coolvij
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I just got my latest toy, the R700, yesterday. I was just flabbergasted at how small the machine was - the smallest MD i had actually touched and feeled prior to that was an Sharp SR60 (glad i didn't get THAT!).
So far, i am VERY happy. Never goin back to mp3 technologies unless i have to....i am an MD convert...lol.
The sound quality from ANALOG recordings of CDs and tapes is VERY good - i can't tell the difference with tape, and CDs are transparent enough that i have to struggle to tell the difference on my KSC-35s. My 888s actually sound better, imo, off of the MD vs. my cd player.
My only disappointment, and this is a huge one, is that the digital link for my pc (the USB Xitel DG-2) doesn't work. Sure, the MD records fine, but it just keeps adding track marks. It doesn't even make sense - the level doesn't change. I have tried virtually every possible volume setting - that doesn't change anything.
And it happens in strange places, too. Have u heard "so much for the afterglow" by everclear? Well, after the Beach Boys chorus-like build-up, art alexakis and the guys hit it hard. The moment he takes his first pause in singing, the MD will insert a track mark.
That translates into an annoying gap....
I couldn't deal with it. I am dubbing everything from a Sony Mini-System's headphone jack straight in to the line-in.....analog recording does sound pretty damn good, though.
I am going to attempt digital recording one last time on a PS2 in a couple weeks, most likely. Unless some headwizers can help me out here......i would be indebted to a level that words cannot convey....
- coolvij :>)
p.s. - joelongwood, the R700 does NOT have a line-out - i think only the R900 does in this generation from sony, and that isn't even a proper line out....
So far, i am VERY happy. Never goin back to mp3 technologies unless i have to....i am an MD convert...lol.
The sound quality from ANALOG recordings of CDs and tapes is VERY good - i can't tell the difference with tape, and CDs are transparent enough that i have to struggle to tell the difference on my KSC-35s. My 888s actually sound better, imo, off of the MD vs. my cd player.
My only disappointment, and this is a huge one, is that the digital link for my pc (the USB Xitel DG-2) doesn't work. Sure, the MD records fine, but it just keeps adding track marks. It doesn't even make sense - the level doesn't change. I have tried virtually every possible volume setting - that doesn't change anything.
And it happens in strange places, too. Have u heard "so much for the afterglow" by everclear? Well, after the Beach Boys chorus-like build-up, art alexakis and the guys hit it hard. The moment he takes his first pause in singing, the MD will insert a track mark.
I couldn't deal with it. I am dubbing everything from a Sony Mini-System's headphone jack straight in to the line-in.....analog recording does sound pretty damn good, though.
I am going to attempt digital recording one last time on a PS2 in a couple weeks, most likely. Unless some headwizers can help me out here......i would be indebted to a level that words cannot convey....
- coolvij :>)
p.s. - joelongwood, the R700 does NOT have a line-out - i think only the R900 does in this generation from sony, and that isn't even a proper line out....