betamaxDATminidisc Posted February 3, 2005 Report Share Posted February 3, 2005 Hi,New 2 models micro Hi-Fi Onkyo:X-B8http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/av/d...203/onkyo02.jpgX-B7http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/av/d...203/onkyo03.jpgNow, 3 models after INTEC 275, INTEC 205 and FR-B (today X-B8 and X-B7), next week here will be fourth models for coming soon.http://www.jp.onkyo.com/more_emotion/I hope.Bye Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peare Posted February 3, 2005 Report Share Posted February 3, 2005 Nice find. Though your links expired I could find it with a bit of search. I made a machine translation, and I read LP2/LP4 cannot exist together with HISP/LP within the same disc. Is that specific to ONKYO? We know that you can record LP2/4 on a HIMD formatted disc. I think the info they are giving is wrong.Still I am waiting for SHARP, they used to have wonderful mini MD systems. C'mon SHARP! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin42 Posted February 3, 2005 Report Share Posted February 3, 2005 Nice find. Though your links expired I could find it with a bit of search. I made a machine translation, and I read LP2/LP4 cannot exist together with HISP/LP within the same disc. Is that specific to ONKYO? We know that you can record LP2/4 on a HIMD formatted disc. I think the info they are giving is wrong.Still I am waiting for SHARP, they used to have wonderful mini MD systems. C'mon SHARP!←Can you provide working links?My guess is (given how poor automatic translation usually is between Japanese and English) they mean that LP2/4 cannot be recorded on a HiMD disc, which is consistent with the (bizarre!! frustrating!!) behaviour of the Sony units. You can export LP2/LP4 from a PC, but you can't record it just using the unit itself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yamagatacamille Posted February 3, 2005 Report Share Posted February 3, 2005 http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/av/docs/20050203/onkyo.htmhttp://www.watch.impress.co.jp/av/docs/20050203/onkyo01.jpghttp://www.watch.impress.co.jp/av/docs/20050203/onkyo02.jpghttp://www.watch.impress.co.jp/av/docs/20050203/onkyo03.jpghttp://www.jp.onkyo.com/more_emotion/frb/index.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin42 Posted February 3, 2005 Report Share Posted February 3, 2005 http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/av/docs/20050203/onkyo.htmhttp://www.watch.impress.co.jp/av/docs/20050203/onkyo01.jpghttp://www.watch.impress.co.jp/av/docs/20050203/onkyo02.jpghttp://www.watch.impress.co.jp/av/docs/20050203/onkyo03.jpghttp://www.jp.onkyo.com/more_emotion/frb/index.htm←Thanks! Those look so cool.From the first link (translated via Google), "However, the USB terminal does not have, there is no cooperation function of the PC." So I bet that's where the confusion comes in. It can't hook up to a PC, so there's no way to record LP2/LP4 on HiMD (stupid!! stupid!! ).(Can anyone tell that's one of my MAJOR pet peeves of HiMD? LP4 I can understand as we already have a 64kbps codec, but LP2 is really a perfect compromise for most non-critical listening) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROMBUSTERS Posted February 3, 2005 Report Share Posted February 3, 2005 any word on the price of these units? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jadeclaw Posted February 4, 2005 Report Share Posted February 4, 2005 84000 Yen for the X-B8, (US$ 805,-- )73500 Yen for the X-B7 (US$ 705,-- )Price is for japanese Market, expect a bit more,when it is exported.(Source: Onkyo press release) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROMBUSTERS Posted February 4, 2005 Report Share Posted February 4, 2005 ouch! $700-800 US =~ $1120-1280 CND on a bad day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Hopping Posted February 4, 2005 Report Share Posted February 4, 2005 Hi,New 2 models micro Hi-Fi Onkyo:X-B8http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/av/d...203/onkyo02.jpgX-B7http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/av/d...203/onkyo03.jpgthose 2 pic doesn't load up. Is it Hi MD? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indeego Posted February 4, 2005 Report Share Posted February 4, 2005 yes, http://www.jp.onkyo.com/more_emotion/frb/index.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDGB2 Posted February 5, 2005 Report Share Posted February 5, 2005 (edited) Look! Look! A DECK!!!http://www.jp.onkyo.com/more_emotion/intec205/md105fx.htmI want it I want It I want it I want It I want it I want It I want it I want It I want it I want It I want it I want It I want it I want It I want it I want It I want it I want It I want it I want It I want it I want It I want it I want It I want it I want It I want it I want It!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! EDIT - Look! ANOTHER one!http://www.jp.onkyo.com/more_emotion/intec275/md133.htmWhere are Sony's?? Edited February 5, 2005 by MDGB2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yamagatacamille Posted February 5, 2005 Report Share Posted February 5, 2005 (edited) ^yup, those decks are discussed here:http://forums.minidisc.org/index.php?showtopic=7920 Edited February 5, 2005 by yamagatacamille Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Hopping Posted February 7, 2005 Report Share Posted February 7, 2005 ^yup, those decks are discussed here:http://forums.minidisc.org/index.php?showtopic=7920←thx. I see it now. I was expecting a portable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aeriyn Posted February 7, 2005 Report Share Posted February 7, 2005 Sony needs to get it over with and release prosumer/professional grade Hi-MD portables and decks. They are soooo barking up the wrong tree; they have no chance vs. Apple, Creative, Rio, etc... in the portable audio market...okay, okay, I'll stop, I'll stop. But you guys seriously have to admit that Sony isn't marketing Hi-MD (well actually, that statement right there is true enough, they sure aren't marketing it at all) toward the proper consumer base.Oh well. Hopefully Sony will yank its head out of its nether regions and start marketing Hi-MD aggressively and focused toward tapers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deafplayer Posted February 7, 2005 Report Share Posted February 7, 2005 (edited) Sony needs to get it over with and release prosumer/professional grade Hi-MD portables and decks. They are soooo barking up the wrong tree; they have no chance vs. Apple, Creative, Rio, etc... in the portable audio market...okay, okay, I'll stop, I'll stop. But you guys seriously have to admit that Sony isn't marketing Hi-MD (well actually, that statement right there is true enough, they sure aren't marketing it at all) toward the proper consumer base.Oh well. Hopefully Sony will yank its head out of its nether regions and start marketing Hi-MD aggressively and focused toward tapers.←i agreethey make (some inexpensive) portable DATs, and lots of other professional portable sound and video equipment.... their brand already has credibilityits almost like they succeeded by accident in prosumer portable audio recording... the marketing seems totally absentpeople have to find out about it for themselvesim sure its a deliberate business strategy, but its frustrating... it seems like it would be so easy to just optimize the NH900s interface for recording, give it a date/time stamp, slap a different name on it and thats all it would need to be a very competitive prosumer tool.... (actually, a very appealing one with little competition to speak of)especially given how fashionable sampling and electronic music have become/are becoming... its a wonder why Sony doesn't throw its weight behind that trendedit: and considering how stiff the competition is in portable listening, where minidisk really isn't a very convincing option compared to HDs and flash, or even CD players Edited February 7, 2005 by deafplayer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xispe Posted February 7, 2005 Report Share Posted February 7, 2005 you're all right Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmg Posted February 9, 2005 Report Share Posted February 9, 2005 The question for me now is:When will Onkyo release a Hi-MD version of their FR-435? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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