RE: MD: What up with MD

2000-08-07 Thread metatron
I wonder if it's a little too late in this discussion to point out that if a format fails in the U.S. it doesn't actually mean that it's dead? Of course, the U.S. is a hugely lucrative market, and any manufacturer is going to want their product to succeed there, but outside the shadow of the st

RE: MD: Cheap semi-pro interconnects

2000-04-20 Thread metatron
Well Gaz, One of the many nice things about Richer Sounds is that for a small deposit, they will lend you a little suitcase full of interconnects so that you can try them all out for yourself in the comfort of your own home and make your own decision. I found that there was quite a noticeable di

MD: Audio Eccentricities [was optical cords!]

2000-01-14 Thread metatron
I've read a few deranged magazine reviews reporting the 'openness', 'clarity' etc of different brands of optical cable, the superiority of expensive brands of MD and other foolishness, but given the cut and dried nature of digital equipment, I suppose there are very few areas left for really _c

RE: MD: Hi-Space Disc Problems?

2000-01-14 Thread metatron
Based on postings over the months to this list, and from my own experience, it seems that most people experience a glitch with a disc from time to time, but there isn't any consistency with the brand of disc that gives the problem, be it cheap or expensive [with maybe the exception of Memorex, th

MD: Name Full!!!

1999-12-10 Thread metatron
While titling a recording of Handel's 'Semele' , which contains lots of snappy numbers like 'Ah, wretched prince... Wing'd with our fearsO prodigy, to me of dire portent!' on my Sony deck, I received the 'Name Full !!!' message. I like to pack the info in when titling, and with opera, you can

RE: MD: What can I do with a digital out?

1999-12-10 Thread metatron
>What can I do with a Digital Out that have on my Sony >Deck MDS-JE630? I have 2 digital inputs where I can >hook in a CD player and my Sony portable MD, but I >don't know what uses I can put a Digital Out to. You can insert a high quality dedicated D/A converter into the audio chain. As we kn

RE: MD: 79p MDs & RM-D11P

1999-08-13 Thread metatron
>Sony RM-D11P remote titling keyboard How much a'they a'charging? £69.95Not the greatest example of value for money I know, especially for an item which really should have come as standard with all decks - but I'm still very happy with it. John

RE: MD: 79p MDs & RM-D11P

1999-08-13 Thread metatron
Like everything to do with Richer Sounds, this seems to vary from branch to branch - this afternoon I used the WhatHi-Fi voucher at the Chelsea shop to buy twenty four HiSpace at 79p each [they were the 'color' in packs of 8, and the assistant gave me the extra four at 79p rather than spl

RE: MD: sharp 702/722 headphone/optical/line output

1999-08-03 Thread metatron
>Don't forget also thatyou can not make a digital copy of an MD from an MD >copied digitally from a CD or other digital source, such as a DAT. So it >seems that including the digital output would be useless. ..Except that you could use an external D/A converter. I put my JE520 through an Ar

RE: MD: MDs, PCM audio, Super CDs and DVD-Audio (OT)

1999-07-19 Thread metatron
Rick wrote: >It is my hunch (okay, I'll stick my neck out and call it a prediction) >that DVD-A will not make it. Reason: it does not provide a >sufficiently compelling difference in audio quality over CDs. Quite right. The imminent arrival of DVD-A will also recreate a DCC vs MD situation, I t