kgallen Posted March 11, 2022 Report Share Posted March 11, 2022 It’s taken time to get in with the big boys but with some generous support from @M1JWR I think I’m finally getting there. Spot the changes (what’s in, what’s out) 🤨 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearBoy Posted March 11, 2022 Report Share Posted March 11, 2022 You finally got your 940! 🙂 How are you finding it @kgallen? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M1JWR Posted March 12, 2022 Report Share Posted March 12, 2022 watch that space, he might be going for the full set, 920 and 930 next then he is going to take out a mortgage to get a 980 !!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgallen Posted March 12, 2022 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2022 I think I’m done now. Until the next one anyway 😆 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgallen Posted March 12, 2022 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2022 On 3/11/2022 at 7:31 PM, BearBoy said: You finally got your 940! 🙂 How are you finding it @kgallen? Expand We’ll I’ve used all the I/O linking that lot together (and with the PC with TOSLINK)! FILTER-STD seems just fine to me. I don’t have a front-room hifi setup, maybe it makes more sense there than with headphones. It seems to have a real time clock (which I set). I thought the TIME button might make that show when the deck was idle but it doesn’t seem to. I’ll need to read the manual! Otherwise nice - considerable weight difference compared to say the 770 which is light as a feather by comparison. The 940 has a beefier transformer and metal front panel of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearBoy Posted March 12, 2022 Report Share Posted March 12, 2022 (edited) On 3/12/2022 at 12:34 AM, M1JWR said: watch that space, he might be going for the full set, 920 and 930 next Expand I did have thoughts of going down that route at one point (and an MDS-JB730 too, for the sake of completeness) but talked myself out of it. I decided I wouldn't really use the non-MDLP machines that much so it would really just be collecting for collecting's sake. I still get twinges though if I see a nice looking MDS-JB930 on eBay for a reasonable price... 😲 Edited March 12, 2022 by BearBoy Corrected typo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearBoy Posted March 12, 2022 Report Share Posted March 12, 2022 On 3/12/2022 at 8:50 AM, kgallen said: I think I’m done now. Until the next one anyway 😆 Expand Haha 🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearBoy Posted March 12, 2022 Report Share Posted March 12, 2022 On 3/12/2022 at 8:53 AM, kgallen said: We’ll I’ve used all the I/O linking that lot together (and with the PC with TOSLINK)! Expand Ooh. Would be interested in hearing about that if you get a chance to post some notes. I've got half an eye open for an old Sony CD player with Control A(II) to link up with my 940 but not really sure it's worth it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgallen Posted March 12, 2022 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2022 On 3/12/2022 at 11:25 AM, BearBoy said: I still get twinges though if I see a nice looking MDS-JB930 on eBay for a reasonable price... 😲 Expand Yea tell me about it! But I’m the same as you, I record so much in LP2 for non critical listening that getting a 930 would just be gluttony. Hence the 940. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgallen Posted March 12, 2022 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2022 On 3/12/2022 at 11:28 AM, BearBoy said: Ooh. Would be interested in hearing about that if you get a chance to post some notes. Expand I haven’t done anything clever it’s just all hooked up with toslink or coax and control A1ii where I can. I did make notes so will share but it’s not very exciting (we’ll not for ‘normal’ people 🤣). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgallen Posted March 12, 2022 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2022 @BearBoy I’m interested where you go/what you’re thinking on the CD players side wrt your MD machines. Keep sharing on that one. I got the CDP-XE530 along those thoughts, I see you mention XE730 above. I know nothing about the Sony CDP ranges. Maybe a new thread to muse on this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearBoy Posted March 12, 2022 Report Share Posted March 12, 2022 On 3/12/2022 at 1:30 PM, kgallen said: I see you mention XE730 above. Expand I was talking about the only non "9" series QS MiniDisc deck: Sony MDS-JB730 I think it's basically a cut down MDS-JB930 but that's really just an assumption based on the aesthetics and naming convention. Good idea re a CD player thread. I'll start one so as not to drag this one (any further) off topic 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearBoy Posted March 12, 2022 Report Share Posted March 12, 2022 On 3/12/2022 at 1:27 PM, kgallen said: It’s not very exciting (well not for ‘normal’ people 🤣). Expand What are you insinuating @kgallen 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgallen Posted March 12, 2022 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2022 On 3/12/2022 at 2:24 PM, BearBoy said: What are you insinuating @kgallen 😂 Expand I’m very much included in that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgallen Posted March 12, 2022 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2022 On 3/12/2022 at 2:23 PM, BearBoy said: I was talking about the only non "9" series QS MiniDisc deck: Sony MDS-JB730 Expand Doh. ‘Twas the ‘X’ that threw me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearBoy Posted March 12, 2022 Report Share Posted March 12, 2022 Doh. I didn't realise I'd made a typo 🤦♂️ Sorry, was referring to the MDS-JB730, not the CDP-XB730 or XE730 (if such a thing exists). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgallen Posted March 12, 2022 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2022 On 3/12/2022 at 3:22 PM, BearBoy said: Doh. I didn't realise I'd made a typo 🤦♂️ Sorry, was referring to the MDS-JB730, not the CDP-XB730 or XE730 (if such a thing exists). Expand I’ve got a CDP-XE530 so assumed the XE730 was the next model up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearBoy Posted March 26, 2022 Report Share Posted March 26, 2022 How are you getting on with the 940 now you've had it for a couple of weeks @kgallen? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fourbanks Posted March 26, 2022 Report Share Posted March 26, 2022 my 930 i have just purchased is very good and in mint condition but has been very heavily used so unsure to how much life it's got left in it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearBoy Posted March 27, 2022 Report Share Posted March 27, 2022 Is that the one you posted about over on Tapeheads, @fourbanks? It does seem to have a fairly weird ratio of recording to playback time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fourbanks Posted March 27, 2022 Report Share Posted March 27, 2022 On 3/27/2022 at 10:21 AM, BearBoy said: Is that the one you posted about over on Tapeheads, @fourbanks? It does seem to have a fairly weird ratio of recording to playback time. Expand that's the one. as you say most odd but with all the hassle I've had with the 940 that i mucked up I'm happy that it's working well. for how long thou you can never tell. i still have my original 920 that works well and always has done plus my Kenwood. now that's a very big recorder and wont go in my cabinet so doesn't get used much. the manufacturer didn't state the measurements of the unit correctly and is 2 inches oversized to the normal hi fi spec. I've never looked inside so cant tell if it's belt or gear driven? https://www.tapeheads.net/showthread.php?t=11235 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fourbanks Posted March 27, 2022 Report Share Posted March 27, 2022 my little system 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgallen Posted March 27, 2022 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2022 On 3/26/2022 at 4:37 PM, BearBoy said: How are you getting on with the 940 now you've had it for a couple of weeks @kgallen? Expand I've not done a huge amount with it to be honest. Been too busy at work, fixing that D4 and building the set for the next show! As you know I have lots of machines with similar capabilities, but I wanted a higher spec machine for the main 'hifi' stack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgallen Posted March 27, 2022 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2022 On 3/27/2022 at 11:50 AM, fourbanks said: my little system 😂 Expand Nice. I think the 930 is the smartest 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearBoy Posted March 27, 2022 Report Share Posted March 27, 2022 Nice set up @fourbanks 🙂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearBoy Posted March 27, 2022 Report Share Posted March 27, 2022 On 3/27/2022 at 10:54 AM, fourbanks said: ... plus my Kenwood. now that's a very big recorder and wont go in my cabinet so doesn't get used much. the manufacturer didn't state the measurements of the unit correctly and is 2 inches oversized to the normal hi fi spec. I've never looked inside so cant tell if it's belt or gear driven? Expand Nice looking machine. In which dimension is it 2 inches bigger than normal hi-fi? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fourbanks Posted March 27, 2022 Report Share Posted March 27, 2022 On 3/27/2022 at 5:15 PM, BearBoy said: Nice set up @fourbanks 🙂 Expand thanks. that little jongo a2 in the middle on top of the cd recorder is both Bluetooth and wifi. the bluetooth is so so as the codac is 7 years old but the Wi-Fi is excellent so recording from the tv bbc sounds app via the jongo's digital output is just the same as recording from the tuner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fourbanks Posted March 27, 2022 Report Share Posted March 27, 2022 On 3/27/2022 at 5:18 PM, BearBoy said: Nice looking machine. In which dimension is it 2 inches bigger than normal hi-fi? Expand in the width. i suspect that's the reason when i purchased the f91 tuner it came without the wooden side panels as that would have added 2 inches to the width as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearBoy Posted March 27, 2022 Report Share Posted March 27, 2022 Wow, it must be a monster @fourbanks 😲 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fourbanks Posted March 27, 2022 Report Share Posted March 27, 2022 On 3/27/2022 at 7:00 PM, BearBoy said: Wow, it must be a monster @fourbanks 😲 Expand Yes it certainly is. if you have the room for one and a nice one comes along then i would go for it. it's the same weight as the 930/940 roughly with the same output connections Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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