Jump to content

streaml1ne

VIP's
  • Posts

    550
  • Joined

  • Last visited

Everything posted by streaml1ne

  1. Figures, the one place I didn't look (digikey) would have them. Thanks for the info
  2. Do you guys have a preferred store (online or otherwise) for scoring a pair of decent electret capsules to use in this DIY? After looking at the prices of Core and Reactive for their mic sets this looks like a nice alternative, if I can find the components. That battery box is slick too, nice miniaturization.
  3. Obviously, try this for yourself, but LP2 (132kbps Atrac3) definitely sounds better than Hi-LP (64kbps Atrac3plus). Give it a shot, take one of your .apes and import as a wav then transfer to the recorder in all 3 flavors, Hi-SP (256kbps Atrac3plus), Hi-LP, and LP2 and give it a listen. If you pick a song that's reasonably detailed and you have decent headphones the differences should be pretty clear. After that it's pretty much up to what you can tolerate in terms of sound quality and the number of songs on one disc. Personally I use LP2 for my pedestrian MD's since I'm listening on the train or walking in NYC where I more than likely won't notice or care about a little artifacting. If I'm sitting at home listening on good headphones to a particularly detailed piece of music then I'll use Hi-SP.
  4. Disc: 1 1. BACH Goldberg Variations, Aria 2. SCHUMANN Piano Sonata in f# minor, II. Aria 3. CHOPIN Ballade No. 1 4. MOZART Piano Concert No. 24, II. Larghetto 5. RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 2, Adagio 6. BEETHOVEN Moonlight Sonata, Adagio Sostenuto 7. MUSSORGSKY Pictures at an Exhibition: The Old Castle 8. TCHAIKOVSKY The Seasons, October: Song of Autumn 9. BRAHMS Sonata for Two Pianos, Andante 10. BACH Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I, Prelude 22 Disc: 2 1. SATIE Gymnopedie No. 1 2. CHOPIN Piano Concerto No. 1, Larghetto 3. DEBUSSY Claire de Lune 4. MOZART Sonata in a minor, Andante cantabile 5. BEETHOVEN Für Elise 6. MUSSORGSKY Rêverie 7. TCHAIKOVSKY The Seasons, January: At the Fireside 8. BRAHMS Piano Sonata No. 3, II. Andante espressivo 9. DVORAK Piano Trio No. 3, III. Poco adagio 10. SCHUMANN Piano Concerto, II. Andante gracioso
  5. I don't see myself buying another set of headphones anytime soon .
  6. Yes, however you might need to export the recording to wav and reimport it. I'm not sure if the DRM associated with digitally recorded files will let you download to disc again directly. If you want to export a digital recording to a wav file you'll need to use HiMDRender which can be found at http://www.marcnetsystem.co.uk/ No, if you record digitally in PCM it will stay PCM throughout the entire process. If you use Sonic Stage 3.2 you can upload recordings an unlimited number of times if they're analog or microphone in. I'm not sure about digital recordings, they may still have the one time upload restriction. If you use the analog input you gain the ability to export your upload to wav directly with Sonic Stage. Sonic Stage won't natively convert digital recordings to wav, that's why you'd need HiMDRender like I mentioned above.
  7. 1. Antarctica 2. One 3. Inhaler 4. Jackie Cane 5. My Autumn's Done Come 6. 2 Wicky 7. Frosted Flake Wood 8. Eden 9. Vinegar & Salt 10. Sad Song 11. Someone 12. World Is Mine 13. Sometimes 14. Last Thing I Need Is You I've been a Hooverphonic fan for a long long time, I've always known they produce some great music, but I never expected it to translate this well to an acoustic performance.
  8. Tracks 1-8: Appalachian Spring Tracks 9-14: Billy The Kid Tracks 15-18: Four Dance Episodes
  9. Perhaps, but they're featherweights. They're not really much larger than my 7509s, just in a different direction. The SA5000's are wide and short, but the 7509s are tall and not so wide. The more sound I've put through them the more cohesive and musical they've gotten, it's really quite nice.
  10. In Hi-SP 1. Mohini (Enchantment) 2. Oasis 3. Distant Green Valley 4. Akhalqalaqi Dance 5. Echoes Of A Lost City 6. Mountains Are Far Away 7. Yanzi (Swallow Song) 8. Battle Remembered 9. Summer In The High Grassland 10. Kor Arab (The Blind Arab) 11. Shikasta (Minstrel's Song) 12. Night At The Caravanserai 13. Gallop Of A Thousand Horses 14. Tarang (Currents) 15. Sacred Cloud Music
  11. The only time I've ever had a recording stop on me was on a bad disc. Eventually the player just gave up on writing anything to disc. Don't think anyone mentioned this yet, but if you format the "bad" disc and try recording PCM for 90 minutes does it stop again at some point or record all the way through?
  12. So how come nobody's talking about the semi-anouncement on minidisc.org? "Also from AES, a respected journalist in the audio field reports: I was told [by Sony's pro-audio division] that new Hi-MD models are being developed and that Sony had no intention of killing the format. ... They kept assuring everyone that Hi-MD in the pro market will continue." Hoax or what? Kurisu, can you comment on this?
  13. tspigot - gilmore's family restaurant www.tspigot.net
  14. Bet that titanium shell has something to do with the cost. They've really been pimping the Linear PCM as if it's some sort of god-like property lately.
  15. iWhoGivesACrap edit: iMD - Sony sells all Hi-MD technology to Apple.
  16. Does anyone have pictures of this thing? I haven't found anything about it on google yet.
  17. http://www4.head-fi.org/forums/showthread.php?t=116835 A more clinical "review" of the SA5000's with response graphs. There are few posts following that suggest these phones should get sexier with time
  18. Found a review on the SA5000's on head-fi. Fits my sentiments almost exactly: http://www6.head-fi.org/forums/showthread.php?t=135351 edit: Well, except for the conclusion about not being good phones for people that want a warmer musical reproduction. If the recording is crap to begin with changing the headphone to falsely color the music seems silly to me. Find a better recording
  19. I've just noticed that the volume even seems to increase after a few minutes of play . Maybe because they're not fully broken in yet. I definitely notice more detail, and this is only after maybe 18 hours of use. I'm looking forward to how seasoned they become after 50-100 hours. One thing I've noticed with these phones that I forgot to mention in the review is how they handle harshness in music. Some tracks I've listened to either have instrument combinations or voices that get harsh to the point where I find myself actually cringing on other phones. The SA5000's smooth those points out very well, definitely no more cringing, it's nice
  20. Ishiyoshi, Did you notice a volume increase after about 10-15 hours of use? Maybe it's just my ears, but they seem louder now than when they first came out of the box.
  21. If you have SS 3.2 and a 2nd generation Hi-MD it won't convert to a higher bitrate than your source. In this case I decode to wav and import that instead.
  22. Wow, in almost a year we've tacked on 16,000 people. Should make for a nice sized "don't kill minidisc" petition.
  23. CD, SACD, DVD-Audio on my Denon 2200S all going through my Harman Kardon AVR 325 via 6-channel analog direct inputs. I haven't even connected the phones to a MD player yet. The music has been alot of classical, some rap (for the bass), rock. I've been picking the most detailed music of the lot to test with.
  24. Pros: Fast Response These are the 'quickest' headphones I've ever heard. They are extremely tight throughout all frequencies. You can easily hear the edges of notes or minute variations in the plucks of strings, etc. They definitely provide a higher resolution reproduction to your ear. This is a byproduct of the nano composites used in the driver, sounds like the same attributes as Infinity's CMMD driver technology. Highly rigid, low extra resonance. Clear To say that these headphones are extremely clear is an understatement. They reproduce ALL instruments in a piece of music with equal clarity. They do it so well that it becomes trivial to focus on one instrument and listen to all its nuance without the other instruments muddying up the reproduction. Even with my MDR-7509s I'd have a hard time focusing on one instrument, with the SA5000's it's a cakewalk. Flat The SA5000 reproduce frequencies in a pretty flat manner. I don't mean they're flat sounding, quite the contrary, they're exceptionally vibrant, but the reproduction is faithful to the frequencies coming from the source. Listening to a tone sweep on the SA5000's reveals small volume increases twice between around 1kHz and 4kHz, but otherwise they're flat. I won't say much more than this since sound coloring is largely a personal preference. Any coloration the SA5000's provide pleasing to my ear. YMMV Construction The build quality on these phones is exceptional. The frame is mostly all magnesium. The cups are real leather. The magnesium makes them very lightweight and the wide headband helps make them extremely comfortable to wear for extended periods. Since they're open I find my ears don't get as warm as with the 7509s or my Eggos. Cons: Cord I'm not a fan of each can getting its own cord and having a cable vee under my neck. I always preferred the studio style single cord going to the left can. Also, this cord has a synthetic cloth-like covering on it that tends to bind up on itself. It also seems to twist up easily usually resulting in having to unplug everything to let the cord unwind itself. Lastly, the cord transfers alot of noise back to the phones if it rubs against something. If I'm doing any critical listening I find myself holding the cord to avoid rubbing. Connector Sony packaged a metal stand with the headphones, but no 1/4" to 1/8" adapter. The 1/4" adapter is the default which is fine for plugging into your high-fi, but you're SOL if you want to plug into a MD. Granted, you can buy an adapter, but generally they're gargantuan and unweildy. Obviously Sony didn't intend these phones to be portable so I can understand using 1/4" by default, but most of their other top end phones were 1/8" with a compact threaded 1/4" adapter. It would have been welcome here as well. Overall I love these phones, they're the best I've ever heard! They really bring out every nuance in your source material which is great, but can also be a curse =) I love the fact that they let me dissect individual notes and instruments. But what makes them even better is that, while they provide that level of detail, they still remain musical and very much NOT sanitary and cold. I can't imagine finding a more vibrant and detailed set of headphones under $1000 anytime soon...
  25. Sony MDR-SA5000 Specifications Headphone Type: Open Circumaural, Dynamic Driver Driver: 50mm CCAW voicecoil, dome type Power Handling Capacity: 1,500mW (IEC) Impedance (Ohms): 70 at 1 kHz Sensitivity (dB/mW): 102 Frequency (Hz): 5 - 110,000 Weight (g): 260 Diaphragm: Nanocomposite High Definition Magnet: Neodymium (360kJ/m3) Earpads: Natural Leather Cord: 6N-OFC, 3.5m texture type cord Plug: 1/4" gold plated Supplied Accessories: Metal headphone stand Review Coming soon...
×
×
  • Create New...