this kinda has to do with this subject, but only a little. last evening we
had some nasty snowy weather here and our power was out for about 10 hrs.
right after it went out i decided, since i was wide awake, to listen to some
music, i got out my trusty portable MD player and started to listen to it.
just laying there i realized one super major bigtime realization(ok well
maybe it isn't so bigtime) if you are listening to MD on a portable that has
been digitally copied, IMO you can not tell the difference between the
original and the copy, at least on sub $150 headphones or any earbuds.
However just the opposite can be stated about MP3's, i can be listening with
crappy $0.99 earphones and definately tell the difference between the
original and the copy. Anyway i got that out of my system, i love my MD
players and i've converted many people over from getting portable MP3
players to getting MD players, after they realize how much media costs for
mp3 players and how bad they exactly sound they realize how big of a piece
of crap they are. Hopefully some day there will be a good solid state
solution that has no or extremely little cd loss with high compression, but
until that time comes i'm sticking with MD.
----- Original Message -----
From: "chaulsr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2000 9:03 AM
Subject: RE: MD: What is Sony thinking?!?
>
> >From what I observed Sony had changed the way it market MD in the past 2
years.
>
> When I first saw MD about 10 years ago, it advertised as Compact, Digital
Audio, Near CD sound quality, and most important, Recordable/Editable. As
that time Sony is targetting the audio tape, so that make sense for all that
claims. And MD does a good job and take over most of the market from audio
tape.
>
> But what happened in recent years is the new MP3 format which started with
a software only implementation and later got hardware implemented, plus the
advancement of memory technology which end up a price drop. So a MP3 player
make sense and most computer users can easily produce/collect their own MP3
collections.
>
> So we now see Sony kindly offer us USB connection and MDLP which extended
the fantasy of MD. I guess that's toward the Computer users rather than the
audio market.
>
> And last, personally I prefer MD. It's easy to record, I just snap in a CD
and a MD then press several buttons. For MP3, I need to go through all those
softwares and have to spare my computer. And for the long run, MD should be
cheaper.
>
> Just my 2 cents.
>
> Raymond
>
>
>
> How can the folks at Sony be so thick-headed?
> >
> >The Fall 2000 issue of Sony Style magazine advises us to connect the USB
> >PCLink to our computers to "record mixes to your MD recorder with almost
no
> >loss in sound quality."
> >
> >To further reinforce their contention that MD doesn't sound as good as
it
> >could, they go on to advertise their MDW-80D premium discs as being
> >constructed in a way that "reduces vibrations during disc rotation to
> >produce even better sound."
> >
> >While MP3 advocates crow about their "near CD sound quality," Sony
seems to
> >want to warn people that Minidisc doesn't really sound that good.
> >
> >
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