"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
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But MiniDisc was
only ever designed as a domestic format - never as a mastering one.


Why on earth would anyone want to master to Minidisc:-)))


Although it did find uses in broadcast, as rather better than things like
NAB carts.

They were ubiquitous in radio. I still have a Denon DN M991R
"professional" minidisc recorder, (a very impressivge and well built
machine with balanced analogue in and out on XLRs and AES/EBU
in and out also. It has a hard wired remote and a conector
for keyboard) It was consigned long ago to the glass
cabinet together with the 2" editing block and Chinagraph pencil.

http://erecycleronline.com/audio-vid...-is-57592.html

Comparison with even a 38cm/s tape master showed the
mindisc format to be rather dull and lifeless. lacking in lustre,
- high woodwinds, cymbals, and strings in particular.

Iain