quoted 5 lines The main reason that MiniDisc was viewed by many as a "failure" in North> The main reason that MiniDisc was viewed by many as a "failure" in North
> America after it's original introduction in the early '90s was the attempts
> of the record industry to present it as a new pre-recorded music medium.
> Digital Compact Cassette (DCC) was also introduced as in a similar way
> around the same time. But since most people were already in the process of
True enough. I remember listening to a 1st generation minidisc player at
a record store back in '92 or '93, and thinking how crappy it sounded compared
to my portable CD player. It was even playing a pre-recorded album which one
would expect to sound very good. They never marketed them (back then) as a
recording device, merely as another format to compete against CDs.
Fortunately the ATRAC compression spec has gone through a couple of revisions
so that now it's virtually indistinguishable from CD quality, and at least to
my ears, is superior to 128kbit MP3 files. I owned a Samsung Yepp MP3 player
for a good part of last year, but got fed up with the 64MB of memory that it
came with and the crappy UI. For just a few pennies more, I upgraded to a
portable MD recorder that sounded better, was easier to use, and lasted 3x as
long on the batteries.
quoted 2 lines cassettes as a home recording media. I use MD to record vinyl and MP3s for> cassettes as a home recording media. I use MD to record vinyl and MP3s for
> portable listening, and to record my live DJ sets. It's a good thing.
I do that, although I really like being able to make digital copies of CDs
in my collection. The MD portable I have is one of the smallest on the market,
so that alone makes it easier for me to bring the IDM with me wherever I go.
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jr
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