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- From: shiv@bnr.ca (Shiv Naimpally)
- Subject: Re: how MiniDisc sounds
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.203824.7826@bmerh85.bnr.ca>
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- Organization: Bell-Northern Research Ltd.
- References: <2787@eagle.ukc.ac.uk>
- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 93 20:38:24 GMT
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- In article <2787@eagle.ukc.ac.uk>, nm1@ukc.ac.uk (N.McBride) writes:
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- |>
- |> I've just had a play with the new Sony MiniDisc walkman
- |> player.
- |>
- |> Now I wouldn't like to make comparisions with CD, LP, DCC
- |> DAT etc as I only heard the thing as a unit ie with it's
- |> own headphones, and in isolation.
- |> But I can give my opinion on the thing in general in terms
- |> of value for money. Here goes for anyone
- |> who's interested:
- |>
- |> I honestly thought it sounded terrible. Really bad. The
- |> treble was just falling apart, timing and `drive'
- |> were very poor, and the bass weak. All in all extremely nasty.
- |> To me it sounded like the original CD players - but worse.
- |> It really did not give as good a sound as a half decent
- |> Walkman. I'll be intersted to hear one as part of a hifi.
- |>
- |> Now considering that it cost 500 pounds sterling (recordable
- |> version) and considering it's a damned site bigger and heavier
- |> than a tape walkman, and considering that you could have a
- |> Sony Professional Walkman with a good pair of headphones
- |> for less cash, then I ask myself, is anyone going to buy one?
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- You could buy a portable DAT such as the Sony, Aiwa, Casio, etc.
- for around the same price as an MD or DCC player and record ALL
- the music instead of just what it decides to record ! Media costs
- should also be cheaper ...
-