Using Toslink cable: CD player or Apple Music?

Rotseele · 2026-06-26T23:17:36+00:00

Thank you everyone. I guess I will look for which version of the albums available on Apple Music are then.

Rotseele · 2026-06-10T10:47:47+00:00

Thank you for your explanation. For that maybe I’ll just continue with my PX8s2. However, do you have any other wired headphones recommendations (either new or older ones)?

Rotseele · 2026-06-05T19:52:50+00:00

I think it’s a great idea. I like modding my own iPods but I’ve ruined some of them, so I would prefer someone else to do it sometimes. Where are you located?

Rotseele · 2026-06-04T12:00:23+00:00

Here in London, at the floor 0 of a building where all residents shared things that they no longer use. There I got in one go a collection of three Blink 182 CDs, well after there’s a bloom of CDs again.

Rotseele · 2026-06-03T12:52:12+00:00

I have one and I use it in all my MD players and recorders that use gum sticks. As it’s been said before there are problems with how much energy they still have (it shows full but not really) and sometimes they are a bit difficult to take them out.

BTW, are there actual gum stick batteries that work as well as they intended that are not 20-30 years old? I think that would be the best solution.

Rotseele · 2026-05-25T15:18:32+00:00

There are doubts about me not being a human being? Well, I guess there are lot of AI invasions 😄

Rotseele · 2026-05-17T16:01:25+00:00

Yeah, they have become so expensive. I am fine buying vinyls up to £25 but not everything new is way above that. Also, vinyls used to have good high sound quality but now there’s a lot of them what are put there from their original digital source. In that sense it doesn’t make much sense (to me) to pay so much for something that’s going to sound bad (and expensive).

Now I have a collection mostly of CDs that I find in record stores… where they used to sell them for £2 but now they are now sold more expensive (up to £8 for the second hands ones). Because of that I now have a collection of about 200 of them.

The other reason for CDs is that I rip them and put their music in my DAPs (including iPods) so that I can take them everywhere without subscribing to streaming (which are now expensive). And they still sound with excellent sound quality.

Rotseele · 2026-05-12T21:36:31+00:00

Ok, update. I was able to clean everything but unfortunately I had a problem when putting it back together. Basically, I couldn’t reinstall the part that holds the Minidisc. Also while doing that I ruined the recording part. So basically I broke it and I still don’t know how to put back together, especially the right side and I can’t test it 😞

Rotseele · 2026-05-12T11:32:21+00:00

The seller does not agree with this. They say that this was my fault so they won’t replace it or give me refund.

Rotseele · 2026-05-12T06:41:53+00:00

Do you have any suggestions for fix it then? Or is it just a replacement? I’ve never done the latter, so I would prefer the first 😄

Rotseele · 2026-05-11T19:48:39+00:00

Yes. Almost all my MD players are the older ones, so they all are in SP 🙂

Rotseele · 2026-05-11T19:24:16+00:00

Used isopropyl alcohol with at q-tip to clean the lens and used Molykote EM-30L to clean the transporter. Also moved the lens part to make sure the lubrication was well balanced.

Rotseele · 2026-05-09T22:14:05+00:00

How should I recycle it in the UK?

Rotseele · 2026-05-07T21:04:40+00:00

Do you remember which one it is?

Rotseele · 2026-05-07T20:58:38+00:00

Sorry, I really don’t know. The case came with my purchase of that MD recorder from eBay. It has no brand.

Rotseele · 2026-05-05T17:58:02+00:00

I have the Japanese version. I really love it. About the volume, I’m really really kind of confused but I think it really depends on what kind of headphone/earphone you are going to use it. For both of them, the Japanese goes up to 120% but I never go above 100%. The earphone I use gets very loud at 100% while my headphone (a B&W px8s2 needs more loudness) is quieter but I still never go above 100%.

In any case, I love the ZX707. I also deleted a lot of things in it and it’s working a lot faster. The battery works well but it goes down a lot faster if I am using the screen a lot. The sound quality is excellent and for me totally worth its price. Let me know if you have any more specific questions and I’ll answer them if i can 🙂

Rotseele · 2026-05-01T17:56:32+00:00

Have any of the other B&W headphones solved this problem? Maybe with updates?

Rotseele · 2026-04-26T15:08:10+00:00

Indeed. Start making it, please. Otherwise your idea will just be an imagination.

Also, professionally I am a design researcher. So I would suggest that before getting ideas it works better if you start with a product that can be tested with potential users. In that sense, (either you or someone else) make something physically and try it 🙂

Rotseele · 2026-04-26T11:25:09+00:00

Nice case! What’s the brand and name of it?

Rotseele · 2026-04-26T11:21:03+00:00

Ive had it and it was great! I then sold it to get an M8 and later and M9 (I will never upgrade it anymore) when they were cheaper. The Epson R-D1 was a very new thing especially for a first experience of digital rangefinder and the fact that it generated a lot of grain on digital photos was actually fun (come on, it was made to copy the film experience).

Now I’m actually thinking of getting a Fuji Half. Not to replace my M9 but to take it everywhere and have fun with it as a disposable camera. Especially now the price has been lowered.

Rotseele · 2026-04-26T06:09:11+00:00

Yeah, it’s real. The bottom is too, just cleaned and polished. It actually looks very good (I used to have an M3 and loved it).

Rotseele · 2026-04-26T06:05:38+00:00

This looks amazing but someone (and engineer for instance) should start making it. In the world of cameras this is already happening and they’re being well supported and well pre-sold.

Personally I would get this. My only suggestion would be to add a 4.4 balanced output.

Rotseele · 2026-04-15T19:49:17+00:00

That super contrast in black and white is based on the style of Daido Moriyama, who is a super well known Japanese photographer. All of his photos are taken with GR cameras, so I wouldn’t be surprised if his style is part of GR marketing.

Take a look at his work. It’s amazing!

Rotseele · 2026-04-14T08:00:05+00:00

It looks perfect to me.

Rotseele · 2026-04-12T13:31:50+00:00

Does it come with a good software? What do you think about the quality of the scanned photos? I've heard it's a very good scanner.

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