Subject: Re: Hitoshi HELPP! From: "t. hsu" To: seiyuu@usagi.jrd.dec.com Date: Fri, 2 May 1997 04:09:54 -0400 Message-Id: <97May2.040957edt.336593@gpu.utcc.utoronto.ca> Reply-To: seiyuu > Titus wrote: > | > MD is popular, but as a recording media, just like cassettes. > | > They are replacing cassettes, not CD. > | > I think most people still buy CDs, and then copy them onto MD. > | > | That's exactly whhat I do. One single fiber cable and no need to adjust > | recording level is a major convenience for lazy people like me :) > > But not all CDs have a decent recording level.. ^_^;; Yes I know :) But I don't like adjusting thhe recording level manually. It makes me wonder if it would make a difference to the sound. Also, I was just looking at the recorder and thinking: is the headphone out volume control done digitally (Using mathematical scaling on the data), or the low-tech way of electronic attenuator? Somehow I think it's the latter... > | Incidentally, for the other MZ-R3 owners in the ML, if you haven't > | done so already, I highly recommend getting rid of the packed-in > | earphones and get a decent pair of replacement. Although the remote > | is very convenient, those earbuds are really pathetic. Investing > | about y3000 in a pair of decent headphones will do your MD recorder > | a great service. > > I got a replacement. (another cheapo Sony) > It wasn't by choice though. I lost my first cable/remote > at the Tokyo Game Show. It must have fallen out of my > pocket in the crowd.. Get a good pair the nexxt time then :) For listening on the road, a nice pair of headphones don't cost that much. The Koss Porta Pro and the Sennheiser HD30 I have used are both less than y3500, and they will blow away the packed-in ones no problem. Listening with those earbuds makes the music sound really flat and boring. > > | I saw a TV commercial for an MD based digital camera by Sharp. > | It claims to do 2000 images per disc, and I thhink it records > | audio too. > > Too slow. Since there's no buffer (or it's too small), > there's a big delay in writing the image to MD. It's probably the write speed of the MO system. Speaking of which, I was flipping through Byte magazine today and it had a little column about some company came up with a new MO technology which will offer 10 times HD capacity at compaarable prices. The trick is to mount the optical assembly on flying heads like hard drives, and adding a second lens for even tighter focus in the head. Product with this technology is supposed to come out in 1988, with capacity starting at 20GB. .Titus.