MiniDisc Community Pages News for 20 August 2000
o Gregory Chan finds the Sony PC Link (aka Xitel MDPort-AN1)
[1]available separately from Electronics E-Mall for $38 w/shipping.
He reports it works fine on Macs with third party USB cards after
[2]downloading Apple's USB 1.4.6a1 DDK and installing the included
drivers (It works on Macs with OS 9.0.4 and built-in USB ports fine
as is and doesn't need the drivers). And for convenient Macintosh
MP3 to MD recording he recommends [3]PlayQT, an AppleScript
controller for QuickTime Player that automatically adds pauses
between songs to facilitate trackmarking.
[1] http://www.electronicsemall.com/mzsonminplay.html
[2] http://developer.apple.com/hardware/usb/download_prerelease.html
[3] http://www.versiontracker.com/moreinfo.fcgi?id=8567
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 21 August 2000
o Markus Wahl gives us a [1]first look at the MDS-JB940.
[1] http://www.minidisc.org/mds_jb940_qreview.html
o [2]Repair QA #8 with David Popovits.
[2] http://www.minidisc.org/repair_q8.html
o Further questions to David should be taken up on the [3]Repair QA
Message Board, kindly hosted by Eric Whitney at [4]MiniDiscussion.
[3] http://www.minidiscussion.com/boards/repair
[4] http://www.minidiscussion.com
o Gregory Chan forwards [5]Sony's free PC-Link offer, available when
purchasing modern Sony MD decks.
[5] http://www.minidisc.org/sony_pclinkoffer.html
o Peter Ravn points out photos and Japanese info for Sony's [6]MC-HP1
MC-PW11 ``Vaio Music Clip'' players ([7]machine translation ), the
former is a headphone unit only, the latter is arm-band mounted and
weather and water resistant. Interestingly, the units handle both
ATRAC3 and MP3 coded audio. Battery life AAx1: MC-HP1: ~6hr,
MC-PW11: ~5hr.
[6] http://www.sony.co.jp/sd/CorporateCruise/Press/200008/00-0821B/
[7] http://www.minidisc.org/MC-HP1,MC-P11W.htm
o Puwa-ris has translated the [8]MDLP FAQ to Japanese.
[8] http://www.puwa-net.com/minidisc/mdworld/minidisc-org/mdlpfaq.htm
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 22 August 2000
o [1]DJMixTapes.com offers Techno, House, Trance, and Drum & Bass Dj
mixes for sale on Minidisc.
[1] http://www.djmixtapes.com/minidiscs.html
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 24 August 2000
o Josh Pelland creates a [1]clear review of Aiwa's AM-HX70 MD player.
The unit features a unique "sentence repeat" function that finds and
replays an audio segment bounded by silence, handy for language
learning and memorization tasks.
[1] http://www.pelland.com/bike/HX70.html
o Chris Carfagno points out the [2]beginning of a Home Recording
magazine article on MiniDisc recording.
[2] http://www.homerecordingmag.com/features/homerec_f3.html
o Randy Phillips points out the [3]September Monitoring Times magazine
summary of their article on MiniDisc as tool for shortwave
hobbyists.
[3] http://www.grove-ent.com/mttocnext.html
o Dominic points out a [4]cool Boblbee MD case.
[4] http://www.boblbee.com/md.htm
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 25 August 2000
o A friend points out photos and Japanese info for Sharp's portable
[1]MD-MT66 recorder ([2]auto translation ) and [3]MD-ST66 player
([4]auto translation ). Sadly, MDLP mode support appears absent on
both units.
[1] http://www.sharp.co.jp/sc/gaiyou/news/000825-2.html
[2] http://www.minidisc.org/MD-MT66a.htm
[3] http://www.sharp.co.jp/sc/gaiyou/news/000825-1.html
[4] http://www.minidisc.org/MD-ST66a.htm
o Peter Ravn finds a [5]What Hi-Fi article ([6]Navigator version ) and
[7]Sony press release on LISSA, Sony's HiFi system incorporating the
MDS-LSA1 MD deck and using i.Link (aka IEEE 1394/Firewire) to
provide audio and control interconnection between components.
[5] http://www.whathifi.com/html/news.html
[6] http://www.minidisc.org/What_Hi-fi_News.htm
[7] http://www.sony-europe.com/forum/march_30_5.html
o Peter also notes Sony's [8]double density CD-ROM/RW announcement.
[8] http://www.sony-europe.com/forum/july_2000_1.html
o Timothy Stockman points out coverage of the [9]technical aspects
CD-DA ripping as well as general CD, CD-ROM, MD and DVD info in a
[10]Sony DADC handbook.
[9] http://www.cdpage.com/Audio_Compact_Disc/daextraction.html
[10] http://www.sonydadc.com/pr_handbook.asp
o Jansen finds the [11]Fujitsu i-series Notebook computer, equipped
with S/PDIF optical output for direct MD transfers.
[11]
http://www.fujitsu-pc.com/www/products_notebooks.shtml?products/notebooks/i_series
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 26 August 2000
o Colin Walker reviews the [1]Onkyo FR-435 CD/MD receiver.
[1] http://www.minidisc.org/fr435review.htm
o Nick Riley and Kevin Turner point out [2]Crutchfield's Sony
MDS-JB940 page, which includes a [3]clear photo of the unit.
[2]
http://www.crutchfield.com/cgi-bin/S-GS3YlwhTBOS/ProdView.asp?s=0&c=4&g=10740&I=156MDSB940&o=M&a=0
[3] http://www.crutchfield.com/pics/sony/h156MDSB940MT.jpeg
o Crutchfield is also listing the [4]Sony MDS-JE440, oddly their
[5]enlarged MDS-JE440 photo is different than the [6]MDS-JE440 photo
from Superfi (UK)
[4]
http://www.crutchfield.com/cgi-bin/S-GS3YlwhTBOS/ProdView.asp?s=0&c=4&g=10740&I=156MDSE440&o=M&a=0
[5] http://www.crutchfield.com/pics/sony/h156MDSE440.jpeg
[6] http://www.minidisc.org/sony_mdsje440.jpg
o Ecoustics has sortable price comparison pages for MD [7]decks,
[8]Mini-systems, and [9]portables. Merchants can enroll and list
equipment or update prices for free, though a [10]sliding (5%-1.25%)
transaction fee is charged per sale. [11]Further details for buyers
are available.
[7]
http://www.nextag.com/serv/ecoustics/buyer/OutPDir.jsp?searchnode=0&globalsearch=n&search=&doSearch=n&psort=1&node=500018
[8]
http://www.nextag.com/serv/ecoustics/buyer/OutPDir.jsp?searchnode=0&globalsearch=n&search=&doSearch=n&psort=1&node=500115
[9]
http://www.nextag.com/serv/ecoustics/buyer/OutPDir.jsp?searchnode=2&globalsearch=n&search=&doSearch=n&psort=1&node=500193
[10] http://www.nextag.com/serv/ecoustics/buyer/help/sFees.jsp
[11] http://www.nextag.com/serv/ecoustics/buyer/help/gsFirstTimeVisitor.jsp
o Use [12]this coupon for $10 off a >$25 order at
[13]BuyitOnline/Kheops Minidisc and get 15+1 red HiSpace blanks for
$1.34/ea. (incl. shipping).
[12] http://www.buyitonline.com/coupons/coupons.asp?couponid=4792JCK
[13] http://www.buyitonline.com/kheopsminidisc
o Peter Ravn points out photos and Japanese info for [14]Sony's NW-E3
Memory Stick Walkman, the page includes some [15]good photos of the
unit.
[14] http://www.jp.sonystyle.com/Style-b/Store/nwe3.html
[15] http://www.jp.sonystyle.com/Style-b/Meets_wm/photo.html
o Peter also notices that Sony [16] still produces 60' blanks, and has
a page covering [17]Sony's line of MD blanks. The 650MB ``MD View''
blank for the [18]MD Camcorder has its [19]own page. So does Sony's
[20]MD-Link cable, used for connecting portable Sony MD players to
MD-Link bookshelf systems to provide MD name copy and track marking
during analog MD->MD copying.
[16] http://www.sony.co.jp/sd/ProductsPark/Models/New/MDW-PRISM_J_1/index.html
[17]
http://www.sony.co.jp/sd/ProductsPark/Consumer/R-ME/products/audio_minidisc.html
[18] http://www.minidisc.org/part_Sony_DCM-M1(DisCam).html
[19] http://www.sony.co.jp/sd/ProductsPark/Consumer/D-ME/MD-VIEW.html
[20] http://www.sony.co.jp/sd/ProductsPark/Models/Current/MDLK-PX1_J_1/index.html
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