DAT-heads Digest #786, Volume #6 Tue, 1 Jul 03 14:50:00 EDT Contents: SHERYL CROW - 'XRT broadcast 7/5 ("Thomas Avallone") Re: PCM M-1 Battery options? (Andrew Nemeth) Re: DAT-heads Digest #784 (Keith Bode) Re:Analog vs Digital (Keith Bode) They Might Be Giants on WNYC-FM 6/30/2003 ("Adam Aronson") RE: NJB3 (SnowRide@aol.com) FS: 2 Tickets, Orchestra LA Greek, 9/7/2003 (Keith Bode) Re: Request for info on Plextor CD-RW ("DCA") RE: NJB3 ("Jamie Lutch") In defense of Digital (my 2 cents) ("jah jahh") New Email Address ("DRider") FS: Bruce Springsteen - U.S. Cellular Field, Chicago ("Fares Halteh") I.S.O. Les Nubians (stuart) 12-foot satellite dish for free ("Gary Davis") D8 loading problem repair (Joe Thierry) Henry Rollins/Black Flag ("JP Flanery") External soundcards? ("Stephen Pzynski") ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Thomas Avallone" Subject: SHERYL CROW - 'XRT broadcast 7/5 Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 19:08:07 +0000 For CHICAGO RADIO listeners: WXRT will be broadcasting the Sheryl Crow Taste Of Chicago concert on 7/5 (Saturday). Since I will be at the show taping it, I really want someone to record the radio broadcast for me to DAT. I'll offer any 2 shows off my site if some kind soul can help me. Thanks in advance........ Tom "I've heard there's joy untold Lays open like a road In front of me" ~ PJ Harvey http://www.tav2367.20m.com/ _________________________________________________________________ Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail ------------------------------ From: Andrew Nemeth Subject: Re: PCM M-1 Battery options? Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2003 05:15:27 +1000 On Monday, June 30, 2003, at 11:50 PM, Erich Eyler wrote: >> > > However the pcm-m1 wants 4.5V DC. > 5V may decrease the lifespan of the unit Eric - you may care to research this a little before making blanket statements like this. Many, many people use 4x D cell sleds to power their M1s. These deliver - ahem - 6V when used with Alkalines. But don't believe me - use any www search engine and search for "Sony M1 6V battery". Although you will find many warnings against doing this, you will also find many who say it works fine and they have been doing this for years. Even when used with NiCads or NiMH cells, which are nominally rated at 1.2V each & thus delivering 4.8V total, when the cells are freshly charged they actually deliver close to 1.5V each, meaning you are feeding 6V to your unit again for at least couple of hours after every recharge. Which means... if 6V can power the unit fine, then 5V is even safer! (Sigh) I would have thought this was obvious.... Andrew N. nemeng.com ------------------------------ From: Keith Bode Subject: Re: DAT-heads Digest #784 Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 12:42:49 -0700 > I wasnt debating 'pure' (never sampled) A vs. D, rather, I was elaborating > on what Seth said, that there is no point in transferring existing digital > recordings to analog. True, vinyl may sound better, but try to find any > live concert recording from the last 10 years that has not been through a > digital stage, they are few and far between. > I am trying to record concerts from before that, the latest from maybe 91, and they all still had a digital stage. It has become very difficult to find shows on DAT also. IMO, DAT sounds better than CD, and if I could get what I looked for on DAT, I'd be less inclined to use R2R. I bought 2 of the R2R decks I have to record primarily LP's to reels. I decided to try recording from my HD tto reel, using an D>A converter. In general I am happy with the sound, except it seems the Power saving utilities don't want to shut off even in CMOS, and they cause skips and DO's. In the end, we all like the sound we like. I'm finding I like the sound of everything better than CD. I'm also not trying to tell anyone to do what i like. ------------------------------ From: Keith Bode Subject: Re:Analog vs Digital Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 12:52:21 -0700 > Analog sounds better. My turtable (Michell Gyrodec/SME 309/Koetsu rosewood > sig) sounds better than any digital souce I've ever heard. Is there more > distortion? perhaps. Is analog more musical? Most definitely. Even 40 > year records I own typically sound better than the equivalent CD's. Records > have much firmer bass, a warmer midrange and the high end is not nearly as > shrill sounding as digital. > > Case in point Miles Davis' Sketches of Spain is pretty much unlistenable on > CD (yes, even the newest issues), but my original copy sounds amazing. > Whoever destroyed this masterpiece to put out the CD edition should be shot > as far as I'm concerned. > > I view digital is a necessary evil. If I could sneak a Nagra Reel to Reel > into shows I would. The advantages of digital are: > > 1) small size > 2) long recording time withou need for flipping tape > 3) portability > > That's it. as far as I'm concerned. > > LP's will always be my preferred listening source. > > -Gregory > That's a nice Turntable set up. Personally, it's more than i would ever spend on a table. Does a table like that nt cause any wear on records? The main reason I got back into reel, was to save the records, by listening to reels. My TT is not close to that quality, and don't imagine it ever would be. Hopefully, I will wind up with a Technics 1200 and a $500 or so cartrige. ------------------------------ From: "Adam Aronson" Subject: They Might Be Giants on WNYC-FM 6/30/2003 Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 15:55:05 -0400 They Might Be Giants were the guest on John Schaeffer's Soundcheck program on WNYC FM today. I thought there might be some interest in the appearance so I recorded it direct to CDR off of the radio. If anyone is interested email me back channel. Adam Aronson ------------------------------ From: SnowRide@aol.com Subject: RE: NJB3 Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 16:35:38 -0400 Yo Gang, I loved my J3 at first when it worked. I have since broke 2 of them. the input jack for the optical/line is is real sensative. Both got flakey and intermitent. On top of that the customer support blows.. They gave me wrong instrucions suggesting I reinstall the operating system. After deleting the OS they informed me I could not reinstall with out the original firmware which is no longer available on their site. They were giving me instructiosn without reading what the previous tech support wrote and contradicting themselves. I vote if you get a J3 baby it like nothign you have ever owned.. SO basically I have 2 J3s that don't work. The price compared to DAT tapes is tempting to buy another but I want to hold out till something better coems along. I loved it when it worked but they both crapped out. my .02 cents.. (Jamie, go ahead and tell me.. "told ya so".. haha hope you're WEll.) I want to add how disapointed I am in PHISH.. $150 for an IT ticket and noones got their MOs yet.. Sad days.... CLiff Kaelin ------------------------------ From: Keith Bode Subject: FS: 2 Tickets, Orchestra LA Greek, 9/7/2003 Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 14:09:05 -0700 I have 2 extra seats for the Allman Brothers Band at the Greek in Los Angeles on 9/7. These are the back row of the Orchestra, Sec A, Row X, Seats 5+7. They are in a disabled section, with me and a friend. I am disabled, so there is no problem sitting there. If you'd like, I can make you a Disabled Placard, and if you get there early, you can get free parking right next to the entrance. Just buy a cane and fake a limp. The only tickets left are on the terrace off to the side, behind these seats. These seats will be less than 25 rows back, in front of Gregg and Derek I'd like to get the $140 the tickets cost, with Ticketmaster fees. Keith ------------------------------ From: "DCA" Subject: Re: Request for info on Plextor CD-RW Reply-To: "DCA" Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 17:14:40 -0400 Also, for a 2nd and third opinion, try: www.pricegrabber.com and www.bizrate.com :D ============================== >From: Seth Breidbart >Subject: Re: Request for info on Plextor CD-RW >Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 12:17:51 -0400 (EDT) > >> My Plextor 12/10/32 seemingly died this weekend, as >> the tray doesn't want to eject anymore. I was hoping >> someone on the list could suggest a place to buy a new >> Plextor SCSI burner for a reasonable price. > >http://www.pricewatch.com will usually get you within a small >percentage of the best price. > >google for "plextor" and look at the ads can also work. > >Seth > ============================== ------------------------------ From: "Jamie Lutch" Subject: RE: NJB3 Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 14:41:55 -0700 > ------------------------------ > > From: Royal Repis > Subject: NJB3 > Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2003 22:11:20 -0700 (PDT) > > Am I mistaken or did I read somewhere that the latest > firmware release from Creative solved some of the > problems with using the NJB3 as a digital recording > device? I am thinking of using a NJB3 with a pair of > DPA 4060's and a preamp that has coax and optical in & > out. Is this a good setup? creative has yet to release a firmware that is consistently bit-accurate. however, many people have decided its close enough for their needs and are using it in the meantime -JL ------------------------------ From: "jah jahh" Subject: In defense of Digital (my 2 cents) Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 17:46:14 -0400 Here we go again. The old and tired debate of CD vs. Vinyl. If you old fogies would just accept and learn about today's technology you'd go out and buy yourself an EQ (equalizer) to make your digital CDs sound better. With warmer sound and more bass, just like your old scratched up vinyl records. But the biggest difference, no annoying pops and clicks. But I guess you can't teach an old dog new tricks. My 2 cents: I find records to be annoying as hell with all that noise, especially between songs! Death to Vinyl! _________________________________________________________________ STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail ------------------------------ From: "DRider" Subject: New Email Address Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 22:34:29 -0400 Greetings! Thanx to the wonders of our capitalistic society, my former Internet provider AT&T Broadband was gobbled up by yet another giant Comcast. This means that I had to change my email address. Five hours and I am still dealing w/ this! My new email address is now: Farflung@comcast.net Please use this email address for all future correspondence. Thanx! Darrin Jacksonville, FL ------------------------------ From: "Fares Halteh" Subject: FS: Bruce Springsteen - U.S. Cellular Field, Chicago Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 22:35:57 -0400 I had initially purchased these tickets for a friend who wanted to goto the show, but he's since cancelled. He doesn't have a credit card so I paid for the tickets and now he's left me with the burden of selling them. I am selling 2 tickets to see the Boss in concert on the 13th of August at the U.S. Cellular field in Chicago IL. Tickets are perfect on the floor in section E3 row 14. Just looking to get back face for these. The total came to $177 and that's all i want. if you're paying via paypal (which i'd actually prefer) I'd like a few extra bucks just to cover the transaction fees paypal tacks on. Also some money to cover the shipping of your choice If you're interested please let me know. Thanks for the time --Fares Halteh3@Rogers.com ------------------------------ From: stuart Subject: I.S.O. Les Nubians Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 22:47:53 -0400 Does anyone have, or plan on recording any "Les Nubians"? here are a few of the east coast shows: 2003-08-15: Burlington, VT - Higher Ground 2003-08-16: Sommerville, MA - Sommerville Theatre 2003-08-17: Providence, RI - Lupo's 2003-08-19: New York, NY - Webster Hall 2003-08-20: Philadelphia, PA - Theatre Of Living Arts. TLA 2003-08-22: Baltimore, MD - Recher Theatre 2003-08-23: Washington, D.C. - 9:30 Club 2003-08-24: Atlanta, GA - Roxy Theatre I plan on catching the Balto. show! PEACE & BLESSINGS, Stuart ------------------------------ From: "Gary Davis" Subject: 12-foot satellite dish for free Reply-to: g@hoxnet.com Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 21:55:40 -0700 My landlord has asked me to give up one of my large satellite dishes, and since I'm really only using one, I was wondering if any DAT-Head in the LA area might want it. It's a Unimesh 12-foot dish with an H-H motor and a C-band Polarotor/LNB assembly. Free if you can move it. I'm not offering a free receiver but you can pick up a used one around $100 or less. More details on what you can do with a large satellite dish to any interested party... --Gary ------------------------------ From: Joe Thierry Subject: D8 loading problem repair Date: Tue, 01 Jul 2003 13:09:01 -0400 I am having a loading problem with my D8. The tape appears to load fine, records during the show, show levels, a-time etc. When I eject the tape I find that although the deck ran the entire show at the end the deck has "eaten the tape" (perhaps when the stop butten was pressed). After I retention the tape by hand and play back in another deck I find there is nothing written to the tape. I know others here have had a similar problems. Can anyone who had this fixed tell me how much the repair charge was and if it successfully fixed the problem? Also I am debating wheather or not to send my deck to Pro Digital or Sony flat rate repair. Has anyone used Sony flat rate repair recently? I seem to remember hearing about problems with their DAT repair service recently. Thanks, Joe ------------------------------ From: "JP Flanery" Subject: Henry Rollins/Black Flag Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 10:44:14 -0700 Hey all! Had a great time at Rollins/Black Flag last night. But "NO TAPING ALLOWED" for this tour per the crew! they were nice but no means "NO"!! Go see the show it was classic.. One more Poison Idea @ La Luna up for grabs .... JP.. =============================//======================================== From: "JP Flanery" Subject: Henry Rollins/Black Flag Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2003 11:22:38 -0700 Hey all! What's the word on recording Henry on his latest tour? He plays Portland tonight 06-30-03 at the Roseland Theater with Black Flag doing the oldies...! Please let me know! BWT: Poison Idea 03-23-99 @ The Pine Street Theater, Portland,Or. SBD>CDR 1 disk.. never released.. first three get it..will try to do more..Damn good old school punk !! Jerry A's my Hero! mrbezoar@comcast.net ------------------------------ From: "Stephen Pzynski" Subject: External soundcards? Date: Tue, 01 Jul 2003 13:48:02 -0500 I'm looking for an external soundcard for my laptop's USB port for transferring DAT>CD via SoundForge. Anyone ever used the Ego-Sys U24 USB Soundcard? Any recommendations? Thanks... Steve B&P for the first couple people: http://www.geocities.com/stejampzy/cdlist.htm _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail ------------------------------ ** FOR YOUR REFERENCE ** To unsubscribe from this digest, please send email to dat-heads-unsubscribe@datheads.phish.net If your email address has changed, you may (optionally) send the message to dat-heads-unsubscribe-oldaddress=olddomain@datheads.phish.net and the old address will be removed. 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