Klarinet Archive - Posting 000028.txt from 2002/01

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Minidisc
Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2002 08:09:45 -0500

At 07:18 PM 1/1/2002 -0800, Gary Van Cott wrote:
>I have been curious about this subject, too, although not to record myself.
>
>I have been looking at the portable minidisc recorders Marantz PMD-650 and
>the HHB MDP500 and also the DAT recorders Sony TCD-D10 and Tascam
>DA-P1. While I believe the DAT recorders have much higher list prices
>than the minidiscs, used ones sell for about the same amount on eBay as
>the minidiscs, around $900.
>
>After capturing we would want to output to a computer.
>
>I would be interested in opinions on the relative merits of these systems.

The biggest difference is that DAT is pretty much equivalent to CD in sound
quality --same sampling rate, etc. Minidisc is a compressed format -- most
say better than analog cassette tape, but still INHERENTLY lower fidelity
than CD or DAT.

Bill Hausmann bhausmann1@-----.net
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Essexville, MI 48732 ICQ UIN 4862265

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