-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi MiniDisc List members, Creative has announced its new series of Sound Blaster cards, based on the Audigy processor (successor of the EMU10K1), with 24-bit 96kHz wave audio and FireWire port(s). It finally has selectable 44.1 - 48 - 96 kHz output. Indeed, they look amazing. I wish there were more MD firewire connectable than that expensive and hard to find Sony system of which I don't remember right now the name. You can find more info on http://alive.singnet.com.sg/features/audigy and on http://www.soundblaster.com/audigy Also, following the topic of higher density than MD (or CD) media, there is a new technology (I read about it yesterday), called MultiLevel, that can be added to existing technologies (CD-RWs and DVD RWs), using the same optics, lasers, and everything, but obtaining a 3x increase in storage space and speed, since it uses three different scales of of opacity on CD/DVD-RWs and different depths on stamped CDs, yielding three bits in the space used by one on existing units. That means 2GB of storage on a ML CD, with a writing speed of 36X for a current 12X speed drive. And the best of it all is that Plextor plans to have one unit for sale at year's end or beginning of '02. You can find more info about the Plextor unit on http://www.cdrinfo.com (news added on August, 19th) and about the ML technology on http://www.calimetrics.com/Products/CDSpecs/CD-RW/cd-rw.html Using this technology on current MDs would yield 480MB of space, and backwards compatibility (well, not exactly, it would be forwards compatibility, meaning newer units could read/write both type of discs). What do you think? - -- Best regards, Javier Marcet mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter. -- Blaise Pascal _____________________________________________________________________________ GPG Key-ID: 0x7CAB946B | GPG Key: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Subject=SendGPGKey Using The Bat! 1.54 Beta/7 under Windows NT 5.0 Build 2195 Service Pack 2 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (MingW32) Comment: Ensuring privacy and freedom of speech iD8DBQE7go3tSzhifnyrlGsRAoErAJ0Rdttr2n7irlL0SVaFcXC9j5h/iQCfY2QY mvZsjpRD6GCGqvbjXVp5AtE= =HYLN -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ----------------------------------------------------------------- To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
