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Brief Review Of Two Versions Of Apoptygma Berzerk's "Kathy's Song"

Original album version - Obnoxious "connecting to neural net" sfx that delay the beginning of the track and sort of pull you out in the middle, but otherwise an absolute banger, no other notes

VNV Nation "Victoria Mix" - Worse in every conceivable way, less melodic, less passionate, probably better for some specific use case, but not mine. However, still rates consideration on account of inexplicable God created Man / Man created Machine / Machine created Music / And machine saw everything it had created and it said - behold intro

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PSA: You Do Not Need an MZ-RH1 To Rip Minidiscs

I originally posted this in /r/minidisc on reddit, but I've been thinking about what to post here and this seemed like a good enough thought.

The old Minidisc.org web site calls the Sony MZ-RH1 "the most perfectly executed minidisc instrument to date" and also (correctly for 2006) notes that it's one of the few machines that can export minidiscs to other media. This became less true over time and with the magic of modern hobbyist developers, the door on the "minidisc ripping" market is busted wide open. This post presents a few alternative options!

This post comes around in part because MZ-RH1s are wildly expensive compared to every other minidisc machine. For no particularly good reason (because they were being made from 2006 to 2011 or 2012) they are the literal most expensive minidisc machine. They are even significantly more expensive, even in not-fully-working condition, than the original minidisc machine. I don't think I remember seeing an MZ-RH1 for under $500, when you can buy an MZ-NE410 for like $50 if you use the offers function on eBay.

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