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Title: Any New Equipment only Available in Japan??
Post by: timP on December 03, 2003, 05:26:13 PM: very sorry to blow up this place on my 1st day, but I have been waiting to find a resource like this for awhile, and questions just are poppin...
I do alot of blues trading with a guy in Toykyo who does alot of taping there.. he just got all of Neil Young's tour there sneak-a-tpae style.

I could get him to hook me up with some of the latest stuff if I know what to ask for. Are the portable harddrive recorders that blow away US models.. thanks
Title: Re:Any New Equipment only Available in Japan??
Post by: zhianosatch on December 03, 2003, 06:40:31 PM: We're askin' you!
Title: Re:Any New Equipment only Available in Japan??
Post by: Cooker on December 08, 2003, 03:44:01 PM: typically, the only things taper-related that are JDM (japan domestic market) only are minidisc recorders and laptops.
Title: Re:Any New Equipment only Available in Japan??
Post by: Tim on December 08, 2003, 03:47:32 PM: you used to be able to get DAT decks pretty cheaply over there, I'd imagine you could find some good deals on the viao and fujitsu and toshiba sub-notebooks
Title: Re:Any New Equipment only Available in Japan??
Post by: Scuba Jeremy on December 09, 2003, 12:41:17 PM: Not to mention really freakin' small laptops. There is an American distributor here that sells litte Japanese laptops with American software pre-installed. If you're looking to get into laptop taping, that might be fun.

Out of curiosity, how does the Dollar stack up against the Yen? Is it worth importing stuff through a friend that you can normally get here?
Title: Re:Any New Equipment only Available in Japan??
Post by: timP on December 09, 2003, 02:31:39 PM: My bud says DAT is still most popular.. Asked me if HD were pop here, cause they aren't there.....gonna ask about types of mini HD tey might use for other purposes and he also said he would pull toghter some interesting Jap. links....

what american ditrib. for tiny laptops and links? I'm just interested in a small laptop on the side....
Title: Re:Any New Equipment only Available in Japan??
Post by: kindms on December 09, 2003, 07:14:17 PM: http://www.dynamism.com/index.shtml
Title: Re:Any New Equipment only Available in Japan??
Post by: 72HW on December 09, 2003, 11:04:19 PM: Rippin link!

Say, Spearhead? If your pal in Japan was involved or knows people who were, pass along my most sincere thanks for the 04-11 & 12 2002 Akasaka Blitz TOOL recordings. Without a doubt they are not only among my favorite shows, but two of the finest TOOL boots I have heard.

And if the subject comes up, I am interested to know if anyone might be thinking about a PDA we can use with the USB A/D Converters out there. Seems fairly straight forward to me, but then again I am brand new to this PDA recording stuff.

Cheers!
Title: Re:Any New Equipment only Available in Japan??
Post by: 72HW on December 09, 2003, 11:19:12 PM: Am I reading this right????

http://www.dynamism.com/biblors/specs.shtml
Title: Re:Any New Equipment only Available in Japan??
Post by: caymanreview on December 10, 2003, 02:00:56 AM: Quote from: 72HW on December 09, 2003, 11:19:12 PM
Am I reading this right????

http://www.dynamism.com/biblors/specs.shtml

which part. one really interesting thing i see is an optical in on that lappy
Title: Re:Any New Equipment only Available in Japan??
Post by: zhianosatch on December 13, 2003, 12:35:35 PM: Quote from: 72HW on December 09, 2003, 11:04:19 PM
Say, Spearhead? If your pal in Japan was involved or knows people who were, pass along my most sincere thanks for the 04-11 & 12 2002 Akasaka Blitz TOOL recordings. Without a doubt they are not only among my favorite shows, but two of the finest TOOL ~~boots~~ I have heard.

If only we had audiences like that in the States...
Title: Re:Any New Equipment only Available in Japan??
Post by: BobW on December 15, 2003, 10:00:18 PM: I'm liking the 7x5.5x1.3 inch Sony PCG-U101
13hr battery life & a pcmcia slot.

the Fudgie Biblio is showing <2hr battery life :(
could it be the integrated sub ?
Title: Re:Any New Equipment only Available in Japan??
Post by: cregan on January 13, 2004, 01:50:56 PM: holy mashed potatoes that Biblio sounds unbelievable. Truly "unique and utilitarian" as they put it. Too good to be true?

But hey, doesn't everybody in Japan have mini watch cameras and eye activated VR machines for fighting robots in the streets etc..
Title: Re:Any New Equipment only Available in Japan??
Post by: jerryfreak on January 20, 2004, 02:13:32 AM: the dynamism site is cool, but you can find them a lot cheaper on ebay. Thats where I got my vaio u3. its smaller than my ad2k and fits in my gear bag. I really really like it. mine actually came thru one of these importing companies, then was sold to me. I ditched the slow xp install for a much quicker w2k.

www.conics.net is a good source for used mini-laptops, and they have all the drivers you need to 'americanize' the japanese vaios.
Title: Re:Any New Equipment only Available in Japan??
Post by: cpclark on January 20, 2004, 04:22:31 PM: thanks for the link jerryfreak
Title: Re:Any New Equipment only Available in Japan??
Post by: timP on January 23, 2004, 02:52:23 PM: hi... still lovingmy very small iriver 20gb HD player, but am already looking for something faster/bigger/better, and these links sort of fall under this topic...
slick looking new units from IRIVER korea..

http://club.iriver.co.kr/column/view.asp?Page=1&SrchItem=&SrchString=&idx=370

http://club.iriver.co.kr/column/view.asp?Page=1&SrchItem=&SrchString=&idx=378

edit:
I like the iHP-300... it's like my hp120, but color and 40gb
and the PMP-100 video/music board ...
the PMC is joint Microsoft/Iriver multi-media platform...could record in wav and record vid..
2004 is going to be a year full of cool little stuff like this I bet... gotta get another job.......