Mini Disc player

[jasjasss]

hmm .. im wodnering about Panasonic SJ-MJ57,
or other Mini Disc players,
How do u actuallly get the song if it is not a NET or HI MD ?
do u need to buy some sort of burner ??

[savage]

welll i always first burn an album or something like that and then i use my cd/md player to copy them digitally... i cud also do it with the cables which are connected through my mixer but then it wont be digital anymore, i guess the way im doing it is the best way to keep it digital without net md =)

[jasjasss]

wat do u mean by copy them digitally ?

[~K+]

If not using a Net MD, here's how it works.

You can either use a MD/CD Hi-fi to record whatever's on the CD onto the MD. Usually, Hi-Fis nowadays with MD/CD should have a 2x speed recording or 4x speed recording or whatever.

Or you could buy a cable to hook up a Recordable portably MD player to a discman to record. Which then, you can use your recordable portable MD to play the minidisc afterwards.

MDs already containing music released by record companies are scarce, people rarely release them, but there are some around.

I use the first method I mentioned, since I have a CD/MD Mini Hi-Fi.

If you want songs you only have in mp3 format, you can always burn them into CD first in a CD format, then record it onto the MD.

[savage]

well if u use normal cables (like the cables u use between ur amplifier and cd player for example), then it wont be digital... digital copying usually means better sound quality

u can also use optical cables to copy it digital =)

hope this answers ur question?

[sxesven]

I've got a Sony MD and OpenMGJukebox, an application which allows you to copy MP3s straight to MiniDisc. My MD can be connected to my PC with a USB cable. Easy as hell.

[savage]

do u hv net md sven?

[sxesven]

I do believe so.

[savage]

okidoki that shd explain y u can use a usb cable i thinkn =)

[baby_cinnamon]

Originally Posted by jasjasss

hmm .. im wodnering about Panasonic SJ-MJ57,
or other Mini Disc players,
How do u actuallly get the song if it is not a NET or HI MD ?
do u need to buy some sort of burner ??

If your Mini Disc have an optical in then you can use the optical cable to record music from cd player, online, etc.
That's how I do it most of the time even though mine is a NET MD.

[Chrono]

i use a mp3 stick. batteries last 1,5 weeks. awesome =P And i don't need a usb cable. the rear end of my mp3 player is a big usb plug XD

I just don't see the point in buying MD players if you can buy mp3 players. they're much smaller, cheaper, more convenient, energyfriendly, than MD players.

[Peruvian_Sky]

Originally Posted by Chrono

I just don't see the point in buying MD players if you can buy mp3 players. they're much smaller, cheaper, more convenient, energyfriendly, than MD players.

I beg to differ. I have a Net MD MZ-N505. I paid only $100 for it brand new, it fits in my pocket and you can't tell that it's in there, a AA battery lasts forever in it, and I can get a pack of 5 MDs for less than $10 and have picked them up for as cheap as 75 cents each. Plus I can fit 5 to 7 full CDs on one disc (ripping in LP4) or 3 or 4 (in LP2). Most mp3 players cost 3 to 5 times as much and the memory cards are cost too much for too little space. The iPod really seems to be the only worthwhile mp3 player out right now. Other hard disk based mp3 players are bulky and suck batteries dry quickly. For now, I'll stick to MD.

[Chrono]

Originally Posted by Peruvian_Sky

I beg to differ. I have a Net MD MZ-N505. I paid only $100 for it brand new, it fits in my pocket and you can't tell that it's in there, a AA battery lasts forever in it, and I can get a pack of 5 MDs for less than $10 and have picked them up for as cheap as 75 cents each. Plus I can fit 5 to 7 full CDs on one disc (ripping in LP4) or 3 or 4 (in LP2). Most mp3 players cost 3 to 5 times as much and the memory cards are cost too much for too little space. The iPod really seems to be the only worthwhile mp3 player out right now. Other hard disk based mp3 players are bulky and suck batteries dry quickly. For now, I'll stick to MD.

you should look better into mp3 players
many are not even close to $100, not anymore

And, however small an md player, it will never reduce to a size of an mp3 player. And what i also don't understand is, why everbody needs massive amounts of space. It's just an machine replicating and transmitting sounds you use in public transport. max i used a day was 4 hours, i don't need 14 albums for that time, 2 is enough.

argh, whatever. it's like political discussions: no outcome

[PsyGen]

Originally Posted by Chrono

argh, whatever. it's like political discussions: no outcome

I like to look at it as being more of a personal preference when it comes to deciding which format to listen to.

For me, I use both MD and MP3. I've used MD for a while now and have found it is still superior to MP3 player sound quality. I'm not much of an audiophile but I prefer having CD -> MD recorded sound rather than CD -> MP3 sound. Of course, with good quality comes with its drawbacks, i.e. it's size, cost and so forth. Hence, I use MP3 player as well. It's small, plays music... sufficiently, but most of all is a good memory stick for transferring work from home to school and vice versa. Mine is mostly used as a memory stick, but it plays MP3, which is a bonus .

As for the cost... yes there are cheap MP3 players, but there are expensive MP3 players as well. Look at the superb iRiver series and the "not-so-good-imo" Apple iPods which everyone seems to be after these days o.o;; And if you compare how they perform with MD players, you'll see that MD's are better for sound quality, and MP3 is better for mass storage and size (mostly).

Originally Posted by Chrono

MD is outdated, no doubt

Hi-MD is on the rise and catching on with MP3 players being able to use the Hi-MD discs as mass storage. MD won't die out, only go stronger. It's how MP3 will try and compete is what I'm interested in.

I will always remain faithful to MD. It has never failed me in what it does and does it best.

Like I said, personal preference. An argument with no end~

(lol, I'm not bashing you Chrono, I just wanted to quote your posts in context of what I wanna write ^^)

[firefox]

I dont like MD disc too. It isnt that conventional, besides mp3 player is better.

[silentscreamer]

for the older MD players (not Net or Hi) you can buy those cables that connect the MD player to the speaker .. and so when you press record on your MD it just records whatever you play on the computer ..

i used to just play songs on winamp and record it like that ..

but now i have an mp3 player

[~K+]

Mp3 memory sticks aren't cheap at all, you'll have to constantly erase things to add new ones, which prevents you from organising things into different discs you can keep.

About storage, MD's LP4 can store about 5 hours which I find is quite enough.

How much are mp3 players anyway? SONY ones usually aren't much over 200USD and often under, and other brands such as Sharp and Panasonic are generally cheaper.

Energy wise, I could go for a month without recharging even if I listen to it for an hour or two every weekday.

Though I can see why alot of people who don't purchase their music prefer mp3 players though.

[sxesven]

Originally Posted by ~K+

Mp3 memory sticks aren't cheap at all, you'll have to constantly erase things to add new ones, which prevents you from organising things into different discs you can keep.

About storage, MD's LP4 can store about 5 hours which I find is quite enough.

How much are mp3 players anyway? SONY ones usually aren't much over 200USD and often under, and other brands such as Sharp and Panasonic are generally cheaper.

Energy wise, I could go for a month without recharging even if I listen to it for an hour or two every weekday.

Though I can see why alot of people who don't purchase their music prefer mp3 players though.

Exactly. I use LP2 though when recording, which makes for a bit more than 160 minutes of music on one MD. MDs are quite cheap, so you can buy a whole bunch and use them all, instead of having just one MP3 stick and constantly having to erase and rerecord it. I currently have Fra-Foa, Envy, Mono, Hikki, Shiina and what-not MiniDiscs, and I can listen to them anytime I want. No way that's going to fit on an MP3 stick. Furthermore, I only recharge every two, three weeks. MD is brilliant, really.

[Ibitsu Kokoro]

hmmm it all sounds really expensive

i dunno y..... but i'd rather buy a cd player than an mp3 player ._. MD's are cool

see i really wanna get this... i know cD players are really old but i juss love it...