Can you indicate the URL of this japanese anti-MD website? Is it in english?
Leon a �crit:
> Before I begin: These arguments are not necessarily my arguments - since you
> asked, I thought I should summarize them.
>
> In case you haven't heard of it, there's an entire Anti-MD website in Japan.
> With the way MD is in Japan, it's really compressing the market share of
> other formats(cassettes, DAT), and they just don't think this should happen.
> But anyway...
>
> The major criticism of MD is that it sounds unusually "weightless". Some
> people who are used to CD finds MD equipments dont sound substantial enough.
> There's a tendency for the sound to be extremely bright on MD equipments.
> This is described as a "hard" sound (as opposed to supple). It's very nice,
> but can also be tiring to listen to.
>
> Another aspect is that, people think that on some tracks MD sounds "noisy"
> if there are several "layers" of sound (instruments) appearing together.
> Maybe is it true that ATRAC creates "pre-echo noise" (noise that precedes
> the actual sound being compressed), but again I can't comment on that.
> ---------------------------
> Personally, I'd like to hear what people think about the first criticism I
> mentioned above. It's perfectly possible for any audio equipment to be tuned
> like that, but you hardly ever hear a CD or cassette portable that sounds
> "light" in the same way. So a reasonable question is: why do they tune MD
> portables like this?
>
> And please, don't give us the double blind test crap. That doesn't solve any
> questions. Are you blind? *g*
>
> Leon
>
> P.S. Sony EX70 can be very nice if you own a Panasonic portable. Makes the
> sound very pleasant. It doesnt sound like something that goes well with Sony
> portables.
>
> > From: "J. C. R. Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 08:27:07 -0500
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: MD: These differences in MD -- what are they?
> >
> >
> > Many have claimed lately to hear some differences in MiniDiscs and
> > compact discs. Exactly what ARE these differences?
> >
> > J. C. R. Davis ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
>
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