I think my new deck is defective?

[daveman]

The only way to relay my problem is to try and describe what is goin' on. I recently bought a used car that has an MD deck in it,

don't remember the whole model #, but it ends in 5970, it's a SONY. And I have never encountered an MD deck before, so, I asked the guy

if he would give me a few disc's to get me started...which he did. This car has at least two Amp's, one for the deck, and one for the sub-woofer, in the trunk. when playing the disc's that he gave me...they really ROCK the house (so to speak), I mean great volume and great bass. So, then I went and bought the home deck (SONY model MDS-JE480) to record some more for the car.

Here's my problem/question...I recorded a few disc's, I tried to MAX out the recording level, but made sure not to RED LINE it.

When I play the one's I made...they play o.k., and they sound o.k. But they do NOT rock the house? the car deck has the

D-BASS function, when playing the one's the former owner gave me I usually leave it off, or maybe setting # 1. cause there is plenty of bass at those settings, but when playing the disc's I made...I can turn the D-BASS to #3 and it is if there is no sub-woofer at all, the volume is not the same, and the bass is almost non-existant, I asked the former owner how he got such awesome volume from his recording...and all he said was there must be a setting on my home deck that maybe turned off?? or

my new home deck is defective? He said he never had that problem...does anyone know what might be wrong?? ANY help would be greatly appreciated...thank you very much for your time.

[THIS SUCKS]

make an optical copy .of a cd that you know sounds good on your stereo. and put it in your car. i bet it sounds fine. if you made the copy from analog. the analog source probabily has very little bass in it. this should solve the problem. let us know what happens.

[daveman]

make an optical copy .of a cd that you know sounds good on your stereo. and put it in your car. i bet it sounds fine. if you made the copy from analog. the analog source probabily has very little bass in it. this should solve the problem. let us know what happens.

I would except my receiver does not have an optical connection...at least not one that will accept the cable that came with the MDS-JE480, any other suggestions? is there a setting on the deck that I am forgetting? OR would I be better off selling this model and buying one of SONY's portable player/recorders? you know, going thru my computer instead??? THANK YOU - "A WHOLE LOT"

[THIS SUCKS]

I would except my receiver does not have an optical connection...at least not one that will accept the cable that came with the MDS-JE480, any other suggestions? is there a setting on the deck that I am forgetting? OR would I be better off selling this model and buying one of SONY's portable player/recorders? you know, going thru my computer instead??? THANK YOU - "A WHOLE LOT"

i would keep the deck. you will loose quality if you use the computer because you cant record in true sp. did you use the output directly from your stereo to make the recordings? make sure you do it with the stereos equalizer off

[daveman]

i would keep the deck. you will loose quality if you use the computer because you cant record in true sp. did you use the output directly from your stereo to make the recordings? make sure you do it with the stereos equalizer off

Yes...although, in order to get all 4 RCA connection points, my only option was to hook it to TAPE #2, (on the receiver) which is fine, I guess, because it works, and it was available. And according to a tech. rep. @ CRUTHFIELD I talked to said that conn. point will be fine. And the only plus here is, There is no equalizer. I kinda thought the old car owner (which by the way, he showed me the home deck he used, I didn't catch the model #, but it looked exactly like the one I bought) had some sort of "BOOSTER" or something that gave his disc's that extra kick that I'm not getting? I just don't understand, gotta go to work...I'll check back later, or tomorrow. thanks.

Edited May 16, 2007 by MINI D.