bivouacrecording Posted January 6, 2015 Report Share Posted January 6, 2015 Hello! With regards to standard minidiscs is there a difference in Minidisc disk brands? There are so many on the market with differing prices. Can I expect more reliability and, more importantly, difference in sound quality, etc. with a disc from, say, HHB, than with a cheaper one from sony, or tdk? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluecrab Posted January 6, 2015 Report Share Posted January 6, 2015 No difference in SQ...at least, I have never noticed any among brands...but sturdiness and reliability varies. Don't know about the HHBs in particular, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimma Posted January 6, 2015 Report Share Posted January 6, 2015 There is no difference in sound quality. I have seen no difference in reliability as I have many, many different brands of disc and have had none fail. The only real differences I have seen are in the quality of construction of the shell of the disc. If you treat your discs with care, you should never really have any issues but I have seen some discs, especially the Maxell discs with plastic shutters, that have come partially unwelded along the outer seam if dropped or flexed, along with some Sharp discs. HHBs are very well made and have no such issues but then nor do most other brands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trott3r Posted January 6, 2015 Report Share Posted January 6, 2015 Hifi choice magazine tested blanks back when MD was popular and sony came up best with tdk second. The minutes is more important though with 80mins sounded worse than 74mins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilippeC Posted January 7, 2015 Report Share Posted January 7, 2015 In France, the Fnac (which is similar to Amazon) sold his own brand name MD blanks series. It was notorious at the time that a small percentage of the MD blanks had problems. Recently I used them again and I can tell yes, they still have problems. One disc on 5 was not recognized by my MZ-RH1 but has no problem with my JB980. I have around 300 MD blanks and so far I got problems (both MZ-Rh1 and JB980) with 10 MD blanks. Problems can be solved with an MD unit which is able to format any MD like pro decks / portable units (HBB). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sescoscuba Posted January 7, 2015 Report Share Posted January 7, 2015 Hi all. I agree with what is written before me. The 74 sounds better of 80 min; (in fact the only REAL professional mds are 74 min) l ' 80 min has a longer access time compared to 74 min. Many mds cheap, after 10 years, have a disconnect of the shell; more frequently: maxell cheap, Sony Prism 1° version,TDK color european version. For me the best as resistance are the Axia. The magnetic media was produced from my research (see article) only from 5 different factories; all variants of many brands were commissioned at these factories. I hope I have helped you. A good day at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
culp4684 Posted January 7, 2015 Report Share Posted January 7, 2015 I would think any sonic differences in discs would depend upon the hardware they are played on. The discs themselves only contain the data read by the recorders and players. I agree that the differences are in build quality. Some of the old Memorex and Fuiji discs were cheaply made and the shutters could get easily bent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freddyjollo Posted January 9, 2015 Report Share Posted January 9, 2015 slightly irrelevent now as you cant buy them lol much have to put up with whats there or lump it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluecrab Posted January 10, 2015 Report Share Posted January 10, 2015 Well, you can get 'em online Freddy, for a pretty penny. Your post happened to lead me to the HHB MDP500, a portable that appears to have both optical and coax I/O. I didn't think any portables (excepting the original Sony MZ-1) even had any kind of digital out! BTW, there is a current craigslist posting in NJ, USA that has six 5-packs of HHB 74 MD blanks for 10 USD each OBO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimma Posted January 12, 2015 Report Share Posted January 12, 2015 You can still get the HHB discs from their website. http://www.hhb.co.uk/product_detail.php?id=270 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrmcferren Posted January 13, 2015 Report Share Posted January 13, 2015 I still see that you can source Sony discs of either 74 or 80 minute capacity from Japan either via direct import on eBay or via Amazon. I am a new MD user as I just purchased my first MD Walkman on eBay. I'm just tired of dealing with MP3 files and want something better to use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freddyjollo Posted January 14, 2015 Report Share Posted January 14, 2015 I still see that you can source Sony discs of either 74 or 80 minute capacity from Japan either via direct import on eBay or via Amazon. I am a new MD user as I just purchased my first MD Walkman on eBay. I'm just tired of dealing with MP3 files and want something better to use. well welcome to this forum I hope you find it useful. You joined the game a bit late in the day but better late than never I suppose. Welcome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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