Yeah, like I said, sounds nice, without knowing the details...
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dirk van den Heuvel [mailto:dirkv@groovedis.com]
> Sent: Friday, March 03, 2000 08:23
> To: pekka.sundstrom@comptel.com; acid-jazz@ucsd.edu
> Subject: RE: New wax and cutting wax
>
>
> The SONY Memory Stick Walkmans ARE nice, BUT they are a pain in the ass
> (even more so than most of the MP3 players). First of all SONY uses a
> special version of MP3's (for secure copyright tracking) so you have to
> convert your MP3s. Also some machines are being made to play MP3s and WMAs
> (which are about half the size with comparable quality) and SONY's are NOT
> (as of now). Price? $299 for the non-upgradeable one (the cute little
> clip-on) and I THINK $399 for the other one. Buy a minidisc walkman
> instead...
>
> Dirk van den Heuvel (dirkv@groovedis.com)
> Groove Distribution
> http://www.groovedis.com
> Your Guide To The Underground
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pekka Sundstrom [mailto:rekku@pacbell.net]
> Sent: Friday, March 03, 2000 10:01 AM
> To: acid-jazz@ucsd.edu
> Subject: RE: New wax and cutting wax
>
>
> Off the topic...
>
> Has anyone of you guys tried out the new walkman that sony has out, can
> remember what they called it, but it has these memory sticks that hold
> 64Mb...
>
> It does sound pretty neat, no moving parts, really small, don't know what
> the pricing is though...
>
> /P
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: hwileniu@cc.helsinki.fi [mailto:hwileniu@cc.helsinki.fi]
> > Sent: Friday, March 03, 2000 02:31
> > To: acid-jazz@ucsd.edu
> > Subject: RE: New wax and cutting wax
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > At 09:38 AM 3/3/00 +0200, Heikki J Wilenius wrote:
> >
> > > >MiniDisc players have a digital audio output. All you
> > > >need is a sound card with a digital input, then you
> > > >can record the MD to you hard drive for cd burning.
> > > >Of course you can record it the non-digital way as
> > > >well...
> >
> > On Fri, 3 Mar 2000, Elson Trinidad corrected:
> >
> > > Incorrect, mostly. Just about all MD recorders have digital in
> > but barely
> > > any have digital out -- NO portable unit has digital out
> > <insert big frown
> > > icon here>. And this is an optical connection, which only some
> > soundcards
> > > support.
> >
> > Whoops, after checking my Sony MZ-R30 I realized this is true. =)
> > Since my soundcard does not have digital inputs I've never realized
> > this. Still, it *is* a really nice portable recorder. Weird that
> > there's no digital out, I always took that for granted...
> >
> > Heikki
> >
> >
>
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