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> "PrinceGaz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
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> >Thats true Ralph but what MD definitely does *not* need is
> >peeps being introduced to units like the Sharp 701/702
> >which will go pants due to utoc errors in 12 months time.
>
> Well in slight defense of the 702, I've had mine for 21 months. I bought
> it in Japan through Nic Boyde and have had GREAT success with it. A close
> friend bought a 702 in the United States of America via Minidiscnow and
> AFTER he finally received the machine, has had great success. I've
> personally recommended the 702 to two(2) other friends and both of those
> have had great success.
Add me to this list.... My 702 turns two years in january! Still no UTOC
problem.
> I don't like to generalize the reported UTOC error as something which
> occurs on every unit. It clearly is not a problem on all units.
It started to show up somewhere in mid 1998. At least that's when I heard
about this problem on this list. It seems to me that Sharps had a bad
batch or maybee they losened their testing criteria.
> >Add to that the allegedly buggy Sharp ATRAC coding prob
> >(even in the latest units)
>
> That only seems to appear when recording a certain note frequency
> combination on a solo french horn. I attend and archive classical brass
> concerts on a regular basis, and have yet to hear this artifact even when
> a solo french horn is performing.
>
> Again the problem that happens in very specific recording situations and
> those are very, VERY rare.
I and all other persons I know can't hear the difference between the MDS-S38
(Sony ATRAC 4.0) and the Sharp 702 with digital recordings. I can however hear
the difference (more noise) when recording analog. But remember that the
MDS-S38 is a home-deck. Ie, it isn't limited by batery limitation in the
choice of components!
> >and the little extra you pay for Sony
> >stuff begins to make sense. C'mon guys-- Sony can throw
> >many times the budget and staff at improving and checking
> >their ATRAC algorithm than Sharp.
>
> For my need to have a method of real time recording level changes and the
> Sharps ability to copy the names from one MD to another, for my needs the
> Sharp is a superior machine. Also the Sharps headphone/amp output is
> higher than my Sony MZ-E40 player. This is needed when I patch into a
> mixer at a radio station I volunteer at. The Sony MZ-E40 isn't a good
> fit.
Actually, I don't know who's better. And PrinceGaz, Sharp is AFAIK bigger
than Sony. Maybee not in MD, but in all the rest for sure. The main
difference is that Sharp is a OEM manufacturer and Sony not. (Kenwood
and Dennon are two of Sharps OEM customers.)
Cheers,
Ralph -> Who's going to win? Sharp, Sony..... Who cares, as long as it
is MD!
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