Recent content by Dawson12

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    To my ears USB cables do make a difference.

    By all means. I mean, I love mini disc, and it's sound Whatever floats your ocean going vessel As long as we aren't actually scientifically advocating "warmth, depth, colour" "improvement" from a cable , on a digital signal, go for your life, innit.
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    To my ears USB cables do make a difference.

    Nope Nothing about a digital cable "adds" anything. It's either "1" . Or, it's "0".
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    Minidisc Appreciation thread

    Oh absolutely mate, wasn't about to leave it unsupervised, and a replacement is on the way. Big up for the warning, always great to double check.. Currently listening to a Ritchie Hawtin album on it, in the sun on a roof. Periodic check of battery pack too for power holding and temperature...
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    Minidisc Appreciation thread

    A miracle occured....I opened mine, as you did, although my opening effort was a little err messier..... the cell read .09v on the multimeter. So, i thought id hit it with the 18650 cell charger i have for the torches, and a few hours later... we were reading 3.6v... and is holding it...
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    Minidisc Appreciation thread

    I'm wondering if that isn't almost a 18650... They're both ,3.6v cells.. Edit, lol. It's literally written on there .. Time to get the Stanley blade out..
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    Minidisc Appreciation thread

    never owned one... but theres still a nice big underground community though.. i know a few folk who have changed the moving head storage for solid state, and upgraded storage volume, or fitted Bluetooth mods..
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    Minidisc Appreciation thread

    Mate, you just reminded me i have one of green portable md player recorders somewhere from a car boot box a while ago. thank you. also @Gray, again, would you happen to have a recommendation for a supplier for replacement li-ion battery packs for the MZ-R35? Hoping to find a reputable one...
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    Minidisc Appreciation thread

    yes, i saw one in a mag in about, what, 98.... even then it looked smooth.. now, nearly a quarter century later, maybe more... and they are great.
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    Minidisc Appreciation thread

    @Gray "I read that ATRAC was suposed to be less detrimental than mp3. Who's to say the effect must necessarily be negative? - it might be affecting in a way that people prefer." i agree mate... sound is subjective, consonance and dissonance are based on perception, if you like it, you like...
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    Minidisc Appreciation thread

    Hi, new to the forum,just picked up five md players from a mates attic for free.... now, i know that solid state is smaller, more capacity, cheaper...... but i care not, because for DECADES, i wanted a Sony MZ-R35.. now i DO... and i agree with the posts on here, RECORDED ONTO md, THE QUALITY...