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I mis-sent this somehow to Jon Wagner, as a regular reply, though it came through LD. Sometimes, I've noticed, a reply pops up going to the loopers-delight.com address, and sometimes the actual author. I'm curious as to what affects this from the sender end, the source or maillist? It's not a consistent thing from the maillist end as far as I can figure. *********** Here's one that causes some questions to be asked of MD users on this list who are outside the USA though. Is the compression/"minimally lossy scheme" also on the units sold in the rest of the world? I remember how long it took the MD not only to reach market in the world, but in the US, and can't help but suspect some market manipulation on the part of our old "friends" the RIAA on this one. After all it was some time before artists were actually putting a full 70 minutes of material on retail CDs; and it was well after this was general standard - as opposed to simply transposing an old vinyl release onto CD - that the MD actually emerged. Isn't it possible that the same old "they'll steal from us!" credo was put into effect, such that perhaps if the unit was capable of only recording 68 minutes, but had CD-quality sound, it wouldn't be allowed into the US (according to all-too-familiar RIAA scare tactics used in the past on every other recording medium introduced since the Compact Cassette)? Perhaps Sony blanched and actually believed their paranoid rantings, not thinking that anyone in the US would jump to their defence. It wouldn't be the first time such underestimation was done. So, if anyone has one of the first MDs made, especially outside the US, this might answer some questions, eh? Is there a difference between the first models made by Sony sold outside the US, and the later, "RIAA allowed" revisions? Stephen Goodman http://www.earthlight.net/Gallery_Front.html - Cartoons & Illustrations http://www.earthlight.net/Studios * The free Loop of the Week! http://www.mp3.com/StephenGoodman * New MP3 Releases!