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Re: Re: Brain Filters and the price of MDs

Subject: Re: Re: Brain Filters and the price of MDs
From: Walter Knapp <>
Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2003 20:25:59 -0400
Rich Peet wrote:

>>On the subject of 'the perfect recorder' I just had a look at the 
>>HHb Website in the UK.  The picture of the MDP500 Portadisc has 695 
>>UKPounds beside it.  This is about $1700 Australian, which would 
>>seem to compare well to the price of the Sony 'top of the range 
>>NetMD' which is near $800, in the stores in downtown Alice Springs.
>>
>>Greg
> 
> 
> Who knows why HHb did not include a wave format with their md 
> recorder and built substandard.  One has to conclude it had nothing 
> to do with the recordist.

Maybe they were not building a computer. I'd hardly call it substandard.

I, for one am glad they avoided this trend to make everything a computer 
accessory. And made a excellent stand alone field recorder instead.

Walt




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