Glenn Richards wrote:
So who remembers Sony's cock-up in 1993, when they launched MD? One
rec/play walkman, one playback-only walkman (and no pre-recorded
titles)... no hi-fi separate deck.

11 years later... HiMD. Again, no sign of a hi-fi separate version. Do
we have to wait until 2006 for one, by which time any chance of what's
potentially a very good format getting established goes out the
window?

Yes, a walkman is great, but we also want a hi-fi deck, and an in-car
player...

My MD recorder (my second one, first was stolen) is sat in the kitchen, with
a fresh battery and a little beyer mic. It gets used for location recording,
so about twice a year. Music is catered for by DVD-Audio, CD, and MP3-CD
now - I used to put background music for gigs / shows on MD but use the
MP3-CD now with laptop for backup. I used to record stuff digitally on the
MD, the Laptop records longer and better (digital out from mixer, digital in
on laptop).

The only time the MD gets used is if I'm on the train to london and wearing
a suit - as the CD player doesn't pocket as well as the MD. But with the
etymotic earphones MDs on MD2 sound a bit rough, worse than 320k MP3s so the
choice is this - 5 albums on a CDRW for the day on the train or 3 low
quality ones on the MD. And for conferences / backing music for shows etc my
MP3 CD running 64k MP3s will run all day without repeating a track!


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