Re: MD: Using my MiniDisc as an optical to analogue converter....

2000-01-01 Thread Peter Wood
Hya, That depends on the unit. Some keep the laser focused and the recording head on the disc surface during record-pause, and some don't. Perhaps what you really need is a unit that has a monitor mode, where you can use its DAC without having a disc inside. Yeah I think it does in the

MD: Using my MiniDisc as an optical to analogue converter....

1999-12-30 Thread Peter Wood
Hello All, I was woundering ;) I've recently started using the digital output of my computer CD drive and turning it into an optical signal and it sounds great. A hell of a lot better. It's a lot clearer then when it's coming out of the analouge out on the back of my CD drive and out of

Re: MD: Using my MiniDisc as an optical to analogue converter....

1999-12-30 Thread David W. Tamkin
Peter asked, | Am I doiung any damage to the MD while leaving it in record mode for | so long without actually recording, ie. is the laser on at all or any | other parts for physical recording in use? That depends on the unit. Some keep the laser focused and the recording head on the disc