dutchtrance

i`m still using an e-10 and 780 deck combo as i love the e10 and hi-md does not record in atrac3 sp mode any more. i decided to rip everything using 132 atrac 3 as this is understood by my fortcoming flash player purchase and the e10 and the 780, but would have prefered some thing of higher quality, but i also wanted to fit 2 cds on a single MD. i cannot afford to save everything in wav format and then transcode down from the `perfect` copy, just to much stuff! i do not want to record into atrac 3 plus 256 and then transcode down to 132 atrac when i want o use the MD. this was going to be a perfect solution; keep the lossless compressed version in sonic stage and then when needed on MD transcode down to 132, or 192~256 atrac3+ when needed for the flash player. but its completly useless if it uses the 256 `lossless` to transcode between bit rates. really? what is the point? now we can listen to a `lossless` version on the computer, but have to listen to ashoddy version on the flashplayer/MD? why not just let it use the loss less version to transcode? it perfectly illustrates the point of `sony = 1 step forwards, 2 steps back`. good, but uselless. with i-tunes i know that the mp3 files i create can be used by any one else and can be used in other players, using their lossless algorithm i know i can encode my files inot hat and be safe in the knowledge that in future i can move the files off or transcode to a lower bitrate to fit mor eon my player, should i so wish. if sony continue to not enable to do this just for sillyness sake i WILL leave atrac and my MD`s and move my music collection across to apple and thus purchase an ipod.

when is the 607 due out in england? play.com have them for 200 quid but not in stock. any one else?

when is the 600 out? i`ve always wanted one of those, but wanted to wait for support for the new bit rates.