Hi. I'm glad that no one took offense at my post yesterday (certainly none was intended...I was having a very bad day at the salt mines). Anyway, others said succintly what I was trying to say. My real point was this: 1) I have heard, in some cases, a slight difference in sound between MD and CD. It's not enough to distract from my enjoyment, and, more often than not, I have to do an A-B comparison to be sure. 2) I love MiniDisc, and I wanted people to know that not everyone who hears a difference in anti-MD. I'm certainly not. Now, just to comment on some of the responses that were posted. > From: "Magic" > It's interesting to see you have produced evidence > of my argument that the > different types of ATRAC have their strengths and > weaknesses. I have often > said the Sony is better for classical and jazz > because it reproduces the > sounds you describe above much better. The Sharp > ATRAC system has trouble > with sustained notes such as classical guitar and > long bass notes (ie - > double bass, cello, piano) but it excels at sharp > attack sounds like kick > drums, snare etc. - it's brilliant for rock music > and dance music. It would > be interesting if you could rerecord the same music > with a Sony MD and see > how you feel they compare. This certainly has been my experience. The jazz and rock recordings I have made sound great. The classical recordings also are fine...but the difference is easier to hear. At present, I have only the Sharp. Soon I hope to have a Sony deck. I will re-record the same music as a test and report back. > From: Dan Frakes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Don't get me wrong -- I'm a huge MD fan. I use my > MD player on a daily basis... I just think that people should be realistic about the format. I don't think the difference that I have encountered are significant for my listening. We should be realistic to the point that we acknowledge there are sometimes some slight differences, and move on. What bothers people, I think, and someone else made this point...there's more being said about the differences than are necessary, and that can hurt MD in this world where people's opinions are based on 30-second adverts and sound-bites. > From: "Shawn R. Lin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Still, can you say for sure the difference is due to > the format itself? > Are you able to discount the DAC, analog stage, amp, > etc.? No, I can't say that for sure. But I'm a musician, not an engineer, so my comments are based purely on my listening experience. > I don't think it is fair for anyone to say MD itself > is inferior without doing double-blind testing using the SAME DAC, SAME speakers, SAME amp, > with everything identical. > > You can compare two specific models, but I don't > think you can do a > direct MD/CD comparison without removing more > variables. ..., but still, we cannot > conclude that MD sounds better than CD. Agreed...and I'm not in a position to do that (and would rather just enjoy the music in any case). My listening tests were done at the time that I entered the MD world just to satisfy myself that I truly wanted to get into MD (I had a 30-day window in which I could return the unit if I didn't like it). Now, I am too busy enjoying the music to worry about anything other than the possible demise on the medium. It still amazes me that one could reduce the music by 80% and still be left with the great quality that MD provides. I would love to understand how ATRAC accounts for things like overtones....but I'm really not technical enough to understand it all. Just glad it works. And now for one other question....Is anyone, anywhere selling the Sharp MD-20? Other than on Sharp s own website, it seems to be completely non-existent. I probably wouldn't buy it, since the MD-15 is all that I really need...but I wonder what it is going for...and I love the sexy gold color that will be available in the Asian market. Cheers, JMJ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send online invitations with Yahoo! Invites. http://invites.yahoo.com ----------------------------------------------------------------- To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
