Luke I have limited experience with Sony md's. I heard one in a store
playing some RB. But I have an 831 and my coworker have a 722 and we both
love sharp's quality. I listen to Classical, Rock, Pop, alternative, and a
little rap and the highs and bass and overall quality of the sound is near
cd
I didn't realize you were recording digitally, using an optical cable.
What is your digital source? A tape deck with optical out?
At the moment I've tried only with the optical SPDIF output of my SB Live
Platinum Live Drive II . (It's the only optical SPDIF gear I have). The
input to the
* Dale Greer [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Fri, 05 May 2000
| Simon, this is one of the funniest things I have read in a long time. Thanks
| for the wit
Hey, at least both Ralph and I agreed on something ;).
But it is not so much as the headphones causing hiss but seeming to cause
hiss when what
Luke,
Yeah, analog soundcards on laptops can be REALLY bad depending on how well they
isolated the analog circuitry from the digital circuitry.
I've got a Gateway solo 9300 (or something like that) and it has an optical
SPDIF connector (rectangular). I found a standard optical cable which
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Apologies if this has been covered before.
I find that my Sharp-831 does not offer particularly good compression. I can
clearly HEAR the artifacts, especially if the music contains a quiet passage
that contains a proportionately large amount of background hiss,
Rat wrote (in reply to Dave Hooper):
* "Dave Hooper" [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Wed, 03 May 2000
I find that my Sharp-831 does not offer particularly
good compression. I can
clearly HEAR the artifacts, especially if the music
contains a quiet passage
that
* Simon Barnes [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Thu, 04 May 2000
| Now we have a new subject to argue about, both Ralph and Rat have suggested
| that poor headphones can cause hiss. I don't think this is possible.
Bad gear sounds bad. One of the ways that bad gear sounds bad is a hissing
or scratching
H... Ok - so if I'm recording digitally, I still hear the same
artifacts. So that rules out the ADCs unless the Sharp has some kooky
DAC-ADC design on the digital input. Which I'm pretty sure it doesn't.
As for the guy who says 'get some better headphones' : The music I'm
recording *HAS*
* "Dave Hooper" [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Thu, 04 May 2000
| So the actual headphones used are irrelevant here.
Okay, one possible problem eliminated.
| Ideas or knowledge, anyone? (Should I maybe consider taking it back to
| the shop I bought it at?
Yes. Seems that there might be a loose
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Dave,
I didn't realize you were recording digitally, using an optical cable.
What is your digital source? A tape deck with optical out?
I have experienced this noise
Sometime fairly recently, Simon Barnes [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Now we have a new subject to argue about, both Ralph and Rat have suggested
that poor headphones can cause hiss.
Simon, this is one of the funniest things I have read in a long time. Thanks
for the wit
Dale
Chris Eddington wrote:
I have experienced this noise exactly as you have, when trying to record
digitally from my laptop.
Chris (and maybe others)
how are you recording(digitally) from your laptop to md? i have a laptop
running windows95 but currently the only way i can record is from the
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I find that my Sharp-831 does not offer
* "Dave Hooper" [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Wed, 03 May 2000
| I find that my Sharp-831 does not offer particularly good compression. I can
| clearly HEAR the artifacts, especially if the music contains a quiet passage
| that contains a proportionately large amount of background hiss, and on
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