Mike Lastucka wrote:
>
> Greetings all. I'm new to the world of minidiscs, and thusly this list, so
> please bear with any of my ignorance. :)
>
> I recently picked up a Sony MZ-R900 (which incidentally, is an amazing
> unit), and I was curious about the discs themselves. What kind of
> differences can I expect from minidisc manufacturers and "models" of discs?
> I notice Sony has quite a few different lines of discs available, ranging
> from those with the nice pretty colors, to the prisms, etc. As well, other
> manufacturers have some amazing designs available. I'm curious which ones
> are superior to others as far as sound quality goes, or are they all
> basically the same (with the exception of recording times) with just
> different cases? Does the choice of minidisc basically boil down to which
> one do you would find more impressive to pull out of your player in the
> vicinity of others?
Yes, basically your choice of MiniDisc comes down to which look nicest
to you. :)
I think of them like floppy disks. MiniDisc stores each track
digitally, very similar to how a computer stores files on a disk. So
different brands and types do not affect sound quality. However, when
it comes to removable digital media, there is a difference in
durability, reliability, and overall quality. Same way as how some
floppy disk shutters break, or the media just goes bad and develops bad
clusters, these kind of quality problems could affect MiniDiscs too.
That said, I have not ever had a MiniDisc go permanently bad to where it
was unusable. I have, however, heard of cheap MiniDiscs that are not
manufactured to exacting tolerances and sometimes get jammed in certain
players (usually recording decks or car stereos with motorized loading
mechanisms - this probably would not affect you).
My advice is to pick MiniDiscs based on which ones you think look the
coolest for the most reasonable price.
Shawn
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