Where?

I note you did not quote the title of the document of the second link provided :

"MiniDisc: A Replacment for Audio Cassette"

Insomnia

1992 the MiniDisc system was introduced in the consumer audio market as a new digital audio playback and recording system (Fig. 1). The introduction time was just ten years after the introduction of the Compact Disc (CD). As is known, CD has effectively replaced the vinyl LP records in the audio disc market. CD technology is based on 16-bit quantization and 44.1-kHz sampled digital audio recording. The CD sound quality was fairly improved compared to any consumer analog recording equipment.

Before starting the CD business, many engineers engaged in the development of the CD solely for its improvement in sound quality, but after the introduction of the CD player into the market, we found out that the consumer became aware of the quick random-access characteristic of the optical disc system. In addition, the size of the 12-cm disc was easy to handle compared to that of the LP. The longer lifetime for both the media and the player strongly supported the acceptance of the CD format. The next target of development was obviously to be the rewritable CD. SONY and Philips jointly developed this system and made it a technical reality in 1989. Two different recordable CD systems were established. One is the write-once CD named CD-R and the other is the re-writable CD named CD-MO.

and that makes up over half of the overview of the MD.

And ?

The document sets up that MD was based upon knowledge gained by creating CD. As the document states (and quoted by myself) MD was created as a portable, vibration tolerant alternative for cassette with superior sound quality and quick access features.

Insomnia

Its stating the inperfections of CD and how the MD looks to improve upon it.

The only imperfections it states is that a medium was required that was more portable and vibration tolerant than CD, like Audio Cassette is, but with all the advantages of CD ie. sound quality, track access. Nowhere does it say that MD is a replacment for CD.

And you still seem to be ignoring the document at http://www.sony.net/Fun/SH/1-21/h4.html which is a Sony document on a Sony site entitled "MiniDisc: A Replacment for Audio Cassette"

Insomnia

Look insomnia, I have to go now, gotta live concert broadcasting across the world going out and I gotta tend to Ms Dynamite.

Check out whose 70th Birthday it is today and you will see where I work, if you are interested.

I do accept that MD does offer a better alternative to cassette as a portable recording format, but CD is the format if you actually want to hear quality sound.

I have no argument there, just glad we have sorted out what MD is an alternative for.

Insomnia

Hi,

Just like to post this link for homer911.

MZ N505 Yellow at Empire Direct £129.96 inc vat.

I personally own the MZN505 and it is a cracking portable device.

And just to interject on the private argument going on here MD is not upto cd quality, in some of the docs at minidisc.org the spec points out that it is "near cd quality" not "actual cd quality".

However for the size, battery life, convienience and re-recordability as a format it cannot be beaten.

Just my opinion.

Slick2097