dougbrad--
I bought my MD portables before NetMD was on the market. However, I would rather not have NetMD because of the built-in copy protection scheme, having to "check" tracks in and out from your computer. I also use Macs, and NetMD is not compatible (yet, although I've heard it may eventually be).
To get songs onto the MD from my computer, I use a Roland UA-30 box, which will interface USB to digital optical (as well as coax). It's done in real time, rather than the highspeed capability of NetMD, but that doesn't bother me.
The Sony E-900 player only has headphone out. I've only recently gotten an amp, so I didn't know how much difference line out makes (a wink's as good as a nod to a blind horse). I use my amp with the MZ-R900, which has line out and headphone out menu-selectable through the same jack. And, yes, as I found out very quickly, it is better to use the line out with an amp.
(I'm planning on getting a MP3/PCDP--and when I looked at the Sony D-CJ01, it DID NOT appear to have a line out jack, but I found out here that it does, so perhaps the Panasonic MD has, as well. Sony didn't even cite line out as an output option in their web site specs.)
Beagle, as you point out:
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fidelity is not better with MD. We are dealing with lossy compression format here. The analog cassette...truer to the original source, .... |
That's true, and I certainly agree. I made cassette tapes from my albums for years and years, but now my old ears can't discern much, if any, difference. And the music I listen most often (bluegrass, old-time country, rockabilly, etc.) sounds quite good in digital formats, even with lossy compression.
balcar