MiniDisc Community Pages News for 5 August 2001
o Tony Kwong gives a brief but useful [1]review of the Griffin iMic, a
USB audio input device for Macs.
[1] http://www.minidisc.org/imic_review/iMic_MR.html
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 6 August 2001
o More 8cm CD/MP3 players: The [1]Philips 8cm eXpanium, [2]Freecom
Beatman (103x95x29mm, 170g, ~6-7hr playback w/AAx2), and [3]Samsung
Mini-CD Yepp (113x100x29mm, 165g, article in German, with photo ).
(Courtesy Hoffman Ketsugi)
[1] http://www.audio.philips.com/expanium/8cm/8cm.asp
[2] http://www.freecom.com/ecCategory_one.asp?ID=8009&type=DRIVE%5FIN
[3] http://www.tecchannel.de/news/20010704/thema20010704-4783.html
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 7 August 2001
o John's [1]Minidiscinfo.com allows you to build your own Minidisc
page on his site. Choose the ``SiteBuilder'' link in the upper
navigation bar.
[1] http://www.minidiscinfo.com
o Fredrik Moden spots a snazzy Japanese page for Sony's [2]CMT-C5
Q-Bric MD/CD bookshelf system.
[2] http://www.sony.co.jp/sd/products/sonyaudio/AU/qbric/
o Gonzalo Duque has a page devoted to the [3]USAF Thunderbirds theme
music that is played during airshows; in it he details the Minidisc
equipment they use.
[3] http://www.geocities.com/tbirddmnd/Thunderbirds-music.html
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 8 August 2001
o Seamus Dunphy finds a BBC News article mentioning that
[1]pre-recorded Minidisc sales have fallen off (and what do you
suppose the read-only Memory Stick market looks like?).
[1]
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/entertainment/music/newsid_1478000/1478158.stm
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 9 August 2001
o So that's how they'll do it: Chuck Falzone finds a ZDNet article
discussing the [1]Recording Industry's hope to phase out CD and
replace it with DataPlay (a medium with greater copy restrictions,
lower [target] audio quality, and smaller capacity than CD). Say,
was that pre-recorded MD's original mission after all?
[1]
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5095272,00.html?chkpt=zdnnp1tp02
o Jes s P rez finds a [2]CNet comparison of the Sharp MD-MT877 and the
Sony MZ-R700.
[2] http://www.cnet.com/electronics/0-3219397-8-6730460-1.html?tag=ld
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 10 August 2001
o Matt Wall points out [1]MicMic's clear photo and English info for
the Sharp MD-MT770 portable MD recorder (the blue and pink models
are visible at the bottom of the page).
[1] http://www.micmic.com.hk/videogame/av/md/unit/md-mt770.htm
o Minidisco now stocks the [2]US$1450 HHB Reporter's Kit featuring an
HHB MDP-500 recorder, Sennheiser microphone, and Pelican case.
[2] http://www.minidisco.com/minispecs/hhbmdp500-rkit.html
o AV-Land (UK) has opened shop again, offering Sony's [3]MDS-JE470
[4]MDS-JE770 and associated [5]PCLK-MN10 PC Link Kit. They also have
a photo and brief info on Denon's handsome [6]D-A03 CD/MD bookshelf
system.
[3] http://www.avland.co.uk/sony/mdsje470/index.htm
[4] http://www.avland.co.uk/sony/mdsje770/index.htm
[5] http://www.avland.co.uk/sony/pclkmn10/index.htm
[6] http://www.avland.co.uk/denon/da03/
o Michael Hoffman is keeping track of [7]mini-CD/MP3 players and
DataPlay untis.
[7] http://www.amptone.com/audio/minicdvsdataplay.htm
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 11 August 2001
o N. Tang kindly scans the [1]Sony MZ-G750 user manual (4.2MB PDF).
[1] http://www.minidisc.org/manuals/sony_mzg750_manual.pdf
o Peter Ravn finds a slew of [2]Minidisc gear at Techtronics (UK),
including the [3]MDS-JE770 for 200 w/shipping.
[2] http://www.techtronics.com/uk/shop/615-000-mini-disc.html
[3] http://www.techtronics.com/uk/shop/615-2-sony-mds-je770-minidisc-player.html
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 12 August 2001
o Eugene Dolan submits a [1]review of the Sony MDS-JB940 MD deck.
[1] http://www.minidisc.org/sony_mdsjb940_review_dolan.html
o Marc Lee finds Japanese info for several MD decks we haven't yet
covered: Kenwood's [2]DMF-7020 and [3]DMF-3020, and Onkyo's
[4]L-style MDLP decks. The DMF-3020 is also covered (and with a
better photo) on [5]Kenwood Deutschland's MD deck page.
[2]
http://www.kenwoodcorp.com/j/products/home_audio/separate/mdrecorder_dmf7020.html
[3]
http://www.kenwoodcorp.com/j/products/home_audio/separate/mdrecorder_dmf3020.html
[4] http://www.onkyo.co.jp/l_style/ta_md.html
[5] http://www.kenwood-electronics.de/md.htm#3020
o Marco Rossen points out William Hollingworth's [6]S-Link Commands
for controlling Sony MD Decks.
[6] http://web2.airmail.net/will/mdslink.txt
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