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From: dap@portal.vpharm.com (David A. Pearlman)
Subject: Re: DAT Royalty - Only on blank tape?
Organization: Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 1992 16:46:19 GMT

In article <PHILG.92Oct2172633@zug.ai.mit.edu> philg@martigny.ai.mit.edu writes:
>
>In article <1992Sep30.152200.22634@bilver.uucp> bill@bilver.uucp (Bill Vermillion) writes:
>
>   >Naw...What about WEA (Warner/Elektra/Atlantic{/Reprise/Sire/Atco/East-West/
>   >Nonesuch/Asylum})? They're part of the
>   >Time-Warner conglomerate, which is still decidedly American.
>
>   Are you sure about that.  I thought I saw somewhere that Time/Warner
>   was foreign controlled or at least highly owned.
>
>Well, they can't do much without permission from Sony since the two of
>them are wrapped up in a bunch of joint deals (this was made clear
>when Sony forced them to retract their lukewarm support of MD a few
>months ago and come out the next day with a humiliating expression of
>total enthusiasm that had clearly been written in Japan).


The only joint deal I know of that legally combines the two is the
Columbia Record/Tape clubs. Columbia had to cede half interest in that
venture to Time/Warner when they convinced Peters/Gruber to break their
contracts with Warner Brothers Pictures to head up Columbia Pictures.
Supposedly, they "stole" these guys partly on the advice of then
Columbia music-division president (and all around slime
wad) Walter Yentkovic. He's since been forced out.

Just another example of corperate stupidity. Peters/Gruber are a couple
of mediocrities who got very lucky a couple of times, while the Columbia
Record/Tape club is a cash cow. Guess who's smiling?

dap
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Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc.                     email: dap@vpharm.com
From: hans@smab.se (Hans C Larsson)
Newsgroups: rec.audio
Subject: Re: Recording times of MD and DCC
Date: 27 Sep 92 12:00:52 GMT
Organization: Saab Missiles AB, RLD-Gbg, Sweden

rmg53668@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Ryan M. Grant) writes:

>hans@smab.se (Hans C Larsson) writes:

>><U58402@uicvm.uic.edu> writes:

>>>I probably missed this, but does anyone know the maximum recording times
>>>for the Minidisc and DCC systems? 1 hour? 2 hours? 74 minutes?
>>74 minutes for MD and 45+45 (with autoreverse) minutes for DCC.

>>DAT is 120 minutes or even 180 minutes if you use the 90 meter
>>data tapes (DDS). Half speed (LP) would double that.
>>BTW. The LP option for DCC seems to have been dropped.

>Why can't DCC use 100 and 120 minute tapes to increase playing time?

It would mean thinner tapes and I don't think they (DCC decks)
are prepared for that (yet).
Don't forget that DCC has to use autoreverse to get 90 min.
-- 
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        Hans C Larsson			Email:	hans@smab.se
	Saab Missiles, Sweden		Motto:	"keep it short"
From: kwaters@frodo.cs.uct.ac.za (K A Waters)
Newsgroups: rec.audio
Subject: DAT Walkmans
Date: 6 Oct 92 15:04:53 GMT
Article-I.D.: frodo.kwaters.718383893
Organization: Computer Science Department, University of Cape Town

Hi there

I recently saw a Sony DAT Walkman in action... the first DAT walkman
I've ever seen (Didnt even know they existed)

What I'd like to know, is:  How much do these goddies cost?

Cheers,
    Keith Waters
Newsgroups: rec.audio
From: pbg@cs.brown.edu (Peter Galvin)
Subject: Car stereo security
Organization: Department of Computer Science, Brown University
Distribution: rec
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 15:11:48 GMT

Well, someone just ripped off my "removable" car stereo.  I figured
the middle of the day in a well-traveled parking lot would be safe.
And of course it's a pain to carry the large-ish unit.  So, I'm
thinking about getting one of those removable-faceplate stereos to
replace it.  My question is, do thieves know that they are useless
without the faceplate, or do they attempt to steal them anyway and
only find out later that it is (supposedly) very difficult to get
replacement faceplates.  Thanks for any help and commiseration...

Mail to me and I'll summarize.

--
					      --Peter

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Systems Manager, Brown Univ. Comp. Sci.       pbg@cs.brown.edu
Box 1910 (115 Waterman Street)                uunet!brunix!pbg
Providence, RI 02912  (02906)		      pbg@browncs.bitnet
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From: salil@igor.tamri.com (Salil Saxena)
Subject: Which Satellite Speakers?
Organization: TOSHIBA America MRI, South San Francisco, CA
Distribution: na
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 92 17:31:48 GMT

A friend of mine is thinking of replacing his existing speakers with a
Satellite speaker system.  He has young kids and feels it would be much easier
to keep them (sat. speakers) away from his kids.

Anyway,  any recommendations............


-- 
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Toshiba America MRI, Inc.		Internet: salil@igor.tamri.com	
South San Francisco, CA  94080		Phone: (415) 872-2722 x2283
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Opionions expressed are mine and only mine <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
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From: rmg53668@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Ryan M. Grant)
Subject: Re: Recording times of MD and DCC
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 1992 00:55:57 GMT

hans@smab.se (Hans C Larsson) writes:

><U58402@uicvm.uic.edu> writes:

>>I probably missed this, but does anyone know the maximum recording times
>>for the Minidisc and DCC systems? 1 hour? 2 hours? 74 minutes?
>74 minutes for MD and 45+45 (with autoreverse) minutes for DCC.

>DAT is 120 minutes or even 180 minutes if you use the 90 meter
>data tapes (DDS). Half speed (LP) would double that.
>BTW. The LP option for DCC seems to have been dropped.
>        Hans C Larsson			Email:	hans@smab.se

Why can't DCC use 100 and 120 minute tapes to increase playing time?
	- Ryan Grant

Newsgroups: rec.audio
From: venky@sas.arc.nasa.gov (Venky Srinivasan)
Subject: SONY ES cd players
Organization: RIACS, NASA Ames Research Center
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 92 20:13:06 GMT

Hi:

Does anyone know what the difference is between SONY ES cd players and 
their regular line? I  saw the SONY C-69 ES and another player from their
regular line. They both look identical (except for obvious model number 
labeling differences),  yet the ES model costs $100 more than the 
regular one. 

e-mail replies appreciated
venky@sas.arc.nasa.gov

thanks

Venky
Xref: sparky rec.audio:13146 misc.forsale:27477
From: eric@prodigal.psych.rochester.edu (Eric Hansen)
Newsgroups: rec.audio,misc.forsale
Subject: Stereo amp, preamp and dbx NR unit forsale
Summary: I have a SAE amp, Proton preamp and DAK/DBX NR unit for sale
Keywords: PROTON SAE DAK BSR AMP PREAMP DBX
Date: 29 Sep 92 16:08:39 GMT
Organization: University of Rochester - Rochester, New York

Hi,
  I have the following stereo equipment for sale.  Please email me if you are
interested or want more information.  Prices do not include shipping.

*** SAE A205 Dual High Resolution Power Amplifier ***
Specs:  Switchable 200/100 watts per channel class-A circuitry,
0.025% IMD, 125 dB S/N (A-weighted).  2 db headroom.
It is nearly three years old and in excellent condition.  >>>> $300 <<<< 
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*** Proton P1100 Preamplifier ***
Specs:  THD and IMD 0.003%, 105 dB S/N. (line source).
Has record and listen selectors.  Inputs for phono (accepts MM & MC), tape1,
tape2, tuner, CD, video.  Bass, treble and balance knobs.  Subharmonic filter,
Bass EQ swith, mute switch.  Two levels of preamp-out, both gold plated RCA.
It is nearly three years old and in excellent condition.  >>>> $150 <<<<
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

*** BSR DAK1 Variable-frequency noise reduction system ***
Specs:  THD and IMD < 0.1%, variable frequency cutoff from 800 
Hz to 20 kHz, effective noise reduction up to 40 dB.
Provides noise reduction without the use of recorded formatting (such as
Dolby B & C).  When I took the cover off (I was curious), there were a bunch
of "dbx" chips inside.  Email for more info and "listening" information.
Three years old, in excellent condition.>>>> $75 <<<<
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I am selling this equipment because I have upgraded to new speakers and amp.
I no longer use a preamp (since I run direct from my CD player).  I will ship
UPS insured or COD.  (I am in Boston, MA).

- Eric

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|  eric@binoc.bih.harvard.edu              350 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA  |
|  eric@prodigal.psych.rochester.edu                (617) 732-5925          |
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From: smee@bristol.ac.uk (Paul Smee)
Newsgroups: rec.audio
Subject: Re: What do you suggest?
Date: 5 Oct 92 09:18:00 GMT
Reply-To: P.Smee@bristol.ac.uk (Paul Smee)
Organization: University of Bristol

In article <718230895.6467.0@romulus.mercury.andrew.cmu.edu> kz08+@andrew.cmu.edu (Ken Zuroski) writes:
>
>However: maybe 100+ of these old albums are old 78's (only a few of which
>I've ever heard, incidentally, again because I don't have a turntable). I've
>started to shop around for a turntable, but it seems that most of the better
>ones only play at 33 and maybe 45 rpm. 
>
>Where do I look for a semi-decent turntable that can also handle 78's? I 
>obviously don't know much about this, so any advice you can give is much
>appreciated.

Cheapest option I know of is the 'Rega Planar 78', which is essentially
a Planar 2 factory-modified so it only plays 78's.  78's want a different
stylus (and cartridge, probably, therefore) than 33's/45's, so might be
sensible, but a bit pricey if you just want to play these things once
each.

Other options:  Some Thorens turntables do 33/45/78; TD180, TD520,
maybe a few others.  Also some of Dual's models do all three speeds,
once you get above mid-range Duals.  There are also a few
hyper-expensive three-speeds, but I sense you're not after one of
those.

-- 
Paul Smee, Computing Service, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1UD, UK
 P.Smee@bristol.ac.uk - ..!uunet!uknet!bsmail!p.smee - Tel +44 272 303132
Xref: sparky rec.audio:13415 sci.electronics:16650
From: andrew@alice.att.com (Andrew Hume)
Newsgroups: rec.audio,sci.electronics
Subject: follow up on decals
Date: 6 Oct 92 20:53:23 GMT
Article-I.D.: alice.23824
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill NJ


	i recently inquired about decals for equipment cases and chassis's[sic].
the two best (for me) replies suggested etching and decals that can be
generated on a laser copier/printer. the latter is made by Labelon
(1-800-428-5566) and they are sending me an evaluation kit with samples.
i'll let you know how it turns out.

	thanks to all those who replied.

			andrew hume
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From: rogn@telematikk.idt.unit.no (Egil Rognvik)
Subject: Re: The Dick Pierce Speaker Design Book...........
Organization: IDT
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 09:50:46 GMT

>>Yeah, uh, it'll be done, uhm, right after, uh, the trip to Stockholm. Yeah!
>>That's it! Right after I go to Stockholm to pick up my medal. Yeah, that's
>>the ticket!

>Then Chris quips:

>Ah gee Dick I didn't know that speaker design contributed to the peace
>of the world?

Just to make this clear; if Dick Pierce was receiving the Nobel Peace Price 
he would go to Oslo (Norway). But as he mentions Stockholm (Sweden) I 
guess he's thinking of the Physics Price, or something like that.
Nobel (which got rich on explosives, I think) didn't trust the Swedes the 
Peace Price. But he found the Norwegins (Vikings) worthy of this important 
task...


egil, the Viking   :-)

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From: uk07802@nx08.mik.uky.edu (Sofjan Mustopoh)
Subject: Re: Seeking Short-Wave Radio Recommendations
Keywords: Short wave radio
Organization: University Of Kentucky, Dept. of Math Sciences
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 1992 15:57:12 GMT
Distribution: na

In article <1992Oct1.181233.17087@equalizer.cray.com> joel@cray.com (Joel  
Broude) writes:
> My father wants a short-wave radio for his birthday so he can
> listen to broadcasts from overseas -- especially England, Germany,
> and possibly Russia -- from his home in Central California (Ventura).
> 
> Any recommendations are welcome.
> 
> Thanks.
 
   Try  Your nearest radio shacks.
   they have two hi end model  DX808  and DX390  the difference is
   30 more bucks for DX390  and DX 390  can receive SSB.
   DX390 is $219 .  Also there are cheaper model.
   
   p.s  : You can tell how good a shortwave radio is until
          you bring it home an try to listen for a night or two.
          Radio shack  has 30 days money back gurantee. so 
          it might be best if you are not so sure.


 
   
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From: jeffk@dosXX.med.utah.edu (Jeff Knell)
Subject: Re: Best Buy in Speakers?
Organization: Department of Genetics, University of Utah
Date: 28 Sep 92 13:17:21

   Anyway, I'm looking for a "best buy" pair of speakers for less than
   $300.  (Actually, $200 would be great!).  

   Dan
   dans@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu
--------------------

The following speakers have been mentioned
here as being excellent for around $200:

PSB Alpha
Mirage M190
Paradigm Titan
Celestion 3


jeff

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From: mpfeil@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Michael C Pfeil)
Newsgroups: rec.audio
Subject: any information of kenwood DAT
Date: 6 Oct 92 03:50:04 GMT
Organization: The Ohio State University

i already own one dat machine sony dtc75es and am thuroughly satisfied with its
performance.  i have the opertunity to get a kenwood unit at an excellent 
price, so i am asking if anyone has one of these units or has any input  as 
to the quality of these dat machines.

mike
From: sss@castle.ed.ac.uk (S S Sturrock)
Newsgroups: rec.audio
Subject: Re: Why switch to CD?
Date: 6 Oct 92 08:54:32 GMT
Organization: Edinburgh University

In article <1992Oct6.064803.25275@news.cs.brandeis.edu> jacob@max.cc.brandeis.edu ( ) writes:
>just a piece of trivia: some mentioned the advantage the CD has over
>a the LP in term of durability. well, i read a few years ago
>in the boston phoenix quarterly (?) electronics supplement there existed
>a "laser turntable" that reads (only black) vinyl LPs with a laser beam.

Hmmm, about time this old nutshell was wheeled out for an airing.....

Yes, it exists.  The Finial Laser Turntable.

>of course you can still melt your LPs in the oven if you wish but you can
>do pretty nasty things to you CDs also if you want. the point is a "laser
>turntable" doesn't put an LP to more wear than a CD player does a CD.
>also given that the "laser turntable" reads the depth of the groove optically,
>conceivably one could imagine a coating process whereby you could have your
>LPs layered with a transparent layer of something that would forever render
>them immune to dust as well. the only problem is, according to the boston
>phoenix, the laser turntable exists, its r&d is completed but it is not
>in production.

There are various problems with this beast:

Records have to be spotlessly clean, Finial supply a cleaner for them.

They have to be black vinyl.

LPs only, not 45s/7"/10".

Takes a while to start up because the machine scans the LP to find the
points where tracks start and stop for those CD like features.

Sound quality is poor.

Advantages:

Wear is gone.

Rumble is gone.

Good signal to noise.

However, the above advantages can be attained by a good
mechanical/transducer setup.  The price of the Finial was over 10x that of
a normal turntable with as good sound.  The only real market for it would
be archives.

A great deal more can be done for the sound of LPs if manufacturers pay
attention to mastering the things, I am sick of LPs that have been cut too
shallowly in crummy vinyl and suffer from dreadful rumble.  Properly
produced LPs are a joy and cheap too.  There is no reason why an LP should
not survive for years without exhibiting wear, surface noise etc, my
collection is a testament to this, and why is it that I can buy cheap
secondhand LPs for 4 quid which sound fabulous and have less noise than a
brand new LP from HMV where they charge 10 quid?

-- 
Shane Sturrock, Biocomputing Research Unit, Darwin Building, Mayfield Road,
University of Edinburgh, Scotland, Commonwealth of Independant Kingdoms.  :-)

Civilisation is a Haggis Supper with salt and sauce and a bottle of Irn Bru.
From: cb@tamarack13.timbuk (Chris Brewster)
Newsgroups: rec.audio
Subject: Re: 6th Ave Electronics City
Date: 6 Oct 92 20:41:09 GMT
Article-I.D.: tamarack.CB.92Oct6154107
Distribution: usa
Organization: pubs
In-reply-to: jim@coral.aiss.uiuc.edu's message of Tue, 6 Oct 1992 15:55:15 GMT

Jim Crouse writes:

   I am sure this has been gone over before.......but i missed it.
    Has anyone used 6th Ave. Elect. City before ?
    What do you know/think about this place ?
    DO they pay shipping costs ?

DON'T SHOP THERE.  The NY Times had an article about "problem" stores,
and this was at the top of the list.  They commit all the common sins:
advertising things they can't deliver, gray-market goods with no
warranty, etc.  The same article mentioned that J&R Music World had a
much better "rating" (from someone: Better Business Bureau, maybe?).  My
experience with the two places confirms this comparison.  (Disclaimer:
I'm not connected to J&R in any way.)

Chris Brewster
cb@cray.com
Newsgroups: rec.audio
From: gfl@hera.uucp (22402-lenahan)
Subject: Re: Stereo amp used in mono mode
Organization: Bellcore, Livingston, NJ
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 92 19:34:22 GMT
Summary: mono: its all in the how ...

quiniou@bmtlh187.BNR.CA (Henri Quiniou) writes:
> 
>     Does a stereo amplifier used in mono mode (if there is a switch or a
> jumper provided) keeps its sound quality (sharpness and preciseness).
> I've been told that sound tends to be more confused and I can't figure
> out why.

Unfortunately, people often hear something and conclude
that all similar items sound the same.  Its as wrong
to conclude that all mono amps degrade the sound
similarly as to claim that all amplifiers sound
alike.

A stereo amp can be made into a mono amp in several ways.
Some work better than others.  A popualr method is to
"bridge" the amplifier, driving the two channels out of
polarity from each other and driving speakers with the
differential signal.

Such bridged amps can work very well, providing 4 times 
the rated power, and few detrimental side effects.  However,
the circuitry used to balance the signal becomes a limiting
factor.  Many balanced outputs, or bridging inputs (they
are really the same thing), are simply cheap IC op-amps
run off a generic power supply.  Such circuits make
for mediocre amps, preamps, CD players, and they will
degrade the performance of really good amps as well.

Other companies use additional discrete circuits to
accomplish the same.  These can be quite good, but
no circuit is perfect, so the net effect of the
powerful bridged amplifiers minus the distortion 
of this widget circuit may net out as a plus or a minus.

Finally, some of the best designed equipment can provide
this polarity inversion / balancing trick _without
additional circuits_.  Such products are inherently
balanced and provide the advantages of mono operation
without the disadvantages of processing circuitry.
Examples of this are the Krell MDA architectures
, the Levinson No.26 / 20.5s, and the Sonogy
modular stuff.  While I've not actually heard
the Levinson, the other two are clearly superior
in mono mode to stereo mode.

So, to sum up, No.

How's that :-).

Grant
gfl@hera.cc.bellcore.com
From: tpremo@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Todd Premo)
Newsgroups: rec.audio
Subject: Help....Blown Optonica
Summary: What needs to be replaced?
Date: 4 Oct 92 20:12:06 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Purdue University Computing Center

I have an older Optonica SM7305 integrated amplifier and it has "blown".
The "protection light is always on and no signal is going to the speakers.
The heat sinks DO get hot.  There is a fuse on the power line as it comes 
into the unit but that is all that I could find.    

Does anybody know what is most likely the problem?  I have been told that 
I must replace a transistor.  

I was hoping that there would be just a protection fuse like in my Kenwwod basic M2A.  If not is there any way that I could put a protection fuse in??

Any help would be great.

	Thanks, 

	Todd

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From: sss@castle.ed.ac.uk (S S Sturrock)
Newsgroups: rec.audio
Subject: QED DAC (was: Re: DMX, DCC, psychoacoustics)
Date: 2 Oct 92 08:43:15 GMT
Organization: Edinburgh University

In article <1992Oct1.200506.20624@scic.intel.com> sbradley@scic.intel.com (Seth Bradley) writes:

>obtain.  Speaking of which, does anyone have any experience with the QED DAC
>which sells for $300?  Seems almost too good a deal to be true :-).
>-- 

I tried this out on a few players, along with some rather more exotic DACs.
With some really cheap machines the QED did clean up the sound quite nicely
even given it's modest price.  More to the point though it was not
significantly outshone by anything under twice the price (DACs used were
the QED, Deltec little bit, Micromega BSII, Mission DAC7 (I think, the new
one anyway)).  These give quite a wide price range and of the lot only the
Micromega would have convinced me of the need of a new DAC for a mid price
player.  On the other hand, putting on the QED on more expensive CD players
and the sound improved accordingly as did all the DACs naturally.

Generally, the sound of the QED is bright and lean but nice and boppy too
although don't expect loads of bass and the top end is delicate but not
detailed, although very few CD players/DACs can produce very detailed sound
losing those important depth cues and atmosphere in a general wash of high
frequencies.  Seriously though, the QED should only be bought if you fit
into one of these catagories:

1) Your player is *VERY* old but you can't bear to part with it.
2) Your player is *VERY* cheap and you can't afford to stump up the price
   of a full new player.
3) A DAC is a DAC and digital is digital so the sound is perfect but you
   just have to have one to keep up with the jones's.

The QED will keep all these groups happy and does make a good attempt at
being an audiophile component, albeit from the Marantz school of sound.

-- 
Shane Sturrock, Biocomputing Research Unit, Darwin Building, Mayfield Road,
University of Edinburgh, Scotland, Commonwealth of Independant Kingdoms.  :-)

Civilisation is a Haggis Supper with salt and sauce and a bottle of Irn Bru.
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