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thanks! do they come with stereo microphones or do you have to get that separately? if so what kind is the best? jeff --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

I wanted to buy the Sony Hi-MD MZ-RH10 but eventually bought a iRiver mp3 player/recorder instead (the HP140 records in uncompressed wav, using one of internal mic, external mic, line input, optical input). Here is a link to the RH10: http://www.minidisco.com/mz-rh10.html Hope it helps, Sebastien

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> -----Original Message----- > From: jeff Birgbauer [mailto:jeff@autechre.info] > Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2005 11:50 PM > To: do id > Subject: [idm] what's the best mini disc player/recorder these days? > > > thanks! do they come with stereo microphones or do you have > to get that > separately? if so what kind is the best? > > jeff > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org > For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org > >

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On Fri, May 27, 2005 at 09:50:42AM -0400, Sébastien Dalphond wrote:

quoted 6 lines I wanted to buy the Sony Hi-MD MZ-RH10 but eventually bought a iRiver mp3 player/recorder

> I wanted to buy the Sony Hi-MD MZ-RH10 but eventually bought a iRiver mp3 player/recorder instead (the HP140 records in uncompressed wav, using one of internal mic, external mic, line input, optical input). > > Here is a link to the RH10: > > http://www.minidisco.com/mz-rh10.html >

I have one of these. The recording on it sucks ass. No matter how great a mic you plug into it, it records the sound of the drive spinning up and down in with what you're trying to records. bah.

quoted 28 lines Hope it helps,

> Hope it helps, > > Sebastien > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: jeff Birgbauer [mailto:jeff@autechre.info] > > Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2005 11:50 PM > > To: do id > > Subject: [idm] what's the best mini disc player/recorder these days? > > > > > > thanks! do they come with stereo microphones or do you have > > to get that > > separately? if so what kind is the best? > > > > jeff > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org > For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

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on 5/28/05 2:20 PM, Clint M. Sand at clint@neotrance.dyndns.org wrote:

quoted 50 lines On Fri, May 27, 2005 at 09:50:42AM -0400, Sébastien Dalphond wrote:

> On Fri, May 27, 2005 at 09:50:42AM -0400, Sébastien Dalphond wrote: >> I wanted to buy the Sony Hi-MD MZ-RH10 but eventually bought a iRiver mp3 >> player/recorder instead (the HP140 records in uncompressed wav, using one of >> internal mic, external mic, line input, optical input). >> >> Here is a link to the RH10: >> >> http://www.minidisco.com/mz-rh10.html >> > > I have one of these. The recording on it sucks ass. No matter how great > a mic you plug into it, it records the sound of the drive spinning up > and down in with what you're trying to records. > > bah. > > >> Hope it helps, >> >> Sebastien >> >> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: jeff Birgbauer [mailto:jeff@autechre.info] >>> Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2005 11:50 PM >>> To: do id >>> Subject: [idm] what's the best mini disc player/recorder these days? >>> >>> >>> thanks! do they come with stereo microphones or do you have >>> to get that >>> separately? if so what kind is the best? >>> >>> jeff >>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org >>> For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org >>> >>> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org > For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org >

why would anyone even consider buying minidisks these days? Edirol and Tascam have portable flash recorders equipped with high-end connections and 192khz recording capabilities using + gig storage? I personally would save a bit and get one of those. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

On Sat, May 28, 2005 at 03:11:52PM -0400, precursor wrote:

quoted 60 lines on 5/28/05 2:20 PM, Clint M. Sand at clint@neotrance.dyndns.org wrote:

> on 5/28/05 2:20 PM, Clint M. Sand at clint@neotrance.dyndns.org wrote: > > > On Fri, May 27, 2005 at 09:50:42AM -0400, Sébastien Dalphond wrote: > >> I wanted to buy the Sony Hi-MD MZ-RH10 but eventually bought a iRiver mp3 > >> player/recorder instead (the HP140 records in uncompressed wav, using one of > >> internal mic, external mic, line input, optical input). > >> > >> Here is a link to the RH10: > >> > >> http://www.minidisco.com/mz-rh10.html > >> > > > > I have one of these. The recording on it sucks ass. No matter how great > > a mic you plug into it, it records the sound of the drive spinning up > > and down in with what you're trying to records. > > > > bah. > > > > > >> Hope it helps, > >> > >> Sebastien > >> > >> > >>> -----Original Message----- > >>> From: jeff Birgbauer [mailto:jeff@autechre.info] > >>> Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2005 11:50 PM > >>> To: do id > >>> Subject: [idm] what's the best mini disc player/recorder these days? > >>> > >>> > >>> thanks! do they come with stereo microphones or do you have > >>> to get that > >>> separately? if so what kind is the best? > >>> > >>> jeff > >>> > >>> > >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org > >>> For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org > >>> > >>> > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org > >> For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org > > > > why would anyone even consider buying minidisks these days? > > Edirol and Tascam have portable flash recorders equipped with high-end > connections and 192khz recording capabilities using + gig storage? > I personally would save a bit and get one of those. > >

The Edirol R-4 is $1595 USD and is large and clunky. Compare that to the size and price of many portable minidisc machines in the market and I can see why someone might choose minidisc. For $1600 I'd just buy a laptop.

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on 5/28/05 6:44 PM, Clint M. Sand at clint@neotrance.dyndns.org wrote:

quoted 77 lines On Sat, May 28, 2005 at 03:11:52PM -0400, precursor wrote:

> On Sat, May 28, 2005 at 03:11:52PM -0400, precursor wrote: >> on 5/28/05 2:20 PM, Clint M. Sand at clint@neotrance.dyndns.org wrote: >> >>> On Fri, May 27, 2005 at 09:50:42AM -0400, Sébastien Dalphond wrote: >>>> I wanted to buy the Sony Hi-MD MZ-RH10 but eventually bought a iRiver mp3 >>>> player/recorder instead (the HP140 records in uncompressed wav, using one >>>> of >>>> internal mic, external mic, line input, optical input). >>>> >>>> Here is a link to the RH10: >>>> >>>> http://www.minidisco.com/mz-rh10.html >>>> >>> >>> I have one of these. The recording on it sucks ass. No matter how great >>> a mic you plug into it, it records the sound of the drive spinning up >>> and down in with what you're trying to records. >>> >>> bah. >>> >>> >>>> Hope it helps, >>>> >>>> Sebastien >>>> >>>> >>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>> From: jeff Birgbauer [mailto:jeff@autechre.info] >>>>> Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2005 11:50 PM >>>>> To: do id >>>>> Subject: [idm] what's the best mini disc player/recorder these days? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> thanks! do they come with stereo microphones or do you have >>>>> to get that >>>>> separately? if so what kind is the best? >>>>> >>>>> jeff >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org >>>>> For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org >>>> For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org >>> For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org >>> >> >> why would anyone even consider buying minidisks these days? >> >> Edirol and Tascam have portable flash recorders equipped with high-end >> connections and 192khz recording capabilities using + gig storage? >> I personally would save a bit and get one of those. >> >> > > The Edirol R-4 is $1595 USD and is large and clunky. Compare that to the > size and price of many portable minidisc machines in the market and I > can see why someone might choose minidisc. > > For $1600 I'd just buy a laptop. > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org > For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org >

sorry my fault i was told it was around $600...certainly at 1600 a laptop would be a better choice. :) --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

the Edirol R-1 is $450!! --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

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quoted 3 lines the Edirol R-1 is $450!!

>the Edirol R-1 is $450!! > >

that's on my wish list ... i think M-audio also has a 2track flash recorder coming out soon too. i have a sony minidisc and i use it for some recording ... it's not awful but the biggest problem is sony's asshatted concept of copy-protection, which means there is no digital output on their consumer minidisc recorders, so you are forced to output an analog signal to transfer material off the discs. the edirol flash recorder will allow you to just drag-n-drop via the flash card. if they're smart they'd have a USB port on it too so you can use the recorder as a mountable filesystem. i don't have the specs handy so i dunno if they've done this or not. anyways, no moving parts == much better recording quality. -josh --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org