Jimmix

I voted for Other:HI-HP This stands for High-def Play.

jadeclaw this is good news!!! :smile: I'll make my tests to see hwo good they sound for me :thumbsup2:

Guys the ones that have tried Atrac@64 optical/line in can you tell how much diffierent is the quality when compared to track ripped using the same bitrate on Sonicsatage? Because I figure that if some people are ok with this bitrate then maybe if SS improved their quality for this bitrate it could be way better don't you think? I just only wish Sony fullfilled their promise that Atrac@64 would be comparable to LP2 :wink:

I only hope they made improvements to the Atrac@64. :wacky: I also wish Sonicstage also supported AAC files on a future release :wink:

I've always wondered how does Hi-LP@64 sound when using the optical/analog in compared to SonicStage. Hasve any of you guys done the test already?

Huh? no improvements on the Atrac+ codecs?? Nahh I won't bother downloadin' it :wink:

This would be great!! I just wonder if SONY has jumped to MP3 why not do it completely to AAC and WMA, theese are very popular too and many MP3 players support theese formats too. (Well at least WMA. AAC is catching up) I think it would be a little awkward to say the player supports only ATRAC and MP3 while the other ones from competition support more than just MP3. AAC and WMA support copyright restrictions so my thought is if SONY's supporting a non-restritive codec why not also support codecs that are, I mean, if SONY has been so worried about copyright, well, theese codecs run by their rules too. But anyway this is great news and if it goes to Hi-MD I hope will help to promote MD format.

My $0.02 in: *Would be a great idea if SONY makes a quality switch for us to say when we want SS to encode prioritizing the quality rather that the speed. *Also SONY should incorporate a true Hi-MD equivalent of LP2. In the faq theres a table where SONY states that Hi-LP was "supposed" to be equivalent to LP2, well...do it, I know Hi-LP has been improved in the latest SS so I know SONY can continue to improve Hi-LP. The other option will be to introduce the LP2 bitrate in Hi-MD. *Also woudl be great if the iTunes+Hi-MD thing became reality!!! *Ohh and why don't the unit's have bakclight, I think they should..and if battery life is a problem, just build a swith to put it off.

Do you guys think maybe SONY takes some time to read this forum? Because maybe if they do then SONY could get an idea of what users like or need. Like all the other posts in this whole forum have very nice & good ideas SONY should take a look at. But does somebody actually know if SONY REALLY looks at them?

Well I agree however the article states this could be an Apple strategy against Microsoft...who knows?

:grin: Yeah you're straight right!!

What I like from iTunes is the GUI, and its ease of use to ripp cd's and go on and search you library. About the store I also bought an album. I must confess I can detect some artefacts, however the overall sound is good in a good equipment. The sad part is that if you want to transfer it to anything portable, then you have to transcode. The only flaw I see in this app is that it sure needs an automatic- transcode-to-mp3 when you want to burn mp3 discs and your base songs are on other format say AAC :wink: Also as SS the AAC codec has no quality setting :wink: But can't complain the app is really good and for my ears AAC@128 is a good size-quality solution. I'm really looking forward to see what's their solution on the transfer to MD if this project becomes reality :smile:

Wow & super wow. That's what I always wanted :grin: However :ohmy: I beleive this to be difficult to occur, because they are competitors. And besides it doesn't seem Apple-like...they are so encapsulated on their technologies always. And what about interface? Guess iTunes should have a transcoding engine where your AAC files are transcoded to atrac and then transfered to minidisc. Guess it should work just like RealPlayer which can do the same thing with NetMD. Guess if SONY decides to go ahead it would be very good news for all MD fans that use MAC since there's no support for those right now. I don't have a MAC but I use iTunes alot and love it that's why for me it would also be great!!!

--Edit-- Sorry I goofed with this and posted wrongly. Excuse me.

Do you think SONY will incorporate that kind of quality "switch" into SS sometime?