Re: Best Recordable Port'MD Player?

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From: myles koshman
Date: Wed, 15 Jan 1997 00:00

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Mike Glantz wrote:
> 
> 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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From: myles koshman <mkoshman@helix.net>
Subject: Re: Best Recordable Port'MD Player?
Date: 1997/01/15
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