[coolvij]

Well, yes & no......

ATRAC Type R has been around for several years, I think.....

Type R is "MDLP" - LP2 mode records at 132 kbps - and is VERY close to ATRAC SP.....a few artifacts tho

LP4 just plain sucks to my ears - congested the way a <160 kbps mp3 is..........bleagh...

 

[Flumpus]

Type R is the highest version of Sony's atrac that currently out...unless that home deck with Type S is out yet. Anyway, isn't Atrac 3 what's used for MDLP? The 909 has type R built in, the other recorders have 4.5 I believe...just rambling really, maybe there's some usefull and/or correct info in there

 

[fiddler]

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Type R is "MDLP" - LP2 mode records at 132 kbps - and is VERY close to ATRAC SP.....a few artifacts tho

Ack.. Ok, some clarification. Type R is for SP recordings only, and used on Sony recorders only (I think). Sharp uses their own encoding system. ATRAC3 is for MDLP recordings only.

 

[Flumpus]

Ya, I thought I was right about that... thanks for backin' me up fiddler

 

[Vertigo-1]

Notice the words above the MD loading slot...

And here's a much bigger pic of the front panel:

http://minidisc.org/images/sony_mdsjb980_big.jpg

 

[Audio-Me]

LPAC is the best as it's lossless and gets ok compression. But when file size really matters, MPC beats any other lossy format.

@ 700kbps, I couldn't tell the difference from the original wav. I only recently found out about these two wonderful formats thanks to Tes's response to my pc sound guide. I used to use CBR 320kbps lame encoded mp3 without any filters or special noise shaping.

Hey, doesn't Real Player use ATRAC? Still sounds like **** like wma IMO.

 

[fiddler]

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Hey, doesn't Real Player use ATRAC? Still sounds like **** like wma IMO.

Nope. It uses ATRAC3. ATRAC is totally separate and distinct from ATRAC3.