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  1. Cspirou
    Cspirou
    If I had money back in the 90s/00s I would have definitely been on team minidisc
    Nov 1, 2023
  2. Thad E Ginathom
    Thad E Ginathom
    minidisc was wonderful. Recordings without tape hiss!
    Nov 1, 2023
  3. atomicbob
    atomicbob
    Minidisc historically used a lossy compression scheme called ATRAC similar to mp3 but did not attempt to reduce more than 5:1 whereas default mp3 compression was 11:1. It sounded much better than mp3 at that time.
    Nov 3, 2023
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  4. scblock
    scblock
    My recorder is "Type R" which I believe is the last ATRAC encoder improvement (the later Type S was an ATRAC3 decoder improvement IIRC). I can tell it isn't perfect but it's extremely good. Using MD as it was intended (a replacement for compact cassette), the quality is astounding.
    Nov 3, 2023
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