FA: MINT Yamaha MD8 with orginal box, manual and five sealed Sony discs

[chlorinedream]

Hi, I am selling a Mint Yamaha MD8 with five sealed Sony MMD-140A data discs, the original box and the manual. Here is the URL:

http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI...item=418461242

I've had the unit for about a year and a half. It has been very well taken care of in a home-studio environment (non-smoking, always covered when not in use, etc.)

The reason I am selling this only is because I have upgraded to a Mac-based DAW.


Thanks,
Scott

[The Green Hornet]

Yo Chlorine in the Washing Machine:

The only trouble with technology is that, when one buys it, it it already obsolete. Suggest you try selling your MD-8 to a Newbie friend. It is a nice box; but, mark my words, Yamaha will soon be putting out a 12-16 track box or will improve the MD-8's system so it does not use compression.

But, you should be able to sell the data discs if the price is right.

Green Hornet

[Kelly Holdridge]

Chlorine-

I commend your decision to sell your unit. Without people like you, I would have never started real recording. I commend you on not taking Green Hornets truly constructive advice to go outside and smash it with a hammer.

Forgive ol' Greeny. He gets testy when he forgets his Prozac.

[Nilbog]

Yeah, but until that machine comes out, the MD8 is THE choice for minidisc recording, or 8 track be-all-boxes for that matter. Why you gatta be so mean?
Good luck selling your MD8, my friend, I hope you get something even better and coninue on with recording.

[The Green Hornet]

Yo Kelly of Killarney:

PROZAC?? Nay, Nay, Nay. Don't use that stuff, YET!

Gordon's Gin Martinis -- YES, YES, YES.

But, Kelly, USED GEAR IS USED GEAR. And, there are four for more boxes out there that record better sound than the MD-8.

The MD-8 is well-received because it is rather easy to use, well most of it is easy. But, can you deny 24 bit sound or 32 bit processing? Nay.

I really get ticked, though, when Kato tries to grab the last Coors. Got to get my gas gun gassed-up.

Green Hornet

[Kelly Holdridge]

Agreed. But damn, this thing is CHEAP. Anytime you can get digital tracks for $100 per track, that's a deal.

I remember writing a paper in college about the ads/disads of DAT and minidisc (about eight years ago, I guess). I finished up saying that the minidisc was a fad (and it is, other than recording purposes).

Yeah, a DAT or ADAT or harddrive recorder (hate not being able to remove media) may have it over the MD-8 in sound quality, but very few people can tell the difference. And in a studio or gig where beer flows and cigarettes burn, getting a cheap multitrack is a godsend.

There is always something better out there, but there's no justifiable reason to get expensive when you're just getting into reliable. A lot of people are looking to upgrade from 1/4" trackers, and the MD-8 is the best next step, IMHO. Chlorine has the right idea offering it up for others to gain (while getting some cash for that DAW!).

Yeah, those DataDiscs are a bitch. ProTape has the best deal, last I checked.

[The Green Hornet]

Yo Kelly:

Thanks for the "Data Disc" information; but, when I got my MD-8, I also managed to work in 5 data discs at a price I don't remember but I wound up with a box of two track discs for free....

One of the reasons I really dislike "USED GEAR" or " repaired gear" is that new gear is lighter, better, and maybe sometimes a bit more expensive; however, the results are WONDERFUL. Also, once I had a nine cent plastic push switch fall off of a pretty good tape deck; Yamaha wanted a minimum of 50 bucks to put in a new one; I ran the deck using my little finger to activate the switch and then gave it to my nephew when I bought my Sony decks. New is nice. New is better. And, Gnu isn't what you want.

Hey, have fun and I'm still taking Bayer.

Green Hornet