shortcolin
@Cloudscout Your post about minidiscs inspired me to make a blog post: https://pointinthecloud.com/2026-03-27-134200.html
Mar 27 at 3:13pmWeb
Show threadMatthew SparbyMar 27

@shortcolin Nice work on the repairs!

I was all-in on Minidisc back in the late 90s and recently started listening to them again as part of my physical media rotation (CD, Cassette, MD, vinyl, DAT, etc.)

Show threadMatthew SparbyMar 27
@shortcolin Also, I didn't know about the Web Minidisc Pro project until reading your post. So... I *might* have just ordered a NetMD unit. ;)
Show threadshortcolinMar 27

@Cloudscout

Instead of the choose your own adventure books I feel the best response is to offer a "Choose your own reply"....

A) I'm glad my blog post introduced you to an exciting new device, and enriched your life.
B) I am terribly terribly sorry and feel guilty for making you spend money on another thing you do not need. I will not write any more such blog posts.

Show threadMatthew SparbyMar 27
@shortcolin Hehe. It’s going to save me time. I want to rip a bunch of these Japanese MDs I got and that’ll go 4x faster with that web tool.
Show threadshortcolinMar 27
@Cloudscout it might be too late given you got one...but the MZ-N505 I got is quite slow to read. It is a "Type-R" device. If I understand correctly the newer Type-S machines have more RAM which allows faster transfer code to be loaded, or similar. But maybe you already got a fast one.
Show threadMatthew SparbyMar 27
@shortcolin That’s exactly what I got. Oh well. It was a pretty good price anyway. And it’ll let me play whatever is on some of these discs that were recorded with MDLP.
Show threadshortcolinMar 27
@Cloudscout at which point I get you to get *two* netMD machines...
Show threadshortcolinMar 27

@Cloudscout I am curious about DAT as that is another thing that passed me by. I have a DAT tape but the players are expensive now.

I don't know why but I like the optical 3.5mm connection to record from CD. "The music is turned into light?!" Is one of those statements that I simultaneously understand and yet am mind blown by...

Show threadMatthew SparbyMar 27
@shortcolin I got my first DAT deck, a Sony DTC-670, from a coworker back in the early 90s. I sold it 9 years ago when I upgraded to a DTC-ZE700. Then, 2 years ago, I got a portable TCD-D8 that was “untested” but turned out to work perfectly. I bring it to work and listen to random DAT tapes I got in a big eBay lot.