MiniDisc Community Pages News for 11 June 2001
o Xitel provides info on their [1]MD-Port DG2 and Mike Paulus finds
[2]Macintosh user reports of experiences with the device under MacOS
X.
[1] http://www.xitel.com/products_dg2.htm
[2] http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/audio/xitel_dg2_usb_digital.html
o Tim Yocum completes a [3]review of the Aiwa AM-HX55 MD portable MD
player.
[3] http://www.yocum.org/minidisc/hx-55
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 12 June 2001
o Michael Lane spots an interesting [1] USA Today article on
Minidisc's comeback.
[1] http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/review/2001-06-11-minidisc.htm
o Robert Mindenhall sends in an MD footnote: The Toronto Star mentions
Minidisc in its annual Achievement Awards ``Best audio recording
technology: MiniDisc, due to its editing capabilities and
portability.'' (See the [2]entire article [2MB PDF]).
[2] http://www.minidisc.org/torontostar.pdf
o John Rolt finds the handsomely styled [3]Sanyo MDC 3300 boombox,
available from Dixon's (UK) for 180. The unit has a builtin
microphone and appears to be the same as the [4]Sanyo PH-MD9 sold in
Japan.
[3] http://194.125.145.43/uk/product.asp?id=359
[4] http://www.minidisc.org/part_Sanyo_PH-MD9.html
o Luis Dodero notes several [5]Minidisc product reviews at Ciao.com
[5] http://www.uk.ciao.com/ciao.php?Pid=1,2,23,533
o The MD Portal (Singapore) gets a new domain name and server:
[6]MDPortal.net.
[6] http://www.mdportal.net
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 13 June 2001
o Superfi (UK) hosts a ton of high-res MD gear photos: Denon
[1]DMD-M1000 [2]DMD-6.5 [3]DMD-F100 [4]DMD-M30, Sony [5]MDS-JA333ES
[6]MDS-JA555ES [7]MDS-JB940QS [8]MDS-JE330 [9]MZ-E300 [10]MZ-E500
[11]MZ-E900 [12]MZ-G750 [13]MZ-R500 [14]MZ-R700 [15]MZ-R900, and
Yamaha [16]MDX596
[1] http://www.superfi.co.uk/moreinfo.cfm?Product_ID=305
[2] http://www.superfi.co.uk/moreinfo.cfm?Product_ID=514
[3] http://www.superfi.co.uk/moreinfo.cfm?Product_ID=515
[4] http://www.superfi.co.uk/moreinfo.cfm?Product_ID=592
[5] http://www.superfi.co.uk/moreinfo.cfm?Product_ID=720
[6] http://www.superfi.co.uk/moreinfo.cfm?Product_ID=721
[7] http://www.superfi.co.uk/moreinfo.cfm?Product_ID=370
[8] http://www.superfi.co.uk/moreinfo.cfm?Product_ID=438
[9] http://www.superfi.co.uk/moreinfo.cfm?Product_ID=557
[10] http://www.superfi.co.uk/moreinfo.cfm?Product_ID=558
[11] http://www.superfi.co.uk/moreinfo.cfm?Product_ID=499
[12] http://www.superfi.co.uk/moreinfo.cfm?Product_ID=556
[13] http://www.superfi.co.uk/moreinfo.cfm?Product_ID=500
[14] http://www.superfi.co.uk/moreinfo.cfm?Product_ID=456
[15] http://www.superfi.co.uk/moreinfo.cfm?Product_ID=427
[16] http://www.superfi.co.uk/moreinfo.cfm?Product_ID=723
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 14 June 2001
o Stand Back! Mike Paulus finds Archos' updated [1]Jukebox HD-MP3
Recorder & Player with S/PDIF and line in, real-time 160kbps MP3
encoding, USB I/O for drag and drop track handling, and 6GB capacity
(there's a [2]20 gig version in the works). The 350gram, US$350 unit
will play 10 hours on a full charge and is slated for June 21
shipment.
[1] http://www.archos.com/products/product_500201.html
[2] http://www.archos.com/products/product_550005.html
o Gustavo Gallina points us toward the [3]Alpine MDM-7741 in-dash MD
receiver.
[3]
http://ecominet2.alpine-usa.com:7777/pls/admn/item_info1a?p_item_name=MDM-7741&p_category=10&p_subcategory=40&p_main=10&p_more=y
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 15 June 2001
o Panasonic Party T-Station finds a small photo and brief info on
[1]Panasonic's SR-MJ220 MDLP recorder. Panasonic's [2]Japanese MD
page sports photos and info for their non-MDLP [3]MDX50 and [4]MDX70
boomboxes (both Japanese FM band only), the latter (an
AM/FM/CD/MD/Cassette unit), running on AC as well as D-cells
(battery life: 4hr (MD playback), 3.5hr (CD->MD recording), 5.5hr
(Radio->MD recording)(?))
[1] http://www.hat-in.com/japanese/j-syo-sj-mr220.htm
[2] http://www.panasonic.co.jp/avc/audio/web/index.html
[3] http://www.panasonic.co.jp/avc/audio/web/pick_up/mdx50/mdx50.html
[4] http://www.panasonic.co.jp/avc/audio/web/pick_up/mdx70/mdx70.html
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 16 June 2001
o George Styles releases [1]RIP MDS-PC3 (v0.2b), a free alternative to
Sony's M-Crew software that offers improved MP3 file handling.
[1]
http://www.ripnet.co.uk/pagetemplate.php?pagecontent=freeware.php&progdir=ripmdspc3
o James Brooks points out Kenwood USA's [2]KMD-D400 in-dash 3MD
changer; it can be coupled with any Kenwood head unit that has
changer control.
[2] http://www.kenwoodusa.com/product/product.jsp?productType=35&productId=438
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 17 June 2001
o [1]TraderTrax now carries fashionable, [2]color coordinated(!)
optical cables, as well as a US$22 (w/shipping) [3]100VAC step down
transformer (useful for running Japanese gear in the US). Minidisc
Tricks and Tips:
[1] http://www.tradertrax.com
[2] http://www.tradertrax.com/digicable.htm
[3] http://www.tradertrax.com/power_transformer.htm
o Scott Hoffman is a [4]Marine with a Minidisc.
[4] http://www.minidisc.org/trick_tips.html#marines
o Andre, a sailor, talks about [5]getting songs at sea.
[5] http://www.minidisc.org/"trick_tips.html#marines
o Bob Locher uses [6]Minidisc in his Cessna for in-flight
entertainment on long cross-country flights.
[6] http://www.minidisc.org/trick_tips.html#cessna
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