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BearBoy

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  1. You're a bad, bad influence @kgallen šŸ¤¦ā€ā™‚ļø
  2. Nice šŸ™‚ I've bought a few (non-MD) things from Amazon.co.jp before and it's always been really easy (and no additional taxes when they reach the UK). Whenever I've put MD stuff in my basket though, it always seems to be from an Amazon Marketplace seller and I've always worried that I might get hit for taxes/admin fees upon delivery. Did you buy these from Amazon themselves, Kevin? Any additional taxes when they were delivered?
  3. Obviously lots of people are bringing their decks back to life šŸ™‚
  4. That's a shame. The MZ-R909 is a lovely looking machine. Might be worth posting about the issue if you get a minute? See if the SIF hive mind can help.
  5. I'm good for the time being but it's reassuring to know there's still a steady supply. Given the current apparent interest in the format, I am sure there will be people looking for replacement drive belts for the foreseeable future.
  6. Nice! As second hand deck prices seemingly continue to rise, it would be useful for closing the gap between the budget models (MDS-JE4xx/3xx) and their ever more expensive brethren...
  7. Wow. That looks like a cracking piece of work, @kgallen. Really professional looking. Will that work on any Sony deck with a single digital output? And apologies if I was responsible for sending you down this particular rabbit hole šŸ˜² šŸ˜†
  8. Ah, that reminds me. I bought some CD-RWs to do some CD-Text tests with iTunes but never got around to it (sorry!) How are you getting on with Nero? I did raise the iTunes issue to Apple but don't have a huge amount of confidence that they'll do anything about it. Suspect the number of people burning CD-Rs/CD-RWs from iTunes with CD Text is probably not that great these days...
  9. Oh, what a shame. I hope things will be back to normal (or at least some semblance of normality) by next Christmas.
  10. So what's everyone been doing for the last 3 months or so? I've actually not bought any new MiniDisc stuff šŸ¤Æ Confirmation, if it were needed, that this place really is a bad influence šŸ¤£ I have spent the time making use of some of my blanks though and doing plenty of recording. Anyone picked up anything exciting? Brought something back from the dead? Made any interesting discoveries?
  11. Yes, same here and I cannot get in at all using Chrome on a Windows 10 PC. I get an error message saying: This site canā€™t be reached The web page at https://forums.sonyinsider.com/ might be temporarily down or it may have moved permanently to a new web address. ERR_FAILED
  12. A follow on from the ā€œToo Many MDsā€ video above:
  13. Looks like the site is back up?
  14. Sorry for your loss, Stephen. My condolences to you and your family.
  15. I tried this a few years back. Worked really well. Unfortunately I've only got the one Chromecast Audio and it lives elsewhere in the house. It's a real shame they discontinued them.
  16. Donā€™t be daft. Good to hear the 909ā€™s already been put to good use. Not sure how I missed that 980 either, although Iā€™m generally a bit nervous about going after faulty decks even if they sound like a probable easy fix. Would have taken a punt for Ā£30 though.
  17. Seems to have been working okay for me recently, although I generally use the iPhone app rather than the website itself.
  18. Yeah, suspect he'll be building a pile of 480 shells... On which note, the days of being able to pick up a 480 for less than Ā£50 seem to be over. Most of the BINs are over Ā£100 now.
  19. Thereā€™s a couple of MDS-JB980s on there for Ā£1999.99 plus P&P at the moment šŸ˜® Got to admire their optimism šŸ˜‚
  20. TBH, I'd had a momentary brain fade when I asked the question and was labouring under the misapprehension that my MDS-JE500 was lacking an optical output. It isn't šŸ¤¦ā€ā™‚ļø What it is missing are any coaxial digital connections. This isn't really an issue as I only really use that deck for wiping protected MDs that I've received bundled with players I've bought on eBay. Where I do have a "gap" though is that my MDS-JB980s are lacking a coaxial digital output (it's one of the things Sony seem to have dropped for cost saving reasons after the MDS-JB940). In order to connect my MDS-JB980 to my PC I need to use a small convertor I bought that converts the optical signal to an electrical one, as my PC audio interface is coax only. It's not the end of the world but would be neater if the 980s had coax outputs. TL;DR You can never have too many connection options imho šŸ™‚
  21. Would that work on any Sony deck lacking an optical output or just the MXD-D4?
  22. I think @Richard said he'd tried reaching out to @Christopher to find out whether it could be fixed. Not sure if he heard back?
  23. Pleased to hear the 909ā€™s working šŸ‘
  24. That sounds great, Kevin. I think you'd mentioned the issues with titles on your Tascam before so this should make your life a lot easier. Good to see MiniDisc still having such a practical application in 2021 too. Should be a nice match, aesthetically, with your 520 and 530 as well šŸ™‚
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