Re: MD: Sharp vs. Sony ATRAC

2000-11-28 Thread Stainless Steel Rat
* "J. Coon" [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Tue, 14 Nov 2000 | I think line in impedance is around 600 ohms. THat isn't very high. "High" is a relative term. The impedance of Koss PortPro line is 60 ohms. Grado SR-60 headphones have an impedance of 32 ohms. Sennheiser HD600 headphones have an

Re: MD: Sharp vs. Sony ATRAC

2000-11-15 Thread Neil
On 14 Nov 2000 22:59:49 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: * las [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Tue, 14 Nov 2000 | I think that you may have missed my point. The fact that it can match | impedance is not the important factor in this thread. The fact that every | signal that comes out of a Sharp

Re: MD: Sharp vs. Sony ATRAC

2000-11-14 Thread Michael Burger
=== = NB: Over 50% of this message is QUOTED, please = = be more selective when quoting text = === Which model(s) actually do that? I don't

Re: MD: Sharp vs. Sony ATRAC

2000-11-14 Thread Stainless Steel Rat
* sherryl [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Mon, 13 Nov 2000 | I don't think that it has anything to do with either's ATRACs. It is | impossible to play a Sharp portable without it influencing the "color" | of the sound because it does not have a separate line out. Well, if you have a true line in on the

Re: MD: Sharp vs. Sony ATRAC

2000-11-14 Thread J. Coon
Stainless Steel Rat wrote: * sherryl [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Mon, 13 Nov 2000 | I don't think that it has anything to do with either's ATRACs. It is | impossible to play a Sharp portable without it influencing the "color" | of the sound because it does not have a separate line out. Well,

Re: MD: Sharp vs. Sony ATRAC

2000-11-14 Thread las
Stainless Steel Rat wrote: Well, if you have a true line in on the other end, the impedance is high, which causes the built-in amp to cut out. Then you set the volume to maximum and you have a line out. I think that you may have missed my point. The fact that it can match impedance is

Re: MD: Sharp vs. Sony ATRAC

2000-11-14 Thread Dan Frakes
On Tue, 14 Nov 2000 00:31:13 -0500, sherryl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Are you talking about "line-out" signals? Or headphone-out signals? Dan, You must have never owned a Sharp portable MD unit. There is only one output. The headphone and line out are combined into one and use special

Re: MD: Sharp vs. Sony ATRAC

2000-11-13 Thread sherryl
James Jarvie wrote: I always have to boost the hight frequencies on my amp (or head unit) when I use the MT-15. I don't think that it has anything to do with either's ATRACs. It is impossible to play a Sharp portable without it influencing the "color" of the sound because it does not have

Re: MD: Sharp vs. Sony ATRAC

2000-11-13 Thread Dan Frakes
James Jarvie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have been noticing for awhile that the Sharp is noticeably lacking in the highs (and, conversely the bass is too boomy). I always have to boost the hight frequencies on my amp (or head unit) when I use the MT-15. James: Are you talking about

Re: MD: Sharp vs. Sony ATRAC

2000-11-13 Thread sherryl
Dan Frakes wrote: James: Are you talking about "line-out" signals? Or headphone-out signals? Dan, You must have never owned a Sharp portable MD unit. There is only one output. The headphone and line out are combined into one and use special circuitry to determine the correct