RE: MD: External battery packs and portable electronics

2001-02-21 Thread Simon Mackay
Hi everyone! Please bring the thread back on course rather than trashing editors of magazines. The thread is all about the use of external long-range battery packs with portable electronic gadgets like MD Walkmans and digital cameras. With regards, Simon Mackay

Re: MD: External battery packs and portable electronics

2001-02-18 Thread Francisco J. Huerta
es even more than other brands, such as Klipsch or Mirage). That, and the fact he hates MD, makes me think he is not an objective reviewer... close to an a**hole. Francisco. - Original Message - From: "las" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2001 8:52 PM

Re: MD: External battery packs and portable electronics

2001-02-18 Thread Don Capps
From: "Francisco J. Huerta" [EMAIL PROTECTED] That, and the fact he hates MD, makes me think he is not an objective reviewer... close to an a**hole. Oh well. [shrug] No use continuing this thread. Don C. - To stop getting this

Re: MD: External battery packs and portable electronics

2001-02-17 Thread Dan Frakes
"Simon Mackay" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Has anyone ever had experience designing their own "long-distance" battery pack for their personal high-demand electronic devices? How did they go about designing the battery pack, what battery did they use as the basis of the pack and how did they

Re: MD: External battery packs and portable electronics

2001-02-17 Thread las
Dan Frakes wrote: Headroom sells an external battery pack for many CD players, and they even include a note that "We can 4D holders for certain portable CD players. Call us for details." I am assuming that they could do the same for MD players. Don't mean to hog the site, but you keep

Re: MD: External battery packs and portable electronics

2001-02-17 Thread Don Capps
From: "las" [EMAIL PROTECTED] BTW that's where the assh0le [sic] Ken Pohmann (or whatever the jerks name is) get his start. I didn't like him them (he reviewed new CDs and was just as clueless about music as he is about audio. Aside from being an objectivist (bound to offend the golden

Re: MD: External battery packs and portable electronics

2001-02-17 Thread las
Don Capps wrote: From: "las" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Aside from being an objectivist (bound to offend the golden eared) what is it exactly that makes Ken Pohlman an asshole and "clueless" about audio? Don C. You are fairly new to the list so you probably didn't see the article that was posted

Re: MD: External battery packs and portable electronics

2001-02-17 Thread Don Capps
From: "las" [EMAIL PROTECTED] You are fairly new to the list so you probably didn't see the article that was posted here a few years ago where he totally trashed MDs claiming they were inferior to Dolby C cassettes. All you have to do is read some of his articles and if you know anything, you

Re: MD: External battery packs and portable electronics

2001-02-17 Thread las
Don Capps wrote: True, I am new to the list. However, I am a LONG time reader of a number of audio mags, both pro and home oriented. I have been reading Stereo Review (now Sound Vision) since the 70's and am VERY familiar with Ken Pohlman's work. And I fail to see how Ken's having an