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Title: Available to transfer your minidiscs.
Post by: faninor on January 03, 2011, 04:41:28 PM: I have a Sony MZ-M200 Hi-MD (the last model / fully backwards-compatible with standard MD and one of the only available for performing digital transfers from minidisc to WAV faster than real-time).

Due to some interesting circumstances, I want to use it as much as possible within the next 5 or 6 months. If anyone has some old master minidiscs lying around that haven't been transferred (or have only been transferred via your minidisc's analog output and you want an upgrade) let me know!
Title: Re: Available to transfer your minidiscs.
Post by: andromedanwarmachine on January 06, 2011, 03:49:24 AM: Hmm...

this is a surprise to me- I thought the RH 1 was the last of the line?

What does the M200 offer which the RH1 does not? They appear identical...?

JimP
Title: Re: Available to transfer your minidiscs.
Post by: andromedanwarmachine on January 06, 2011, 03:52:46 AM: Ah, the M200 comes with the ECM-DS70P mic...
Title: Re: Available to transfer your minidiscs.
Post by: faninor on January 06, 2011, 11:59:04 AM: Yep, they added a mic and renamed it from RH1 to M200 at some point. It's easier to find an M200 than an RH1. :)
Title: Re: Available to transfer your minidiscs.
Post by: andromedanwarmachine on January 07, 2011, 06:09:51 AM: yes- I don't think the RH-1 is made anymore...

there's probably firmware revisions between them though...

JimP
Title: Re: Available to transfer your minidiscs.
Post by: faninor on January 07, 2011, 01:38:28 PM: I doubt the M200 is made anymore either. ;)
Title: Re: Available to transfer your minidiscs.
Post by: alexburatti on January 07, 2011, 04:26:58 PM: I have some mds if you don't mind?
Title: Re: Available to transfer your minidiscs.
Post by: faninor on January 07, 2011, 08:29:08 PM: No problem.

All I ask is that you cover the cost for shipping both ways, and either include blank DVDs for the transferred files or cover the cost for blanks. Also let me know approximately how many discs you're talking about. I don't want to be surprised and overextend myself. If that sounds good, let me know and I'll PM you my address.
Title: Re: Available to transfer your minidiscs.
Post by: faninor on January 27, 2011, 08:53:01 PM: Just wanted to bump this thread. So far I've received minidiscs from one person and they've been transferred and mailed back today. I still have a lot of availability to transfer more peoples' minidiscs if anyone has a few (or a bunch) that they need transferred.

Just send me a PM or email to get started.

Also I want to add to my previous post, DVDs are okay but a USB flash drive or other type of flash media with sufficient capacity would be faster and more robust so that would be even better. I'll add a full list of the types of flash media which I can work soon.
Title: Re: Available to transfer your minidiscs.
Post by: earmonger on January 28, 2011, 01:37:03 AM: You've got PM.
Title: Re: Available to transfer your minidiscs.
Post by: dyneq on January 31, 2011, 07:27:13 PM: Just wanted to give a big thanks to Josh! His generosity has helped me transition from MD to SS recording by transferring my earliest recordings with no quality loss. He didn't expect anything in return and sweated all the details nicely (MD5 hash, burned one of his DVD's when mine didn't verify correctly, let me know what was going on at all times).

John
Title: Re: Available to transfer your minidiscs.
Post by: jbou on February 01, 2011, 12:45:27 PM: I've got a couple minidiscs I might need transferred. I'll PM you when I'm ready. Its really awesome you are doing this for the community!
Title: Re: Available to transfer your minidiscs.
Post by: faninor on February 11, 2011, 11:01:46 PM: Just to let you all know -- I have everything set up in my cubicle at work now and I've determined I can transfer 20+ minidiscs per day Mon - Friday. Unless I get bogged down with real work and can't keep up with swapping discs and naming folders, but that shouldn't be a problem on most days.

John (dyneq) was the first person to get discs out to me, and this week I received about 150 from someone else, but I should be done with that set by next Friday. A few other people have been in contact with me but haven't mailed their discs out yet.

I'm wide open to take on more transfer requests!