drawbacks: > > 1) Right now, the cost of solid state is very high compared to MD: $100 vs > $2.50 for the same amount of storage. > I really don't see how the cost of mem

Re: MD: Sony's Licensing of Betamax, was RE: Data storage through byte->tone conversion?

2000-07-09 Thread las
> This is not true. Sony *did* license Betamax to other companies, among > them, Sanyo, Toshiba, Zenith, and NEC. (FAST FORWARD: HOLLYWOOD, THE > JAPANESE, AND THE VCR WARS, by James Lardner, pp. 159, 307) Those companies > eventually switched their loyalties, however, to the VHS format, as t

Re: MD: mini vs mp3 recorder

2000-07-09 Thread las
Hi Susan, First. Any media that comes with a fixed memory isn't even worth discussing, Second, I'm sure they will or already do make Mp3 recorders that will accept removable memory, like digital still cameras. But have you seen the prices of Flash card, Smart Media or Sony's so called Stick??

MD: Sony MD 510 auction ends in LESS THEN ONE HOUR

2000-07-08 Thread las
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Re: MD: Coax- Optical Converter

2000-07-07 Thread las
Leo Davidson wrote: > On Fri, 7 Jul 2000, las wrote: > > > Ralph, DTS is a whole other world. You combine that with TXH ( or is it THX?) > > THX is just a guarentee of certain qualities, it's not a sound format or > encoding. That is correct. But the standards th

Re: MD: Coax- Optical Converter

2000-07-07 Thread las
=== = NB: Over 50% of this message is QUOTED, please = = be more selective when quoting text = === Hi. Do you have a receiver that has DTS circui

Re: MD: Coax- Optical Converter

2000-07-07 Thread las
Ralph, DTS is a whole other world. You combine that with TXH ( or is it THX?) and a decent receiver with DTS (they almost all are equipped for that). Then you get 5 high end speakers, because unlike Dolby, in DTS all of the channels are full spectrum (and the rear channels are separate descret

Re: MD: Coax- Optical Converter

2000-07-07 Thread las
Leo, I have to agree with you. The only pitfall with TOSlink is excessive length. Len Moskowitz of Core Sound states that you are find up to about 16 feet. But any type of signal is going to deteriorate with long lengths. That's why they have repeaters and stuff like that (I might not be usin

Re: MD: Data storage through byte->tone conversion?

2000-07-07 Thread las
> > > I think it has more to do with the fact that Sony refused to license the > format to othe vendors. THe competitors all had to go with VHS, and > since there was more VHS equipment than Beta, Beta lost out. Same with > Apple computers. > > Jim there were several other brand of Bata VCRs av

Re: MD: Data storage through byte->tone conversion?

2000-07-07 Thread las
> . Today you can get a > 120MB USB SuperDisk drive $150. This is about the cheapest we see audio > MD recorders available today. Granted the SuperDrive media is about > $10/each. > Hi Rick. Why bother with either. Although the initial investment may be a little more, you can buy an internal C

Re: MD: Forgot just how bad vinyl sounded

2000-07-07 Thread las
> > Maria De'Amatto married Jeff Muldare, and recorded as Maria > Muldare. Remember Midnight at the Oasis? I remember it well. But My favorite of hers was "Don't you feel my thigh". Larry > > - > To stop getting this list send

Re: MD: Forgot just how bad vinyl sounded

2000-07-06 Thread las
=== = NB: Over 50% of this message is QUOTED, please = = be more selective when quoting text = === > That reminds me, I need to fix my record play

Re: MD: Forgot just how bad vinyl sounded

2000-07-05 Thread las
Wow. I thought that I was the oldest dude here. I remember when I was a little boy and they just came out with 45s. I guess what it comes down to is whether you are the kind of person who collects antiques or Pentium 10's with a million HZ. I can appreciate what you are saying but to me clean

Re: MD: MD incompatibility?

2000-07-05 Thread las
=== = NB: Over 50% of this message is QUOTED, please = = be more selective when quoting text = === I have many different brands of blanks. 4 diffe

Re: MD: Coax- Optical Converter

2000-07-05 Thread las
=== The original message was multipart MIME=== === All non-text parts (attachments) have been removed === This can lead to that whole debate again about which is better, coaxial or optical. In the past I have read quite a few comments here and else where on the net claiming that c

MD: Forgot just how bad vinyl sounded

2000-07-05 Thread las
We have been selling off much of what we own because we are moving and don't want to take it (I have a Sony 510 deck for sale on e bay). I have been attempting to sell my old albums. Before I will list one for sale I play test it. I can't believe what we used to put up with. At first, ignorin

Re: MD: recording on one channel

2000-07-04 Thread las
(see description on e bay for details). It is for sale on ebay. Item #37017665 Regards, LAS - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: MD: CD to MD

2000-05-26 Thread las
I have a Sony. They have a bunch of models. In the US your choices may be limited. In Japan they have at least a half dozen models. Panasonic also makes one them. I'm sure that there are other manufactures also. They cost about $150 to $200. LAS Marc wrote: > on 5/25/00 9:02 AM,

MD: SRS (o)

2000-05-14 Thread las
Hi. Several years ago a company called Nu Reality introduced a product called VIVID 3D. The purpose of this product was to create a "3D" sound field. The product came in several versions. There was one designed for use with a home Hi Fi system. The popular versions were inexpensive and desig

Re: MD: Inexpensive amps or receivers with digital in/out

2000-05-13 Thread las
No matter what you end up buying DO NOT buy a receive if it does not have in addition to Dolby Digital, DTS (Digital Theater Sound). DTS is the most superior form of surround sound currently available to the consumer. Regards, LAS Aston wrote: > I'm looking for an amp or receiver with

Re: MD: The reason MD will NOT succeed with the masses:

2000-05-11 Thread las
"Exactly. Now, as any oldies in this list can tell you, saved up (I had to go to college...) and a year later bought an R30.. that is, a year from my decision to buy a walkman. I had never owned a walkman before and was doing research on it when I stumbled onto MDs... Hoo boy. Roughly US$400... h

Re: MD: Opinion: Best Brand of MiniDisc

2000-05-07 Thread las
In my opinion there is no best brand. It is not so much the brand as the batch and quality control at that particular time. Today's most reliable brand may exhibit some mechanical problems 6 months from now. Manufactures can improve quality control based on repeated complaints of customers. O

Re: MD: Need help to send analog MD to WAV to mp3

2000-05-07 Thread las
Ron A wrote: > My new PC does not have audio recording to WAV like my old PC did. > You must be not looking in the right place. The sound recorder is a standard part of Windows 98 and I believe has been a standard part of Windows from way back. >From your start menu highlight programs, then

MD: Which one sounds the best?

2000-05-04 Thread las
Hi. I'm seeking opinions about which recorder to keep. I own a Sony MZ-1 which I lent to my son and will probably never see again (but I know that it is not the unit of choice for recording). I also own a Sony 510 deck that I have almost never used. Since I don't do titling, the decks ease of

Re: MD: Minidiscnow.com

2000-05-04 Thread las
> Jim, Frank Bishop was transfered to Japan (kind of like Nick Boyd, > except Frank's job took him back and forth from Japan and Calif. I guess that Frank had never really seen a minidisc recorder until he got to Japan. He fell in love with the Denon R70 (Sharp MS 200 Clone). >From there he dev

Re: MD: "compression"

2000-04-30 Thread las
(I've been away from the MD-L for a few years, but am returning now because I'm trying to clarify some terminology...) Somebody claimed: > CD-DA is compressed in a manner similar to MD: it removes bits of > information that you allegedly cannot hear (which is not true). Now, as I understand it,

Re: MD: discussion on advertising

2000-04-22 Thread las
=== = NB: Over 50% of this message is QUOTED, please = = be more selective when quoting text = === Hi David, > They do. It's 35c extra for Prio

Re: MD: Cheap semi-pro interconnects

2000-04-22 Thread las
e cables that you get from Core Sound). But the last time I ordered a Sony cable, even though the price was the same, the cable had much thicker insulation and much better connectors. No this did not effect the sound quality. But it might help from cracking a fiber bundle. LAS ---

Re: MD: discussion on advertising

2000-04-22 Thread las
S was supposed to begin having tracking service. UPS sent to my office must be signed for. However if the same exact package is sent to my house, they can just leave it with no signature! I don't understand that one. LAS Kheops GlassArt wrote: > Hi... > > Personally, on ou

Re: MD: discussion on advertising

2000-04-21 Thread las
l, the price is the same all over the country. LAS > - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: MD: discussion on advertising

2000-04-21 Thread las
hey also had the sense to use Priority Mail, which is much more reasonable then most other carriers and has delivery on Saturday. I can't believe that UPS does not make deliveries on Sat! Regards, LAS - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: MD: Minidisc blank sound quality 'myth'

2000-04-19 Thread las
has such a high number of errors that it approaches the limits of error correction circuitry, I don't see how an audible difference could be heard, all other things being equal. Regards, LAS - To stop getting this list send a message co

Re: MD: Salvaging a recording made with levels set too high?

2000-04-14 Thread las
Matt Wall wrote: > wow from all the farmer kids that are wannabe gangsters around where i live > that have audiovox I thought that Audiovox was one of the best brands that you could buy (from K-Mart anyway). > stero's Your missing an "e" in stereos and there is no apostrophe. > in thier cars

Re: MD: Ok Larry... $23 for 10 minidisc including shipping and handli ng charge !!!

2000-04-14 Thread las
Kheops GlassArt wrote: > Larry, are you in business ??? I was in the internet Minidisk business for 2 years. When I left we were paying about a dollar a disc. And that was over a year ago, after they yen had bounced back. > When I go to best buy and circuit city and even on the web on md sto

Re: MD: Promotion Mailing List...

2000-04-13 Thread las
=== = NB: Over 50% of this message is QUOTED, please = = be more selective when quoting text = === Hi. As far as it goes for me, if you have a p

Re: MD: Circuit City Responds

2000-04-11 Thread las
Shawn Lin wrote: I have been told the opposite by several alleged Nakamichi Dragon owners that said their cheap MDS-JE510 decks sounded better. Go figure. Shawn I really find it impossible that any cassette deck, no matter how expensive could sound as good as a decent MD recorder. What do th

Re: MD: Whats Up With Circuit City?

2000-04-09 Thread las
Hi Shawn. I also get some Memorex from CC and didn't have any problems with them. It's just that so many people on the list have claimed to have problems with the and High Space. I find it hard to believe that those list members all made it up. But as for myself, I don't think that I have eve

Re: MD: Whats Up With Circuit City?

2000-04-08 Thread las
=== = NB: Over 50% of this message is QUOTED, please = = be more selective when quoting text = === How old were the Memorex that you tried?? Beca

Re: MD: Whats Up With Circuit City?

2000-04-07 Thread las
That's not very encouraging. Thank God for the Internet and international e businesses. It looks like the only way we may be order MD stuff in the future will be by purchasing "grey market" goods. Last year it seemed like they were really trying to push the MD format (don't ask me who they are

Re: MD: OT: You cannae break the laws of physics (was took apart R90)

2000-03-28 Thread las
PrinceGaz wrote: > Not strictly true, Larry. It has been demonstrated in laboratories that information > may travel faster than light through "quantum-tunneling" which I confess I am not > particular well up on, but has demonstrated information can be transmitted at about > two or three times t

Re: MD: I took apart my R90... here's the ATRAC chip #

2000-03-27 Thread las
Hi. I think that ATRAC (and I believe that Rick W. agrees with me. I don't want to put words in his mouth, so if you don't Rick, please correct me.) peak at about version 4 (I believe Rick said 3.5 at one time). You get to a point where you have taken something as far as you can in certain are

MD: Converting MP3 files to CDA

2000-03-13 Thread las
Hi. This has probably been asked a thousand times. I have been away from the list for a long time so I apologize for asking again. Simply put, how do you convert MP3 tiles to CD audio files so that you can create audio CDs that can be played on a standard CD player. Is there software that does

Re: MD: Car MD players...

2000-02-24 Thread LAS
=== = NB: Over 50% of this message is QUOTED, please = = be more selective when quoting text = === Hi. Sounds like a great unit. But how much do

Re: MD: I Love MD- but- New car dilemma

2000-02-23 Thread LAS
Hi. There's always Sam's Club and their now $99.99 Aiwa receiver. It comes with an Aux jack on the front panel. Surprising (especially since the unit also comes with 2 crappy speakers) it is a decent unit. My son had paid several hundred dollars for a JVC receiver and then bought 2 decent Pio

Re: MD: MD-Data2 as a "Zip killer"

2000-02-23 Thread LAS
data used on that camera runs at that > speed? Is perfectly possible... > >He's saying megabits NOT megabytes. Do you realize how slow something is > if it's transfer rate is measused in megabits?? Those numbers are not very > impressiv

Re: MD: MD-Data2 as a "Zip killer"

2000-02-23 Thread LAS
been released? Do you know their prices? The reason the the original Sony data drive didn't make it was: a) the price of the drive was much too high b) the price of the discs were too high c) it was slow as shit! LAS > Hi everyone! > > When I first heard about the MD Data format

Re: MD: My Diamond Rio Experience

2000-02-22 Thread LAS
=== The original message was multipart MIME=== === All non-text parts (attachments) have been removed === Edward Nigma wrote: > I agree with LAS in the sense that MD and Mp3's involve compression. > So do cd's for that matter. Cant wait to get my hands on S

Re: MD: My Diamond Rio Experience

2000-02-22 Thread LAS
Hi. It all goes back to the moving parts problem. Solid state is immune from shock. With the prices of regular RAM going up, I don't see the price special memory (is it called static RAM?) dropping in the near future. Also, using a standard sized memory module, such as Flash cards or Smart me

Re: MD: My Diamond Rio Experience

2000-02-22 Thread LAS
> > > could shock memory be replaced with the ability to eliminate silence and > have a good transition between songs? Like those CD changers that take 5 to > 10 seconds to change disks, can you set them to record some in memory so by > the time the disk has to change, you could have gapless play

Re: MD: Remote plug

2000-02-22 Thread LAS
=== = NB: Over 50% of this message is QUOTED, please = = be more selective when quoting text = === Your right Jim. They both have "custom" plug c

Re: MD: My Diamond Rio Experience

2000-02-22 Thread LAS
"PS sorry about the babbling" I can only speak for myself. But I did think it was babble. I really enjoyed your comments and found them very informative. Larry - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word

Re: MD: NEWS: SONY MZ-R90 PURCHASED IN NEW YORK CITY!

2000-02-21 Thread LAS
will have an FCC sticker on it) or is it a Japanese Domestic model?? Don't miss understand me, I have no problem with Japanese Domestic and most of the units I own are. I'm just curious because that sounds like a really good price. LAS Eric Wouden

Re: MD: My Diamond Rio Experience

2000-02-21 Thread LAS
Hi Gary, Can't help you with your love life, but I really appreciate the input about Rio. MD has been around for about 8 years now. Although I'm the only person in the MD world that finds the quality of Sony's MZ-1 acceptable, in 8 years MD manufactures have not sat on their hands. By the tim

Re: MD: Just bought First MD Player/Recorder

2000-02-20 Thread LAS
unless you live in Calif.). But the least expensive unit would cost you about $270. LAS Will Cocks wrote: > After muc intrest in MiniDisc I finally bought one. I went to Circuit City > hoping to buy the Sharp MT15 but upon seeing the Sony R37 for $20 less(199 > vs. 179) I went for it

Re: MD: MD Discs

2000-02-11 Thread LAS
that they have name brands. At one point they were giving Sony ES discs!!! for that price. Delivery tends to be slow though. LAS mutt2004 wrote: > Is $24 for 10 mddiscs a good price? If not where can I get a better deal? > > -

Re: MD: MD Kewlness

2000-02-10 Thread LAS
Hi. You might be surprised how many people outside of Japan have no idea what a mini disc is. I meet many people who, when I mention MD, claim they know what I am talking about. But it soon becomes obvious they haven't a clue. Mini discs are never going to main stream outside of Japan. Don't

Re: MD: facts+figures

2000-02-07 Thread LAS
It is going to be difficult to determine the number of MD players sold in the US, because so many of them are purchased on the internet and are actually Japanese domestic units. Even so the total number of MD players sold in the US is an insignificant number compared with Japan. Larry Brandon

Re: MD: Identity of Memorex/Sony MD Blanks

2000-02-06 Thread LAS
=== = NB: Over 50% of this message is QUOTED, please = = be more selective when quoting text = === Memorex must have switched manufactures. The o

Re: MD: Unlimited SCMS from SBLive!?

2000-02-06 Thread LAS
Brent Harding wrote: > === > = NB: Over 50% of this message is QUOTED, please = > = be more selective when quoting text = > === > > how does that w

Re: MD: SBlive with Hoontech DB III on Win 2000

2000-02-06 Thread LAS
The CR copies of Windows 2000 really lack drivers. But Win 2000 is designed for business use more then people interested in doing things with video and audio. I'm not sure that Microsoft will ever develop drivers for many things. You had better hope that the sound card manufacture has develo

Re: MD: How to tell Sony

2000-02-06 Thread LAS
I can't remember if the last Japanese domestic Sony item I purchased had a card like that. But then again, everything was in Japanese. So how would I know even if it was there? Larry - To stop getting this list send a message con

Re: MD: SBlive with Hoontech DB III on Win 2000

2000-02-06 Thread LAS
. Windows 2000 really isn't Windows at all. It's Windows NT 5.0. I would contact the company that supplies the digital optical output capability. LAS Magic wrote: > Hi, > > Sorry if this mail is irrelevant but I am in great need... I have a Sound > Blaster Live! with a Hoontech SB

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