http://www.t-station.net/md_vs_all.html
excerpts:
MD Player's advantage over MP3 Player
1. MP3 has to be edited by computer. Very few solid state MP3 portables can execute real time recording. MD, on the other hand, can record from any source (digital/analog) through just an optic fiber, coax line, or microphone.
2. MP3's sound quality is far more inferior than MD. MP3 was develop to compress data at the ratio 1:10 ratio. MD's ATRAC technology, on the other hand, was developed for professional music industry and compress sound data in 1:5 ratio by eliminating noises and inaudible frequencies, preserving the dept of sounds. MiniDisc can actually sound better than a CD. MP3 cannot.
3. The various existing MD equipments, along with the removable colorful discs and labels, be can be easily individualized to show different personal styles. MP3s uses non-removable media, hard to be personalized.
4. MiniDisc equipments' accessories are easily and inexpensively obtained audio accessories whereas MP3 players require expensive computer accessories (such as RAM) for best performance.
It seems that MP3 can only remain as an audio entertainment when people turn on their computers. Solid MP3 players are not as durable and cool looking as MD players/recorders. Furthermore, one can copy all MP3s onto MiniDisc but not vice versa. Therefore, MD storm will, slowly but surely, progress toward the west.
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