MD: Why should I buy an MD instead of CD portable (was: newbie question)

[Eric Woudenberg, Minidisc.org Editor]

Hi Ian,

Hope you don't mind if I cc the MD mailing list.

Ian Cruickshanks writes:

>What could you tell me to get me to buy a MD recorder, over a
>standard portable cd-player, especially with the new cdr drives for
>peoples computers?

Well, if you never do field recording, and don't mind looking
positively dorky walking around with a CD player in your hand, and are
happy to fire up your PC everytime you want to take some new tunes
with you, and never want to delete or change tracks on a disc after
you grow tired of a few, then I'd say go for the CD player, definitely!

Seriously: you have to weigh it for yourself. There are tons of happy
MD *and CD* campers out there, just consider the usage patterns that
are likely to be convenient for you and whether MD or CD fits them
better.

I regularly bring a small CD to MD digital recording package* with me
on visits to friends. It's a nice way of picking up a few new tracks
during the coziness of an evening get-together without taking time out
for a visit to the nerd-land of PC ripping and burning. (Not to
disparage those whose cozy evenings are spent around the PC! :-)

*The CD to MD portable package: Panasonic CD player with digital output,
Sony MD recorder with digital input, optical cable, AC power supply
for CD player (necessary for running the optical output).

Rick

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