RE: New wax and cutting wax

From: Pekka Sundstrom (rekku@pacbell.net)
Date: Fri Mar 03 2000 - 21:30:16 MET

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    Yeah, like I said, sounds nice, without knowing the details...

    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: Dirk van den Heuvel [mailto:dirkv@groovedis.com]
    > Sent: Friday, March 03, 2000 08:23
    > To: pekka.sundstrom@comptel.com; acid-jazz@ucsd.edu
    > Subject: RE: New wax and cutting wax
    >
    >
    > The SONY Memory Stick Walkmans ARE nice, BUT they are a pain in the ass
    > (even more so than most of the MP3 players). First of all SONY uses a
    > special version of MP3's (for secure copyright tracking) so you have to
    > convert your MP3s. Also some machines are being made to play MP3s and WMAs
    > (which are about half the size with comparable quality) and SONY's are NOT
    > (as of now). Price? $299 for the non-upgradeable one (the cute little
    > clip-on) and I THINK $399 for the other one. Buy a minidisc walkman
    > instead...
    >
    > Dirk van den Heuvel (dirkv@groovedis.com)
    > Groove Distribution
    > http://www.groovedis.com
    > Your Guide To The Underground
    >
    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: Pekka Sundstrom [mailto:rekku@pacbell.net]
    > Sent: Friday, March 03, 2000 10:01 AM
    > To: acid-jazz@ucsd.edu
    > Subject: RE: New wax and cutting wax
    >
    >
    > Off the topic...
    >
    > Has anyone of you guys tried out the new walkman that sony has out, can
    > remember what they called it, but it has these memory sticks that hold
    > 64Mb...
    >
    > It does sound pretty neat, no moving parts, really small, don't know what
    > the pricing is though...
    >
    > /P
    >
    > > -----Original Message-----
    > > From: hwileniu@cc.helsinki.fi [mailto:hwileniu@cc.helsinki.fi]
    > > Sent: Friday, March 03, 2000 02:31
    > > To: acid-jazz@ucsd.edu
    > > Subject: RE: New wax and cutting wax
    > >
    > >
    > >
    > >
    > > > At 09:38 AM 3/3/00 +0200, Heikki J Wilenius wrote:
    > >
    > > > >MiniDisc players have a digital audio output. All you
    > > > >need is a sound card with a digital input, then you
    > > > >can record the MD to you hard drive for cd burning.
    > > > >Of course you can record it the non-digital way as
    > > > >well...
    > >
    > > On Fri, 3 Mar 2000, Elson Trinidad corrected:
    > >
    > > > Incorrect, mostly. Just about all MD recorders have digital in
    > > but barely
    > > > any have digital out -- NO portable unit has digital out
    > > <insert big frown
    > > > icon here>. And this is an optical connection, which only some
    > > soundcards
    > > > support.
    > >
    > > Whoops, after checking my Sony MZ-R30 I realized this is true. =)
    > > Since my soundcard does not have digital inputs I've never realized
    > > this. Still, it *is* a really nice portable recorder. Weird that
    > > there's no digital out, I always took that for granted...
    > >
    > > Heikki
    > >
    > >
    >





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