Someone who wants to be called a Clueless Towel was kind enough to address my
question. I had asked,
> Is there a comparison somewhere of the features
> of the Sony MDS-JE640 to those of their MDS-JB940?
and Towel replied,
| While looking for speakers today, a salesman thrust a copy of the latest
| Sony New Zealand Pulse magazine into my hands. It has all the new MDLP
| models in it.
Thank you.
| "Step Up Features" for the 940 over the 640 are:
| Aluminium Front Panel
| 2x Optical/ 1x Coaxial Input (640 has no coax)
| Variable Coefficient Digital Filter 24 bit
| R-Core Transformer
| 1x Optical/ 1x Coaxial Output (again 640 has no coax)
| Music Scan
Even the JE5?0 machines have music scan; the 640 doesn't? It's not important
to me anyway; I prefer just using FF to play the length I want from each song
instead of the number of seconds for which music scan is set.
| AND MOST IMPORTANT OF ALL!
| Thick AC Cable
How thick does it have to be? I wasn't planning to use the machine outdoors.
The 940's power consumption is 1/3 more than that of the 640, so maybe it
needs a sturdier cord.
| I couldn't find this info on the web in English yet, so go pick up a copy of
| Pulse.
I probably couldn't find the New Zealand edition in the US, so thank you for
sharing it.
| Also what is "Scale Factor"?
Scale Factor Edit is a capacity to change the volume level of a track after
it's been recorded. That's why I want to buy one of those units.
The 940 is heavier and uses more power; the only advantage it offers that
is meaningful for me is the 24-bit filter. (OK, maybe the coax ports.)
Unless the 640 turns out to be *more* expensive than the 940, I made a
mistake.
Video-Direct tell me they'll have a price on the JE640 by the end of the
week. Sounds as though I'll cancel my order with them for a JB940 and
get a JE640 instead.
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