MiniDisc Community Pages News for 8 August 2000
o Glen Wintringham points out Japanese announcements for Onkyo's MD LP
[1]Intec 155 and [2]FR-S77/V77 bookshelf systems. He also finds
English PDF manuals for the Onkyo [3]MD-2321 and [4]MD-185X decks.
[1] http://www.onkyo.co.jp/what/newsrelease/intec155_nr.htm
[2] http://www.onkyo.co.jp/what/newsrelease/fr-s77_nr.htm
[3] http://www.onkyo.co.jp/www_e/manual/english/md2321_e.pdf
[4] http://www.onkyo.co.jp/www_e/manual/english/md185x_e.pdf
o In the [5]machine translation of Sony's MXD-D5C announcement, they
note that CD->MDLP dubbing runs at 2X (vs. 4X for normal CD->MD
dubbing) and that Type-R mode (for ``Recursive''?) is not available
in LP mode or when high-speed dubbing.
[5] http://www.minidisc.org/MXD-D5C_translation.htm
o Zarlingo, Ho and Davich (sounds like a few lawyers!) point out that
Target (a US, mass market discount retailer) is now carrying MD gear
(Sony MZ-R70PC) and Memorex blanks.
o Planet Minidisc notes that they too carry the [6]Xitel MDPort-DG1
USB to TOSlink audio adapter.
[6] http://store.yahoo.com/planetminidisc/mdport-dg1.html
o F. Reitano finds a further [7]MinidiscNow footnote. If you've lost
money with them, now's the time to make contact about receiving a
refund (do "cc" the FTC).
[7] http://www.ftc.gov/os/2000/07/minidisccmp.htm
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 9 August 2000
o The Korean MD page posts a bevy of [1]Panasonic SJ-MR200 snapshots,
including a [2]touch-panel closeup shot. Anyone knowing how well the
touch panel really works is invited to [3]report in.
[1] http://minidisc.co.kr/md/mdr/pana/mr200/
[2] http://minidisc.co.kr/md/mdr/pana/mr200/mr200_3.jpg
[3] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
o Sony gives a polite and, [4]ultimately hopeful reply to the End
Search petition. Thank you all again for your help!
[4] http://www.minidisc.org/sony_endsearch_reply.html
o Stefan Zimmer has [5]MD-Cover software for Deja MD Cover.
[5] http://www.zone-24113.purespace.de/
o Minidisco has a [6]garage sale page.
[6] http://www.minidisco.com/miniordergarage.html
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 10 August 2000
o Crish Mariathas forwards a photo from Josh Pelland (who's ordering
the unit from [1]Audiodirect ) of [2]Aiwa's AM-HX70 player, with 67
hour battery life (NiMH+AAx1(?)).
[1] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[2] http://www.minidisc.org/aiwa_hx70_package.jpg
o Core-Sound now offers [3]Jecklin and Schneider foam discs (along
with an interesting [4]technical note covering them ) for making
more lifelike stereo recordings by modeling the human
head-transfer-function. Sticker-shock warning: the prices appear to
have foam in them as well.
[3] http://www.core-sound.com/jecklin.html
[4] http://www.josephson.com/tn5.html
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 11 August 2000
o [1]Repair QA #4 from David Popovits, in which he examines [2]what
makes the MZ-R50 a gem.
[1] http://www.minidisc.org/repair_q4.html
[2] http://www.minidisc.org/repair_q4.html#mzr50
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 12 August 2000
o Feeling overwhelmed by the 30-60 min. audio capacity of today's
solid state players? Fabian La Maestra points out [1]HitClips
MicroMusic, a product for pre-teens that stores a single minute of
audio on a chip.
[1] http://www.zdtv.com/zdtv/freshgear/products/story/0,3679,2464987,00.html
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 13 August 2000
o MD competition? Ilwoong Pyo points out the [1]MET 8cm CD/MP3 player,
though not tiny (98x93x23mm), nor particuarly long playing (4 hours
battery life) it does offer 3-6 hours of MP3 audio capacity on cheap
mini-CD media. (No price or production info given, unit is not a
recorder).
[1] http://www.met.com.tw/eng/products/mp3.htm
o Blast from the past: The Korean MD page adds snapshots with (huge)
closeups of the old (ca. 1995) [2]Sony MZ-R3 and [3]Aiwa AM-F3
portable recorders.
[2] http://minidisc.co.kr/md/mdr/sony/r3
[3] http://minidisc.co.kr/md/mdr/aiwa/f3
o Pining for an MZ-R50? Erwin Lee points out that they're still
[4]available new from Vocalinks for US$380 (!). [5]Ebay has several
as well, at more reasonable prices.
[4] http://www.vocalinks.com/Products/Mobile/Sony_MZ-R50/sony_mz-r50.html
[5]
http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?MfcISAPICommand=GetResult&ht=1&SortProperty=MetaEndSort&query=minidisc+r50&x=15&y=14
========================================================================
Our MiniDiscs are better than their MiniDiscs. Really. Okay, they're the
same. But we're really nice!
http://www.minidisco.com/
-----------------------------------------------------------------
To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word
"unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MD: MiniDisc Weekly News for 13 August 2000
MiniDisc Community Pages Weekly News Sun, 13 Aug 2000 21:02:00 -0700
