Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2000 17:03:44 -0800 From: "Rob Malkin" <rmalkinnopsametcom.com> Subject: Re: What happened to AS2 & AS3?
**.** wrote in message <8tsuc5$c6g$1nopsamium.btinternet.com>... > >"Walt Kienzle" <wkienzlenopsam.com> wrote in message >news:39ff785e$0$56656$23c96b10nopsam.corecomm.net... >> CD-R's aren't a good comparison, since they can only be recorded once. If >> you could get CD-RWs for 50 cents and make them so they could be used in >any >> player, you would have my interest -- even though they still aren't as >> versatile to use as a recording medium as a MiniDisc. > >Mini-Disc is just not a good recording medium though, the A-Trac compression >medium destroys the width and top end of the music and reduces bass relfex >depth. Give me a deecnt CD-R any day > That hasn't been my experience. I'm a musician who listens critically to recordings all the time because I transcribe arrangement for bands. I do this through high quality headphones and my B&W Matrix 804 speakers. I love mini-disc. I have a mini-disc unit as part of my home stereo, a portable that I record rehearsals and gigs with, and a playback unit mounted in-dash in my car. To me, mini-disc sounds comparable to CDs played in my Sony ES series CD player (again, through the B&W speakers). I just took possession of a new Saab 9-5 wagon and I'm trying to figure out the best way to get mini-disc playback in it. The ATRAC compression method has improved a lot since the early 1990's when, I believe, it was first introduced. My units are all from the last two or three years and they sound great - at least to me. But mini-disc's biggest advantage isn't when you compare it to CD, it's when you compare it to what it was meant to replace - cassette. I used cassettes for years before switching to mini-disc and I'll never go back. As a recording medium (both live and from CD's) and for playback in the car I think it fulfills it's promise admirably. I'm constantly changing the sequence of my compilations, adding and removing tracks, etc. and I'm getting digital sound quality from a medium that's handier and more rugged. - Rob Malkin
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