Ho Rick, How're you doin'?
On 03-Mar-98 at 18:42:06, Rick Nolan wrote to Graeme Jaye about
Digital recording
 GC> The compression isn't obtrusive or obvious, even when playing
 GC> at volume through a large PA.
 > That's a matter of opinion.
 RN> I can hear the difference and thats what counts.
Agreed.
 RN> Another reason that I didn't go the MD route for performances
 RN> was that I found they had a tendency to skip with relativley
 RN> little vibration.
I can see that could be a problem .
 RN> A Bose 5000 watt PA at medium to high levels was more than
 RN> capable of causing it to skip at the remotes maximum
 RN> range,wherever I sited the MD.
Oh dearie me.  Not a good idea.
 RN> This was in the real early days of MD and things may have
 RN> improved since then.
Probaly.  I would have thought the 'walkman' version would have been
better for your application as these have a buffer ( of 2 or 3
seconds, AIR) to allow for skipping when someone is jogging with
one.
 RN> ...I know the prices certainly have :-)
In a vain attempt to boost the market, which does not seem to be
happening.  I can't see this situation lasting for much longer, it
must be costing the manufacturers a fortune.  
It looks to me like a repeat of the DAT scenario.  Prices were
dropped in an attempt to get the domestic market, nobody wanted to
play ball so the price went up again and only the professionals use
the things now.
Keep 'em comin'
Graeme in Dover, England
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