Re: MD: Sony E500 vs. E700 vs. E900

2001-01-15 Thread J. Coon
That would work too. The ear buds were pretty cheap, and the cable was already split and labeled as to which is the right and which is the left. A lot of people that want to build one don't have anything to test the cable with. JT wrote: On Tue, 9 Jan 2001, J. Coon wrote: Using the

Re: MD: Sony E500 vs. E700 vs. E900

2001-01-12 Thread Jen Wood
For serious listening or recording maybe, but when I bought my md player (sharp mt77) I wanted something that could fill the role of a portable mp3 player but have the benifits of a tape/cd portable(like not having to spend an arm and a leg on additional storage) without being as bulky. There

Re: MD: Sony E500 vs. E700 vs. E900

2001-01-10 Thread Steve Corey
"Churchill, Guy" wrote: If you can't ever hear tell the difference, does it matter? I I submit that it does matter, for the reasons I mentioned in my previous post that future technology will enable the ability to vastly improve current recordings. It's like the Caruso restorations. They

Re: MD: Sony E500 vs. E700 vs. E900

2001-01-10 Thread J. Coon
Steve Corey wrote: In the majority of cases, I cannot tell the difference between CD and the ATRAC on my MZ-R90. However, I did a recording with it of some acoustic guitar, where I didn't set the levels properly, and I can hear a difference between the ATRAC and the DAT version. (I used

Re: MD: Sony E500 vs. E700 vs. E900

2001-01-09 Thread Ed Heckman
At 1/8/01 11:28 PM, J. Coon wrote: No, I haven't listened to it at all. It is just that when I record something, I want it to be very close the original. MD is very close to CD quality. However, from the reports of people that have posted their experiance to the list, they can tell a

Re: MD: Sony E500 vs. E700 vs. E900

2001-01-09 Thread Neil
On Tue, 9 Jan 2001 01:08:32 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: IMNSHO, units without LP are history. In what way? I can sorta see that new units may struggle to compete without these features. But as you've alluded to, yourself - I suspect many MD users may never use it. For normal musics MDs

Re: MD: Sony E500 vs. E700 vs. E900

2001-01-09 Thread J. Coon
Ed Heckman wrote: I was one of those people that posted my opinion of LP. I did a short comparison test between the LP and regular modes. I could hear a difference between standard mode and LP2. But I had to listen for it. This difference will probably not be apparent under normal listing

Re: MD: Sony E500 vs. E700 vs. E900

2001-01-09 Thread Anthony Lalande
[snip] Where I can truly see a use, is for lecture / seminar recording, or personally for recording audio books. Agreed. As a student myself, I have toyed with the idea of recording lectures on my Sharp MT-831. Though it's not LP by any measure, I can still assure quite a bit of

Re: MD: Sony E500 vs. E700 vs. E900

2001-01-09 Thread Steve Corey
First off, I absolutely love my MZ-R90. Now onto rant mode: "J. Coon" wrote: No, I haven't listened to it at all. It is just that when I record Sounds like one of those "infidels look down on MD as inferior because it uses ATRAC" as you put it in another post. You're doing the same

Re: MD: Sony E500 vs. E700 vs. E900

2001-01-09 Thread David W. Tamkin
Will asked, tersely, | does LP sound good? thats what i want to know. I have to agree with Ed Heckman here; to my ears, LP2 is good enough for en- joying most music, and LP4 is plenty good enough for speech. Also, sometimes I'll record music from the radio while I'm busy or asleep and not

Re: MD: Sony E500 vs. E700 vs. E900

2001-01-09 Thread Churchill, Guy
First off, I absolutely love my MZ-R90. Now onto rant mode: I think everyone here "loves" their MD gear. (sometimes just a little tooo much :) I do play music, and I am looking for super long recordings. If I want quality recording I go DAT. Don't kid yourself, MD is lossy

Re: MD: Sony E500 vs. E700 vs. E900

2001-01-09 Thread J. Coon
Using the earphones works in a pinch but you are better off making or buying a condenser mike. Here is one that I designed that work well, and the parts cost about $10. http://www.tir.com/~liteways/Mandolin.html#Microphone Anthony Lalande wrote: On the other hand, a friend of mine has

Re: MD: Sony E500 vs. E700 vs. E900

2001-01-08 Thread Dan Frakes
Leon: Thanks for the info/translation! Exactly what I was looking for. - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: MD: Sony E500 vs. E700 vs. E900

2001-01-08 Thread Sh0rTy515
does LP sound good? thats what i want to know. Cuz i just go tthe sony MZ-R90. . -WiLL - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: MD: Sony E500 vs. E700 vs. E900

2001-01-08 Thread Francisco J. Huerta
But the MZ-R90 doesn't suppport LP... - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 08, 2001 6:16 PM Subject: Re: MD: Sony E500 vs. E700 vs. E900 does LP sound good? thats what i want to know. Cuz i just go tthe sony MZ-R90

Re: MD: Sony E500 vs. E700 vs. E900

2001-01-08 Thread Sh0rTy515
i know, i wanted to know if LP sounds as good as regular recording - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: MD: Sony E500 vs. E700 vs. E900

2001-01-08 Thread J. Coon
I guess it would sound good if you always listened to it in heavy traffic riding on the bus. I think for serious listening or recording, you are better off with standard MD. Some infidels look down on MD as inferior because it uses ATRAC in the first place, can you imagine their comments on

Re: MD: Sony E500 vs. E700 vs. E900

2001-01-08 Thread las
"J. Coon" wrote: I have recorded on my R30 and got a copy that was good enough to submit for a CD compilation, and so have a lot of other people. I'm sure they won't be able to do that with the LP mode. Jim are you saying that based on actual double blind listening studies that you

Re: MD: Sony E500 vs. E700 vs. E900

2001-01-08 Thread Dan Scellen
After 25 years or so of having a highspeed drill blast my ears, I no longer consider myself qualified to judge. Well Larry, if you can't judge yourself, why not get more recording time? People are so worried about what others think of their own idea of fidelity. If you think LP4 sounds great,

Re: MD: Sony E500 vs. E700 vs. E900

2001-01-08 Thread J. Coon
No, I haven't listened to it at all. It is just that when I record something, I want it to be very close the original. MD is very close to CD quality. However, from the reports of people that have posted their experiance to the list, they can tell a difference between standard MD and LP

Re: MD: Sony E500 vs. E700 vs. E900

2001-01-07 Thread Leon
A summary from Sony's own comparison table in Japanese: (http://www.walkman.sony.co.jp/prod/md_rec/kino.html) All 3 are compatible with MDLP. The E700 is functionally identical to the E900, but doesn't have magnesium alloy casing. weight - unit only / unit with rech. battery E500 - 76g / 101g