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  1. BearBoy
    Tried it again today and it (Web MiniDisc Pro) does now work with ALAC (Apple Lossless) files. Which is handy for me as 95% of my iTunes library was ripped in ALAC.
  2. BearBoy
    Sorry, the link was in my original post from the 27th but was buried in the quote and hidden from view unless you clicked "expand". Glad you found it and got it working though.
  3. BearBoy
    Wow, very cool. You really do have some exotic discs, @Richard. Do you know what the discs themselves look like?
  4. BearBoy
    That does sound bizarre!
  5. BearBoy
    My MZ-R909 arrived this morning. First impressions were good. Nice looking machine, pretty much mint condition. Even came with a free blank inside 🙂 Unfortunately, it also came with the original NH-14WM inside it. Which has leaked 🙁
  6. BearBoy
    That's really very kind of you @Richard but I'm not really short of blanks. Was just thinking off stocking up on some more MDW80Ts whilst they were still available from a major retailer at a reasonable price. There's plenty of them, for a slightly less reasonable price, on eBay so they are still readily available. Was more wondering whether this is finally the end of the line for new blank MiniDiscs (as opposed to the NOS ones available via eBay etc)? Thanks again for the offer though 🙂
  7. BearBoy
    Thanks @Richard One odd thing I noticed today: when you go into the "AUDIO OUT" options in the "USEFUL" menu it says "LINK OUT" on the 920, as opposed to "LINE OUT" on the 910. Yes, I probably should get out more 😆
  8. BearBoy
    I have one, hopefully alive, incoming 😬
  9. BearBoy
    They're all fine. Well, the 710's got a little bit of cardboard in the battery compartment to make sure the connection stays stable 🤣, but apart from that they're fully operational. Currently listening to the MZ-N920 via my office hi-fi. Could just use one of the decks wired in but felt like a change. You've got a good stash of discs on your desk. Did your colleagues have any clue what they were?
  10. BearBoy
    Was tidying up some of my MiniDisc stuff this afternoon and, for no particular reason, decided to take a picture of my blue portables 🙂: Clockwise from top left: MZ-E520, MZ-N910, MZ-N710 and MZ-N920
  11. BearBoy
    I went to order another "small box from Japan" but it looks like the supply of MDW80Ts on Amazon.co.jp has dried up, at least for UK delivery. There's only one seller with a single box of 5 showing now and it's been that way for a couple of weeks. Not sure if it is a temporary drought or whether that's it?
  12. BearBoy
    Some more interesting information from one of the developers re how you can use it to remove SCMS from tracks:
  13. BearBoy
    Haha. Yes, sometimes it's a bit disappointing to open one and throw away the packaging 😆
  14. BearBoy
    Interesting note from one of the developers re how the application can extract data from the MiniDisc:
  15. BearBoy
    So I just transferred a live concert I recorded from the radio in the late 90s: 66 minutes, 11 tracks, SP. Took just over 2 hours to transfer to my PC. All the track names came over correctly with the track number as a prefix. No need to save up for an MZ-RH1 now 🤣
  16. BearBoy
    Think I like the packaging more than the discs themselves 🙂
  17. BearBoy
    Just did a quick test and successfully transferred an SP track from my MZ-N910 to my PC. The file came across as an .aea file, which VLC shows as:
  18. BearBoy
    There's a new updated version of Web MiniDisc Pro now available which allows you to copy music back from Type-S portables to your PC over USB. It's also got some new ToC cloning/ToC editing functionality. You can also play Tetris on Type-S portables 😲 Details from the update on r/minidisc:
  19. BearBoy
    Thanks @kgallen, I'll leave them be 🙂
  20. BearBoy
    Ah right, didn't realise they were rechargeable! According to the Service Manuals for my decks: MDS-JE500: BT301 / 1-528-739-11 / VL2020 3V MDS-JB940: BT701 / 1-528-887-11 / BATTERY, LITHIUM SECONDARY MDS-JB980: BT404 / 1-756-121-11 / BATTERY, LITHIUM SECONDARY Given that they all seem to be trouble free at the moment I think I'd be better off leaving them be, rather than risk breaking something with my ham-fisted attempts at soldering. Unless you think there's a risk of leakage or anything with such old batteries?
  21. BearBoy
    Was that a solder job, @kgallen, or did it just slip in? Looking at the Service Manuals, all of my decks have lithium batteries. Kind of surprised none of them have failed yet given the age of the kit (at least, they don't seem to initialise when turned on).
  22. BearBoy
    I like those, @Richard. Very stylish.
  23. BearBoy
    It still seems a bit hit and miss for me: PC: Chrome - No / Edge - Yes iPhone: Safari - No / Chrome - Yes But at least I'm able to get in 🙂
  24. BearBoy
    We back?
  25. BearBoy
    This is how men end up spending so much time in sheds...
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