DAT-heads Digest #846
Contents:
Karaoke CDs? (JH)
Tesla ("Rich Gomes")
test (SHOWDUDE@aol.com)
TPDF? (Alan Saferstein)
Re: stealth flashlights (cont.) #845 (GuySonic@aol.com)
Deck FS (Bernyx@aol.com)
re: Heads up for Phillips CDR-880 owners ("Slipkid")
ISO: U2 @ Philips Arena in Atlanta 3/30/01 - DAT SOURCE ("Steve Vahey")
stealth flashlights (cont.) ("Barnett Helzberg")
batteries on airplanes (Seth Breidbart)
Pink Floyd B&P Offer ("Bob Griesel")
FS: Phil 4/13 Sunrise & 4/16 Birmingham (MUST SELL!!!) - REPOST ("Brian Kelley")
Desperately ISO ticket for SCI in chicago ("Drew .")
re: stealth flashlights (Eliot Byron)
Phil & Friends taping policy..... ("John Callery")
FS AKG 481's and accessories ("Eric Pellegrino")
Yo La Tengo shows up for grabs ("Mr. Groovunit")
EXTRA Phil and Friends 10/15/00 ("Clay R. Caroselli")
NDC...Extra Roger Waters cdr's (LenG58@aol.com)
mbho's and V2 for sale ("Trevor Pratte")
From: JH <kc7fys@pro-ns.net>
Subject: Karaoke CDs?
Date: Sun, 08 Apr 2001 12:05:42 -0500
-+-+-+-+-+-+NON-DAT content warning!!!+-+-+-+-+
Do any of your DAThead archivists/tapers have any Karaoke CDs? I just got
a nice DVD player that has all the circuitry and inputs for karaoke, and
I'm putting all personal pride aside and I'm gonna take the
plunge? Anybody out there?
Jonathan Haynes
From: "Rich Gomes" <richgomes@mediaone.net>
Subject: Tesla
Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2001 01:06:55 -0400
Taped Tesla the other night in Boston, CSB>D7. Would like to trade for other
Tesla shows from this tour, or past tours.
Thanks for the B/W,
Rich
From: SHOWDUDE@aol.com
Subject: test
Date: Sun, 8 Apr 2001 13:32:43 EDT
From: Alan Saferstein <gruvenon@netzero.net>
Subject: TPDF?
Date: Sun, 08 Apr 2001 13:53:50 -0400
=====
Source: Schoeps mk4(ortf)>kc5>cmc6>Oade m248>modified sbm1 > Zefiro ZA2
>
CDWav
ftr, modified sbm1 = upgraded analog input stage plus conversion of the
A>D
process to 24bit>16bit via tpdf (NO SUPER BITMAPPING NOISE SHAPING!!)
=====
According to Benchmark any of the dither options on the chip that the
AD2K,
> aside from TPDF, will cause distortion upon playback if you go above
107dB.
----
That's two references to TPDF. Can someone explain what it is?
Thanks
Alan
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From: GuySonic@aol.com
Subject: Re: stealth flashlights (cont.) #845
Date: Sun, 8 Apr 2001 14:49:26 EDT
In a message dated 4/8/01 10:06:28 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
DAT-heads-Request@datheads.phish.net writes:
<< -----------------------------
From: Joshua <sprung598@yahoo.com>
Subject: stealth flashlights (cont.)
Date: Sun, 08 Apr 2001 10:32:40 -0600
As I've been looking for the perfect solution to the whole stealth
flashlight thing for months, ironically enough, the co-owner of my mics
whips out a Photon light and say he's had one for a friggin year.
You can get 'em on Ebay for 9.95 and the best stealth color is blue :-P
-Josh
>>
The Photon Micro-Light (made in USA by an Oregon Company!) is one of the
smallest and brightest LED keychain light to appear, and can be purchased at
many variety drugstores at least in Oregon. However there are two features
of the Photon that do not lend well to stealth besides being Mega bright.
1) The LED protrudes way out of the case and poses a problem with being
highly visible everywhere unless extra measures are taken to shield all side
light. Shielding with your hand may or may not be enough as some of these
(depending on the color and brightness) can back-light up your fingers to
glow in an unnatural manner that's bound to amaze your neighbors.
2) The keychain ring is far too small to fit anything other than the small
finger of an adult's hand and cannot be easily operated or palmed on the
usual middle fingers that normally allows for easy palming of these types of
keychain lights. The connecting hardware on the Photon is far too short to
be easily palmed even if the keyring was made larger. Obviously, to use the
Photon, many alterations are needed to make it work as desired.
A better (and far less bright but way bright enough) keychain light is made
by Luminex. While this model seems harder to find, it is far more suitable
for this purpose with a much larger size keyring that fits any finger of
choice and with 5X longer (1.5") connecting hardware between the keyring and
the squeeze light. The longer connecting hardware on the Luminex also
swivels to always allow the squeeze-light portion be laying flat in the hand;
this makes for effortless palming, allowing the light to sit in your palm's
heel area where just folding your fingers naturally easily reaches the light
to operate it discreetly and quickly when needed.
I've seen this light in Red, Yellow, or Green colors, but that was at least a
year ago and there may be other colors available now.
I may be able to source this light for having in-stock if it cannot be easily
found elsewhere. Over the years of looking for the best stealth keychain
light, the Luminex is so far the best I've found for stealth recording
purposes of illuminating the LCD displays on MiniDisc and DAT decks.
Regards in Sound & Music Recording,
Leonard Lombardo
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From: Bernyx@aol.com
Subject: Deck FS
Date: Sun, 08 Apr 2001 14:53:11 EDT
I have a PCM R300 FS,warranty is good till 2/2003.
I'm asking $400, if interested e-mail me
From: "Slipkid" <slipkid@voicenet.com>
Subject: re: Heads up for Phillips CDR-880 owners
Reply-To: "Slipkid" <slipkid@voicenet.com>
Date: Sun, 8 Apr 2001 17:57:13 -0400
regarding this:
>>>>>
>From: ABershaw@aol.com
>Subject: Heads up for Phillips CDR-880 owners
>Date: Sun, 8 Apr 2001 12:42:41 EDT
> When the Phillips 880 standalone CD burner was introduced a few years
>back, it became extremely popular among DATheads, in big part due to it's
>abilty to use inexpensive computer media. The 880 was unique among
consumer
>models, because one could calibrate a consumer disc, manually open the
drawer
>and switch to an inexpensive computer disc, and then record
> Like many of you at that time (1998-99), I purchased an 880 for this
>reason alone. I also knew it would recieve heavy use, so I purchased a
>service contract so I'd be covered for a few years.
> Recently, my 880 began showing signs of needing maintenance (was
>occasionally mistracking on playback), so I took it in for repair under
>service contract. Much to my surprise, during the repair, my unit was
>modified so that it no longer allows the "switch trick" feature. After
>speaking with the service center I was informed that its routine to modify
>the processor in this unit and that they refuse to modify it back to its
>original functionality.
a couple comments on the philips recorders
i didn't know that the 880 supported the "swap trick" but i guess i am wrong
about that (i thought it was only the 870 model that did this, or maybe it
is only some of the early 880 models too?)
i thought the 880 was released by philips under pressure to remove the swap
trick, plus also that it corrected the unnecessary resampling that the 870
does at 44.1khz even when fed 44.1k input
i know several people with 870s, including me, and all of us have had
problems with this model
i feel this unit is a piece of crap; i don't use my 870 for making CD-Rs
since it routinely eats "audio" CD-Rs and "audio" CD-RWs, and it routinely
burns discs with tons of errors on them (either when using audio blanks or
computer blanks with the swap trick)
i bought the 870 at the same time as my PC and when i was first getting into
CD-R burning in general and wanted to explore both the pluses/minuses of PC
vs. stand-alone burning
but thx to many numerous problems with the 870, i was forced into the PC
route all the way (i'm actually glad of that now as i have found the PC
method to be infinitely more powerful in editing capabilities, speed of
burning/copying, being able to use computer blanks perfectly, no SCMS
issues, etc)....my 870 sits neglected in my stereo rack, only used for
occasionally playing CD-R discs that my old denon deck doesn't like, and
sometimes i try to use it for making quick cassette to CD-R transfers which
i then extract the audio off of on my PC for editing and real "mastering"
a friend of mine bought an 870 at SEARS and the unit completely failed to
burn CD-Rs after only one month of use; he brought it in for service and
they did fix his burning problem (i forget what the explanation was), and he
was worried that the swap trick would be "cured" as well, but after service
he can still do the swap trick
i think that the swap trick is actually a bad thing anyway, since i think
that the during the OPC step on the audio blank the laser may calibrate
itself for a certain type of CD-R dye, but if you then pull out the disc
which the OPC was based on, and replace it with a computer blank, you could
have a disc burned with less than optimum laser settings
i'm glad that there are much better choices nowadays for "affordable" CD-R
stand-alone burners than what we were limited to a few years ago (the
philips burners), and people don't have to worry about the crazy stuff like
swap tricks and SCMS!!! the lower price of audio CD-Rs makes it alot less
worthwhile to mess with swap tricks anywho
- j -
From: "Steve Vahey" <sting27@epix.net>
Subject: ISO: U2 @ Philips Arena in Atlanta 3/30/01 - DAT SOURCE
Reply-To: "Steve Vahey" <sting27@epix.net>
Date: Sun, 8 Apr 2001 19:02:31 -0400
I haven't yet managed to track down anyone who made a nice solid DAT
recording of U2 in Atlanta on 3/30. I've seen some minidisc versions, but I
would prefer to try to track down a solid DAT version with nice mics first.
Anybody get it?
I have an extensive collection of U2 from all tours totaling over 400 shows,
including 100+ shows straight from master tapes/DAT's. If you're looking
for any shows from the current tour I have lots of versions of those already
as well. I only have 1 DAT deck at this point, so I can only offer cd-r
masters in return (either cd-audio or SHN).
Thanks for the space,
Steve
From: "Barnett Helzberg" <bhelzber@umich.edu>
Subject: stealth flashlights (cont.)
Date: Sun, 8 Apr 2001 19:59:45 -0400
Another suggestion for a stealth flashlight:
Use fingernail polish on the bulb of any flishlight you want. Multiple coats
allow you to adjust the dimness of the light. I use red.
Barnett
From: Seth Breidbart <sethb@panix.com>
Subject: batteries on airplanes
Date: Sun, 8 Apr 2001 20:49:40 -0400 (EDT)
On another mailing list (digiphish), people have been discussing
carrying sealed lead-acid batteries on commercial flights, and the
problems they've had doing so. Charles Quinn found the following
regulations:
49CFR172.101 has all of your answers.
http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/waisidx_00/49cfr172_00.html
Look under "Batteries, wet, non-spillable, electric storage (UN2800)"
for their classification: the government specifically allows them to
be carried on airplanes. He suggests printing that out, and finding
out (in advance, if you expect problems) the person at the airport who
deals with hazardous material shipments, and speaking with him. Then,
day of departure, if you have a problem at security, ask them to call
him for verification.
Seth
From: "Bob Griesel" <sundance@olywa.net>
Subject: Pink Floyd B&P Offer
Reply-To: <sundance@olywa.net>
Date: Sun, 8 Apr 2001 18:24:12 -0700
Several weeks ago Rob Garland was kind enough to send me
Pink Floyd 6/27/77 on 2 SHN CD's. This is an excellent Animals
tour show that is not widely circulated.
I'll take a few for B&P, and maybe a trade or two. Please let
me know in your reply whether you prefer .shn or audio. Two
discs either way.
Bob
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"People need celebration in their life. We need magic.
And bliss. . . its a part of the basic human experience. . ."
Jerry Garcia, 1989
From: "Brian Kelley" <bpkelley@myexcel.com>
Subject: FS: Phil 4/13 Sunrise & 4/16 Birmingham (MUST SELL!!!) - REPOST
Date: Sun, 08 Apr 2001 20:56:41 -0700
Due to prior commitments and a sufficient lack of
funds, I desperately need to sell TWO PHIL TIX.
One ticket is for 4/13 Sunrise (opening night) in Ft
Lauderdale, FL. and another is for 4/16 Birmingham, AL.
I only want face total for either one or both shows. I
will (gulp) swallow the TB charge :) Sunrise is $35
and Birmingham is $30. Total for both is $65.
The Sunrise is NOT a tapers ticket, it's actually Sec
M3A, left balcony 5th row. (Prob'ly a decent taper
spot too - away from the floor. Sunrise is pretty
small I hear).
I would especially like the B'ham to go to a taper,
since the show is G.A. - but won't be too picky.
I will be patching in for Atlanta and probably
Asheville. Maybe we can trade these later!
Please reply to me privately. Serious inquiries only!
Thanks for the "phill"-er.
Brian
From: "Drew ." <bustafluff@hotmail.com>
Subject: Desperately ISO ticket for SCI in chicago
Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2001 04:28:42 -0000
Does anybody out there have an extra or know someone who needs to get rid of
one? I wanted to goto this show so badly but I didn't get a ticket because
I thought I wouldn't have a ride up there. But I'll be coming up there
because thats the weekend of my sisters birthday so I'll be going to visit
her and when I went to get my ticket it was all sold out! So if anybody
could help me out I'd be more then happy to pay cash/trade etc. and hook
them up w/ a copy of the show as well.
--Drew
bustafluff@hotmail.com
http://db.etree.org/bustafluff
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From: Eliot Byron <ebyron@nyc.rr.com>
Subject: re: stealth flashlights
Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2001 00:39:23 -0400
check out the
Covert Photon Micro-Light
at
http://www.photonlight.com/index2.html
(scroll down a bit)
extended housing reduces glare
and effectively eliminates all peripheral light.
eliot
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> From: GuySonic@aol.com
> Date: Sun, 8 Apr 2001 14:49:26 EDT
> Subject: Re: stealth flashlights (cont.) #845
>
> 1) The LED protrudes way out of the case and poses a problem with being
> highly visible everywhere unless extra measures are taken to shield all side
> light. Shielding with your hand may or may not be enough as some of these
> (depending on the color and brightness) can back-light up your fingers to
> glow in an unnatural manner that's bound to amaze your neighbors.
From: "John Callery" <jacallery@pchnet.com>
Subject: Phil & Friends taping policy.....
Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2001 00:26:48 -0500
Does anyone know if you have to have a taper ticket or not to
tape P&F/ I plan on taping in Birningham on 4/16, but need to know
about this. If I do need a taper tix................ANYONE WANT TO TRADE
TIX?
Thanks,
Callery
PS e-mail me privately please
From: "Eric Pellegrino" <eric@tuxedojunction.com>
Subject: FS AKG 481's and accessories
Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2001 08:43:46 -0400
I have the following gear for sale...
(2) AKG 480's with ck61 caps
(2) AT 8410a shock mounts
(1) Shure A27m Stereo Bar
(2) Canare 15 foot star quad mic cables
If you are interested in any of this stuff drop me a line, it's all in =
mint condition with the original boxes/manuals.
WOB tax
Moe. Syracuse 3-2-01
B&K 4022's>lunatec v2> apogee ad500e> sony d10 pro II
From: "Mr. Groovunit" <groovunit@hotmail.com>
Subject: Yo La Tengo shows up for grabs
Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2001 08:50:47 -0400
Greetings All,
I've got the following 5 YLT shows up for grabs. I'd prefer if they all went
to the same person. Send list or URL. Thanks
9/18/00-Cat's Cradle, Carrboro, NC
9/22/00-40 Watt Club, Athens, GA
9/23/00-Variety Playhouse, Atlanta, GA
9/24/00-Moose's Music Hall, Knoxville, TN
11/21/98 Slims, San Fran, CA DSBD (w/Jad Fair)
The first 4 Audience shows were recorded with AKG 414TL-2's>Oade
preamp>SBM-1>D8.
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From: "Clay R. Caroselli" <claycar@stargate.net>
Subject: EXTRA Phil and Friends 10/15/00
Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 09:57:12 -0400
I just converted this show to CD and would like find a new home for it. The
show is on (2) 60m and was recorded with a AKGc568be>DA-P1 set-up. Trades
are always welcome.
Enjoy your day,
Clay
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From: LenG58@aol.com
Subject: NDC...Extra Roger Waters cdr's
Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2001 11:13:57 EDT
Hello All,
I have an extra set of Roger Waters cdr's from 7.23.99 and 7.27.99. Anyone
interested in b+p for these 4 cdr's, please let me know.
Thanks for the bw.
Len
From: "Trevor Pratte" <tjp87@hotmail.com>
Subject: mbho's and V2 for sale
Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2001 16:53:34
For sale:
Pair MBHO 603a (w/active cables) $1300
-Cadioid caps
-Perfect condition
-Lifetime warranty
Lunatec V2 $1150
-Perfect Condition
-1.5 years old
Thanks,
Trevor
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