Comments on: The Death of ATRAC and the Connect Music Store http://www.atraclife.com/2007/08/30/the-death-of-atrac-and-the-connect-music-store/ Coverage of Sony Digital Music Players, ATRAC-related Newsbits and Everything Inbetween. Mon, 13 Oct 2008 06:52:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: CanadianOwl http://www.atraclife.com/2007/08/30/the-death-of-atrac-and-the-connect-music-store/#comment-59006 CanadianOwl Sun, 13 Apr 2008 07:29:35 +0000 http://www.atraclife.com/2007/08/30/the-death-of-atrac-and-the-connect-music-store/#comment-59006 About a month ago I picked up a 4GB A816 for $90 from my local Sony store. I have been an ATRAC guy since my Sharp 702 and still use my 910 for live recording. I still think the lossless sound of atrac is still better than mp3 and I will continue to enjoy it as long as possible. About a month ago I picked up a 4GB A816 for $90 from my local Sony store. I have been an ATRAC guy since my Sharp 702 and still use my 910 for live recording. I still think the lossless sound of atrac is still better than mp3 and I will continue to enjoy it as long as possible.

]]> By: Free4 http://www.atraclife.com/2007/08/30/the-death-of-atrac-and-the-connect-music-store/#comment-58096 Free4 Sun, 09 Mar 2008 03:18:49 +0000 http://www.atraclife.com/2007/08/30/the-death-of-atrac-and-the-connect-music-store/#comment-58096 I'm glad to hear they've given up in the connect stores at last, and sonic shit thank god... How to organise a music collection by a 2 year old child. Now I like the Atrac format but please open source it so that it can be integrated into Media monkey and I can finally get away from these appauling half baked Sony apps. Oh and for the record the Game development software is just as bad. Great hardware crap software. If I was high up n SOny I'd seriously be looking for a head to roll over the whole Atrac and SOnic Stage, connect store thing. Either that or as a share holder I'd be looking to a over throw head management over the diliberate running of a leading company into the floor for no reason. I’m glad to hear they’ve given up in the connect stores at last, and sonic shit thank god… How to organise a music collection by a 2 year old child.

Now I like the Atrac format but please open source it so that it can be integrated into Media monkey and I can finally get away from these appauling half baked Sony apps. Oh and for the record the Game development software is just as bad. Great hardware crap software.

If I was high up n SOny I’d seriously be looking for a head to roll over the whole Atrac and SOnic Stage, connect store thing. Either that or as a share holder I’d be looking to a over throw head management over the diliberate running of a leading company into the floor for no reason.

]]> By: chazkenji http://www.atraclife.com/2007/08/30/the-death-of-atrac-and-the-connect-music-store/#comment-58018 chazkenji Wed, 27 Feb 2008 14:57:34 +0000 http://www.atraclife.com/2007/08/30/the-death-of-atrac-and-the-connect-music-store/#comment-58018 Please!!! SONY, Don't let ATRAC die T_T... There are still so many people like me all over the world love it because of its quality. Please!!! SONY, Don’t let ATRAC die T_T…
There are still so many people like me all over the world love it because of its quality.

]]> By: dave norman http://www.atraclife.com/2007/08/30/the-death-of-atrac-and-the-connect-music-store/#comment-57507 dave norman Wed, 23 Jan 2008 10:17:16 +0000 http://www.atraclife.com/2007/08/30/the-death-of-atrac-and-the-connect-music-store/#comment-57507 great - i bought a sony netMD MZ-N707 (minidisc recorder/player)- I needed it for the mic input (i wanted to record with a microphone onto md and upload digitally to PC - ofcourse, i was told i would be able to do this with the MZ-N707 with it's special mic input and NET-MD capability) in the sony shop!!! - Naturally, after purchasing (v. expensive it was too!!!)- i found out the net-md only works one way from pc to md - not from md to pc!) and only in the sony ATRAC format - the windows software for which kept crashing - the netmd + atrac was rubbish!!!! and i've never used it... i have to upload using the line in/out to my pc and re-record in analogue world - what a waste of money/technology/effort/customer satisfaction/i now hate sony so much! - but i didn't and won't give my MD back because i don't want to pay up another £500 to get some other stupid thing that doesn't do what i want it to. oh yes... can i have my money back please? great - i bought a sony netMD MZ-N707 (minidisc recorder/player)- I needed it for the mic input (i wanted to record with a microphone onto md and upload digitally to PC - ofcourse, i was told i would be able to do this with the MZ-N707 with it’s special mic input and NET-MD capability) in the sony shop!!! -

Naturally, after purchasing (v. expensive it was too!!!)- i found out the net-md only works one way from pc to md - not from md to pc!) and only in the sony ATRAC format - the windows software for which kept crashing - the netmd + atrac was rubbish!!!! and i’ve never used it… i have to upload using the line in/out to my pc and re-record in analogue world - what a waste of money/technology/effort/customer satisfaction/i now hate sony so much!

- but i didn’t and won’t give my MD back because i don’t want to pay up another £500 to get some other stupid thing that doesn’t do what i want it to.

oh yes… can i have my money back please?

]]> By: masahiro http://www.atraclife.com/2007/08/30/the-death-of-atrac-and-the-connect-music-store/#comment-56016 masahiro Wed, 12 Sep 2007 02:29:15 +0000 http://www.atraclife.com/2007/08/30/the-death-of-atrac-and-the-connect-music-store/#comment-56016 what i don't understand is why they don't just (a) continue to support ATRAC AND (b) make ATRAC an "open" format? i'm not the biggest fan of SonicStage, but i *do* like ATRAC. gapless playback = awesome. what i don’t understand is why they don’t just (a) continue to support ATRAC AND (b) make ATRAC an “open” format?

i’m not the biggest fan of SonicStage, but i *do* like ATRAC. gapless playback = awesome.

]]> By: Chris Wyatt http://www.atraclife.com/2007/08/30/the-death-of-atrac-and-the-connect-music-store/#comment-55982 Chris Wyatt Mon, 03 Sep 2007 18:42:28 +0000 http://www.atraclife.com/2007/08/30/the-death-of-atrac-and-the-connect-music-store/#comment-55982 Why can't the new devices support ATRAC3 as well? Why can’t the new devices support ATRAC3 as well?

]]> By: Zizone http://www.atraclife.com/2007/08/30/the-death-of-atrac-and-the-connect-music-store/#comment-55981 Zizone Sun, 02 Sep 2007 20:13:31 +0000 http://www.atraclife.com/2007/08/30/the-death-of-atrac-and-the-connect-music-store/#comment-55981 When they list following format under specification, they mean the player playback formats natively: Format MP3, WMA, AAC-LC, Linear PCM sonystyle (US) When they list following format under specification, they mean the player playback formats natively:

Format
MP3, WMA, AAC-LC, Linear PCM
sonystyle (US)

]]> By: Gary http://www.atraclife.com/2007/08/30/the-death-of-atrac-and-the-connect-music-store/#comment-55980 Gary Sun, 02 Sep 2007 17:58:55 +0000 http://www.atraclife.com/2007/08/30/the-death-of-atrac-and-the-connect-music-store/#comment-55980 Sony Have Been Through All This Before, When VCR's First Came Out, While VHS Took Off Big Time They Soldiered On With Betamax While Even Though It Was A Far Superior Video System It Eventually Died It's Death then They Finally Started Making VHS. I Feel It's The Same With Atrac Which I Love The Sound Quality Of Over MP3, But Again The Have The Corner Of The Market Will They Ever Learn, I Think Maybe NO ! Sony Have Been Through All This Before, When VCR’s First Came Out, While VHS Took Off Big Time They Soldiered On With Betamax While Even Though It Was A Far Superior Video System It Eventually Died It’s Death then They Finally Started Making VHS. I Feel It’s The Same With Atrac Which I Love The Sound Quality Of Over MP3, But Again The Have The Corner Of The Market
Will They Ever Learn, I Think Maybe NO !

]]> By: Solidstate http://www.atraclife.com/2007/08/30/the-death-of-atrac-and-the-connect-music-store/#comment-55979 Solidstate Sun, 02 Sep 2007 16:45:53 +0000 http://www.atraclife.com/2007/08/30/the-death-of-atrac-and-the-connect-music-store/#comment-55979 RIP :) About time. RIP :) About time.

]]> By: Joe http://www.atraclife.com/2007/08/30/the-death-of-atrac-and-the-connect-music-store/#comment-55977 Joe Sun, 02 Sep 2007 15:43:27 +0000 http://www.atraclife.com/2007/08/30/the-death-of-atrac-and-the-connect-music-store/#comment-55977 Ascariss, You misunderstood what I meant. I was worried that WMP was the only choice for transference of files to the new NWZ units - hence my concern regard regarding AAC files with the new units. I know that SS will allow direct transfer of mp3 and AAC files. The wording was my main point. The U.S. site states that the NWZ units play mp3 and WMA, but support AAC. If you have been using Sony units, including NetMD, you might remember that Sony used to "support" mp3....which meant that the files had to be converted to ATRAC. Maybe now Sony has chosen to use the word "support" in a different manner. That is fine with me. I would much prefer file transfers via explorer...and OS X finder...but I don't hold much faith in Sony regarding OS X. Ascariss,
You misunderstood what I meant. I was worried that WMP was the only choice for transference of files to the new NWZ units - hence my concern regard regarding AAC files with the new units.
I know that SS will allow direct transfer of mp3 and AAC files. The wording was my main point. The U.S. site states that the NWZ units play mp3 and WMA, but support AAC.
If you have been using Sony units, including NetMD, you might remember that Sony used to “support” mp3….which meant that the files had to be converted to ATRAC. Maybe now Sony has chosen to use the word “support” in a different manner. That is fine with me. I would much prefer file transfers via explorer…and OS X finder…but I don’t hold much faith in Sony regarding OS X.

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