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SoNiX
16th March 2003, 07:32 PM
a mate of mine is offering to sell me his kenwood MD HU for $400, its probably a good buy, i have a sony md player already...but does anyone here have an md head unit??and can u tell me what the sound quality is like??
SupraBOY
17th March 2003, 04:49 PM
personally i don't like kenwood in car sterio.
and as they say oils ain't oils... same goes with mp3 players.
SoNiX
17th March 2003, 04:51 PM
uuhh...not mp3, mini disk...2 different things..i was wondering about the sound quality in the MD units, would it be better or worse than cd??or simply equal?
Stuey
20th March 2003, 08:54 PM
I believe Warren had one in GeePee before he went to exa heaven. You should ask him. I know he still has his floating around somewhere I think. His was a sony.

Stuey :sheepskip
WhitePulsar
21st March 2003, 12:47 PM
quality is lower because the compression is higher.
compare a song in mp3 format with a file size of 6 megs to the same one but only 3 megs. the 3 meg one is lower quality allowing for greater compression (same play length in files)
SupraBOY
21st March 2003, 05:19 PM
sorry bit of a typo. mp3 was meant to be MD. but still. everything else i said remains the same.
WhitePulsar
22nd March 2003, 09:05 PM
i was just comparing it to mp3's. a cd is like a 6 meg mp3 where as a minidisk is like a 3 meg mp3 (same mp3 just lower quality to allow for more compression)
the MD compresses the song more than on a CD so the quality drops.
SoNiX
23rd March 2003, 06:24 PM
ok..thanks for that...i think i might just wait it out and get a whole new stereo (eventually) anyway...and use a CD HU
Master Yoda
23rd March 2003, 07:57 PM
Ure best bet is to pm warren about the quality of MD - i can remember cruising with him on many an occasion and there was no issues with sound quality

but hey there just my thoughts.

-Mike
GPexa
24th March 2003, 11:09 PM
as for the quality of sound... don't you dare go saying it's less than mp3....

A minidisc holds around 120meg of data... The compression on minidisc is much lower than an mp3. Also, the ATRAC compression is much more reliable in keeping quality than the fraunhoffer equivalent...

Minidisc rivals CDs with a lot of music, because it only compresses sound that has little noise. It works the same way as mp3, but to a lesser extent....

no sound issues at all, MD rocks
Master Yoda
24th March 2003, 11:16 PM
Your not a bit biast there warren are you.

lol

-Mike
GPexa
24th March 2003, 11:25 PM
not at all....



SONY ROCKS!!!!
SoNiX
25th March 2003, 11:12 AM
ok, thanks for that warren...at least i know someone now who can agree to the quality of md...i'm considering takin up this offer for the mdhu but it all depends on my $$$ situation
Master Yoda
25th March 2003, 10:45 PM
if i had the pc equipment and the dollars to setup a MD system i would but i dont

so i think when i finally get a car, money (and u all know the rest of the speel) - i will prolly get a normal Mp3 CD HU, but get a MD stacker and normal CD stacker as well

but the only brand i know that have MD stackers and CD stacker off the one HU are Sony,

AND I DON'T WANNA STOOP THAT LOW YET, LOL @ Wazza

-Mike
SoNiX
26th March 2003, 12:03 PM
Originally posted by Master Yoda


AND I DON'T WANNA STOOP THAT LOW YET, LOL @ Wazza

-Mike

well you may not have to...alpine has recently brought out a new MDHU and this could possibly be followed by a stacker...
WhitePulsar
26th March 2003, 12:19 PM
Hmm. so warren like mini disks but also says sony rocks.
well, i'm no fan of sony junk, but hey, that's me.
i'll stick to cd's and a mp3 stacker
GPexa
28th April 2003, 11:15 PM
oh... and the other advantage of MD.... lend it to your woman, and it won't get scratched... or even better, don't lend it to your woman, because she doesn't even know what MD stands for....

another advantage... friends riding in your car can't request their crappy music to be played ;) unless they have MD of course....
xStraightEdgeGr
1st May 2003, 11:47 PM
Originally posted by GPexa
oh... and the other advantage of MD.... lend it to your woman, and it won't get scratched... or even better, don't lend it to your woman, because she doesn't even know what MD stands for....

Hey now!! Not all girls are car stupid!!

I've never heard one of Kenwood MD players, but I have the Kenwood KDC-MP8017 in my car, and I love it... not the best of the best, but definatly good. I wish Eclipse's hu's were better looking... they sq is awesome, but I gotta have a lil of both...