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Article #23Re: Best Recordable Port'MD Player?
From: Mike Glantz
Date: Wed, 15 Jan 1997 00:00
Date: Wed, 15 Jan 1997 00:00
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Giles wrote: > They might be buying up MDs fast in Japan but sales are stagnant or > falling elsewhere . I have seen posts from people in the US who want > to know where they can obtain blank disks because stores are not > stocking them anymore due to low sales of the players and disks. I've seen those stories, too, but elsewhere, I've been seeing reports that MD sales are on the rise, in spite of the possibly short-sighted policies of some retailers. Where did you see recent market data saying that sales were stagnant or falling? > Why is MD better for home listening? The format uses compression > that discards a large part of the original information that one > supposedly can't hear. Using Low-Fi headphones or speakers maybe but > using good headphones I certainly can hear the difference. You seem to have formed an opinion based on early-generation machines which, (and which you can confirm, if you're interested) did not implement ATRAC very well. Are you willing to give MD another chance, or is your mind closed on the subject?
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