> > I use my Akai MPC sampler, actually, to do the analog to
> >digital, but lots of soundcards and even some of the newer consumer grade
> >'receivers' have this digital capability.
>
> But the MPC has S/PDIF coaxial out, not optical, which is what a great
> majority of MD recorders (and virtually all portables) have. Unless you
> have some other coax-to-optical convertor somewhere.
>
You're right. I've got the Midiman coax/optical converter. Didn't mention
it b/c most people, I assume, would have TOSLink on their receivers or
soundcards...
> >I actually bought two MD players. I found an old skool MD from
> sony - the
> >MZ-2P that does have the digital output. It's really big and has no
> >recording capability, but it's a great player because of it's digital
> >capability. Strangely enough, Sony quit implementing digital outputs on
> >it's players after this box (in '91, think). One can find them
> pretty cheap
> >on ebay.
>
> The tradeoff is the ATRAC compression on the older decks isn't nearly as
> good as it is today.
>
The ATRAC is compatible. Ie. I record using my new deck, and play back on
my old deck no problem. This implies a good deal of backward
compatability - so I'm wondering how different the new version of ATRAC
actually is... I can decern no difference - actually, the old deck sounds
better because of the digital out - then I can do the D/A conversion with my
'better' outboard converters.
> The fact is that most MD
> >players don't have very good converters.
> >
> >tim
>
> True, but the sound quality of MD ATRAC is much, much better than the MPEG
> compression of those MP3 players, which most consumers seem to be going
> ga-ga over these days.
>
100% agree with that one. I was comparing CD to MD. MPEG doesn't come
close, IMHO.
tim
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