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In article <43Bm2.1585$Ge3.8385363@news.itd.umich.edu>,
  "Adam Fuller" <adamf@engin.umich.edu> wrote:

> I really have no good use for a digital recording format of any kind
> other than as a conversation piece or occasional experimental tool.

Funny that.  It's not as if I was aware of any great need for such a device
in my life either (it was a Christmas present), but now, after a couple of
weeks of shuffling, titling, splitting and combining, I look at the teetering
pile of assorted ferrics and chromes next to my Nak (all labelled something
helpful like "Radio 3, March '97") and wonder how I coped at all.

> See, that's what I don't understand. My CD player is extremely modest (Sony
> CDP-XA1ES, MSRP $350 USD, paid $200 used) and the MDS-JE510 has a 20-bit
> ADAC

Well, in that case, I guess you're in a better position than I to make an
assessment of ATRAC's failings (better MD unit, theoretically inferior CD
source).  Thing is, whenever I compare an MD copy to the original I'm reminded
of the shortcomings of my Goodmans CD portable; the Sharp is better but has
traces of that same flatness and lack of life.  Which I suppose is why I have
difficulty putting it down to the ATRAC system - I automatically associate it
with the fact that I'm listening to a 'mere' portable.

> sizzling cymbals, brittle mids, esp. on vocals, and a general graininess in
> the material.

After what I would euphemistically describe as an 'uneven' rendering of Arvo
Part's 'Tabula Rasa' last night, I may be coming round to your point of view.
Looks like the honeymoon might be over...

> On the other hand, MD quality murders any tape I have ever
> heard, even when made and played back on the Dolby S deck I also used to
> own.

... but the marriage has good prospects.

> MP3 is extremely good for it's compression abilities. I find well done MP3s
> almost indistinguishable from CD material.

I really must start using my PC for things other than e-mail ;)

Mike.

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