What are the advantages of MiniDisc over Analog cassette?
MD is single sided so no need for auto-reverse or tape flipping (loss of continuous audio recording) It is a digital medium with no measurable Total Harmonic Distortion (THD) or wow and flutter. Much higher Signal to Noise ratio than cassette MD recorders have less moving parts than cassette (capstans, pinch-rollers, transports, belts, clutches,etc.) that can wear and break. MD’s read/write laser head does not physically touch the MD, so there are no heads and pinch roller to clean or wear out. MD is smaller, and fits in your pocket (concealibility) over cassette. MD does not wear out due to temperature extreme and lots of use like cassette (i.e. loss of frequency, dropouts,tape hiss etc.) Recording editing features not available on cassette such as song delete, song order swapping, combine, split, etc. FAST random access to skip from track to track, no blank spaces to fast forward through, and you will never have to sit through a lengthy rewind or fast forward, plus you will never hav
