vole Posted March 26, 2008 Report Share Posted March 26, 2008 Just been given one of these and it looks pretty good. Does anyone use them? Are they worth having in terms of becoming obsolete etc? Not set it up yet. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BSA Shaun Posted March 26, 2008 Report Share Posted March 26, 2008 Mini disc is old hat mate. Solid state is now the way forward with iPOD etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIGH OCATANE HITMAN Posted March 26, 2008 Report Share Posted March 26, 2008 old skool, too bulky and long winded but still play music probably better off with an mp3/i-pod tho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maiden22 Posted March 26, 2008 Report Share Posted March 26, 2008 (edited) . Edited December 4, 2008 by Maiden22 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vole Posted March 26, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2008 Its actually a video recorder size thing but I get the drift of your posts. Thanks and Drat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuck1 Posted March 26, 2008 Report Share Posted March 26, 2008 I have a little personal sized type thingy one of these. I'm thinking about setting it up as a caller, don't know if it's do-able, with some seperate speakers. Anyone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellow Bear Posted March 26, 2008 Report Share Posted March 26, 2008 (edited) I have a little personal sized type thingy one of these. I'm thinking about setting it up as a caller, don't know if it's do-able, with some seperate speakers. Anyone? Mini discs are good for live recordings - solid state still pricy. Yes you can drive both through a PA with the correct Kit ( desk/amp/etc) but as a caller you'd be better with a lap top - or go the whole hog and find y'sen a live band to it propper. Edited March 26, 2008 by Yellow Bear Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuck1 Posted March 26, 2008 Report Share Posted March 26, 2008 Erm. Ok. Thanks Yellow Bear. I must confess I have no idea what you are on about. But cheers. Maybe I'll just buy a fox caller. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artful badger Posted March 27, 2008 Report Share Posted March 27, 2008 (edited) whilst mini-disc is old hat it still has THE best sound quality available imo, i hear new bits every time a play an album, carrying discs is a pain compared to an ipod but if you want one for calls it should be alreet some active speakers might be loud enough, dont know till you try. id keep the deck if you've got separates anyway, Edited March 27, 2008 by artful badger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skb 557 Posted March 27, 2008 Report Share Posted March 27, 2008 mini disk rocks we always record our band/bands with em and now there classed as old people have stoped tryin to nick it.......has it got an audio in on it?:blink: if so then put a mic in it and awaaaay ya go.......sick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cappy0766 Posted March 27, 2008 Report Share Posted March 27, 2008 I have a minidisc seperate on my stack-up system, and a minidisc player in the car. Can beat them in a vehicle, they are bomb-proof ie dont scratch like cd's while rolling around on the floor. I record all my own for the car on the stack up system, and listen to cd's in the house. Hope that helped! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vole Posted March 27, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2008 So these just play music then? It was part of a huge stack of seperates with a tv on top so was not sure. I would like to get some use out of it due to the circumstances in which it was given to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullterrier Posted March 27, 2008 Report Share Posted March 27, 2008 I`ve got a Denon minidisc player/recorder, excellent sound quality but like others have said it didn`t catch on. Easy to record with & edit. I`ve also got an MP3 & the sound from this doesn`t compare to the minidisc player. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pin Posted March 27, 2008 Report Share Posted March 27, 2008 Minidisc uses "atrac" encoding, not even close to a good approximation of audio "in the wild". Among the bad things it does, like any "lossy" compression is a dynamic cut-off of bass frequency information from any signal. This is bad, it removes harmonics and makes things sound "flat". I have an mdz10, the best sony produced and it's great, but I don't use it. I can encode my own songs from good sources and get better results. That said, "CD" is also **** compared to vynil, if you take something with all the information and only pay attention once every 44,000'th of a second you don't capture it all, yet for years people have percieved CD's to be better than records. Ho hum :blink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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