First off, I absolutely love my MZ-R90. Now onto rant mode:
"J. Coon" wrote:
>
> No, I haven't listened to it at all. It is just that when I record
Sounds like one of those "infidels look down on MD as inferior because
it uses ATRAC" as you put it in another post. You're doing the same
thing.
> LP isn't the quality I am looking for in MD equipment and I doubt if
> anyone the plays music will want it either. They aren't looking for
> super long recordings, they are looking for high quality recordings so
> they can use the material in the future if they want to.
I do play music, and I am looking for super long recordings. If I want
quality recording I go DAT. Don't kid yourself, MD is lossy
compression, is not CD quality, and is unsuitable for archiving (or
mastering for a CD, if you prefer) for that reason. In the future there
will be great advances in audio restoration capabilities, and the higher
quality you record now, will only make future restoration easier. MD
does not fit into this picture.
It amazes me that people will spend thousands of dollars on their
instruments, including microphones and preamps and other miscelaneous
recording gear, and then balk at shelling out $700 for a DAT. Instead
they go for a $200 MD. (I'm just going with rock bottom here.) And then
they throw away a lot of the signal. Does it sound great? Yes. Does
it sound as good as it could? No. Plus you have severely degraded your
chances of future restoration possibilities.
MD has many uses. Long Play mode is one of them. Recording music is
one of them. I will even go so far as to suggest that recording music
in a LP mode is one of them (oh, no! heresy!) But don't delude yourself
that you are getting high quality recordings in whatever MD mode you
use.
-steve
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