PhilippeC

The NH900 is much thicker than the RH1. Problems I had got now with mine since 2004 : buttons do not answer anymore (after one repair), characters on the screen tend to fade with time (after changing the screen 4 years ago), charge do not start anymore (contacts???). Phamcu (like me in Vietnam) who repair all my decks is not equiped (no spare parts) for portable units, meaning only jim.hoggart in U.K. can do the job one day for me. So if you get one Hi-MD unit in "good order", ask questions. I have the personnal feeling that Hi-MD units have a more short life than Net-MD units. Anyway I have a NH600 and two RH1 in reserve.

Sony MZ-NH900 here ($60) : http://cgi.ebay.fr/SONY-MZ-NH900-MINIDISC-WITH-ACCESSORIES-/190697320807?pt=US_Personal_MiniDisc_Recorder&hash=item2c66723167

yes, I think the same film every time I watch Avatar

Yes, that's right but you need that digital out and a real time recording. For information : MDLP + digital out decks MDS-JE640 MDS-JE770 MDS-JE780 (Type-S / Net-MD) MDS-JB930 (admin note: no MDLP here) MDS-JB940 MDS-JB980 (Type-S / Net-MD) MDS-JA333ES MXD-D400 (TypeS + MD/CD deck !!!!) MXD-D5C

http://cgi.ebay.fr/S...=item4d024a8f17 good price for good stuff : 60,00 GBP + postage

400,00 EUR and it is not finish

If you talk about a perfect digital copy, only some professionnal decks like two MDS-B5 together do that. Or the double-MD deck Sony MDS-W1 (rare and expensive ~ 250€ in Europe). In Vietnam, my friend phamcu (member of this forum) have 4 or 5 of this unit and sell them for 110€. http://www.5giay.vn/17-thiet-bi-dien-dien-tu/3360572-ban-dau-md-desk-thu-phat-hoac-lam-da-va-cac-dich-vu-lien-quan-toi-minidisc.html

And is there somebody here who have those "special disks" ? Specials disks or specials tracks only ?

Yes of course. You just need a standard MD not formatted in Hi-MD format. Sonic Stage will recognize the disc as a Net-MD one and allow you to download your music in SP (false one), LP2 and LP4.

very beautiful You can have it for 55GBP + postage

They gave me the first time the same sound experience than my first Rega Ella did. I paid them 200$ some months ago.

http://cgi.ebay.fr/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320904686038&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:FR:1123 already at 32,50€

I use all the time my JB980 as a DAC. Music 24bit-96kHz listened with foobar2000 PC audio card Creative X-Fi Platinium (coaxial out) JB980 (DAC + recording my MDs in real time) Cyrus IIIi amplifier Sansui S-7XV or Tannoy R1

Why you did not use the search engine ?

http://cgi.ebay.fr/Sony-MDS-JB940QS-Fantastic-Minidisc-Recorder-Superb-Sound-/150808403894?pt=UK_Sound_Vision_MiniDisc_Players_Recorders&hash=item231ce19fb6#ht_2413wt_1185 starting price 89£

http://cgi.ebay.fr/54-Blank-TDK-and-Maxell-Mini-Discs-/330726673987?pt=UK_Music_Other_Music_Formats_ET&hash=item4d00d88e43 good price

Good price for this remote http://cgi.ebay.fr/SONY-RM-D1M-MINIDISC-RECORDER-REMOTE-CONTROL-EXCELLENT-TESTED-/170834650368?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item27c689e500

I don't understand : if you don't use RCAs and coaxial outputs, what is the use of your audio card for ? I'm not using coaxial output, I don't think that even works = Ok With the ASUS soundcard I get noise with the optical output = but you are not using coaxial output you just said ! because the ASUS card does not have a ordinary optical output = maybe yes because there an adaptator S/PDIF included in the box, is it a Toslink output ? or something like laptop optical output that allow 3,5" optical jack ? The reason I don't have a stereo because I use mostly headphones, so I suppose that your headphones are connnected to the headphone analog output. So you hear the noise in your headphones ? I see that there is a software with complete settings for headphone use, one setting is perhaps wrong. If Wasapi audio output don't work well, you can try : http://www.foobar200...view/foo_out_ks http://www.foobar200...ew/foo_out_asio

Never thought to put LP2 Atrac3 132kbps on a Hi-MD formatted disk. Net-MD units cannot read the discs. Atrac3+ 192kbps is maybe a little bit better in sound quality than LP2 + type S ?

I suppose you will record your favorite songs from original LPs or CDs a classic 80mn MD formatted in Hi-MD will allow you to record - 1h35' in 352kbps = a better quality sound but only plus 15' of music - 2h20' in 256kbps = a small lack in quality sound (I can't hear any difference from a SP recording) but a huge gain in total recording time For sure, you will lose compatibilty with Net-MD units. As it is to listen to music with your Hi-MD unit outside your appartement, why not. It is more natural to use a 1Go Hi-MD disc with a Hi-MD unit, total recording time is important - 5h30' in 352kbps - 7h55' in 256kbps If you don't have a MZ-RH1, no way to upload your music from your SP recordings. I don't know about Linux and any possibility to upload SP recordings with a Net-MD unit. Where are you living ?

He has an audiophile sound card with RCA audio outputs. If the RCA to 3,5" jack cable is a good one, I suppose that he will not have noise. I don't know why he has such a good audio sound card and NO stereo sytem ! IrfanCore, you must get a stereo AND a MD deck, a type R (SP only) or type S if you need MDLP. So you will be able to test RCA to RCA versus coaxial to coaxial MD deck inputs. You are at the right place to get advise about MD decks. For the stereo, I hope you will find separate vintage units in Sweden for peanuts.

What foobar2000 plugin are you talking about ? I use kernel streaming (KS) audio output, sound as good as Asio4all with less problem (sound does not cut suddenly, maybe KS use less CPU resource than Asio4all do). That noise... I suppose you use the S/PDIF coaxial output for your digital recordings. But as MD units (portable) need an 3,5" optical jack, how do you manage that ? I try to understand what kind of cables + connectors do you use.

I just have a look about your audio card "ASUS Xonar Essence STX". Look like a good audiophile card, support 24bit-96kHz . I have a Creative X-Fi Platinium audio card. My card sound very good even if I can read critics to the soundblaster sound (witch one?) compare... to your card. I also read that your card need some days to be able to give a beautiful sound (like brand new old cars). Maybe that noise you are talking about come from your desktop AC/DC cable not connected to mass. A french guy also say that he got sound cracks with his card connected to a PCI-E 1X port and solve this problem once the card connected on PCI-E 16X port. I see that the card has two RCA analog outputs and I read some critics about your card that it sound great , I suggested you to use them connected to your stereo system and also connected to your MD. All the CDs don't have the same output level - above all recent ones for marketing reason : "sound good if it sound heavy". That is why I first ripp tracks to my computer in Flac lossless quality. I apply ReplayGain to all the tracks and then I record in real time on a MD (SP or LP2 only) using Post-track silence to create track marks. Till I use ReplayGain, I never meet again distorsion just playing new tracks or a new album.

If you use a CD audio or a CD-RW or any source that the DVD can read AND at least 2 seconds between tracks, YES it will send track marks to the minidisc. foobar2000 have the plug-in "Post-track silence" and Winamp has the plugin "Wincue" to create a silence between tracks. What "records" are you talking about ? You are early ! I live in Vietnam so that is normal to write a post now but you, it is around 4 or 5 o'clock in the morning.

What do you mean with " since the volume changes " ? between tracks or due to Windows itself ? If your are talking about track volume, personnaly I use foobar200 with the ReplayGain plugin sys-te-ma-ti-ca-ly... http://www.techspot.com/tweaks/foobar/ " [.../...] basically it allows for a gain adjustment to be stored in a track, the point being to reduce the need to adjust the volume level during music playback due to varying loudness levels in different tracks/albums. Some of the benefits to using Replaygain are that the Replaygain information doesn’t actually alter the track itself, unlike, say, normalizing a track while encoding. " So with ReplayGain, ALL my tracks have the same level on all albums, I don't have to change recording volume on my Sony deck MDS-JB980 (fixed once for all at +0.00dB). Now I don't have distorsion at all. You need perhaps also another plugin like Advance Limiter for foobar2000 " This DSP uses read-ahead on the source and scales down the audio signal when it detects clipping will occur resulting in minimal, if any, distortion during playback."