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In Reply to: RE: Just asking. posted by John Elison on April 28, 2017 at 06:37:47
Just curious. I've never known how faithful my old Tascam CD-RW700 really is -- at dubbing stuff -- because I can't monitor the actual dub. And as a playback unit, it's pretty dismal (unless I run it into an outboard DAC).
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I never had any problems with my CD-RW700. Of course, it records to a CD-R and if the CD-R is dirty or damaged you will undoubtedly have problems. It's a different story with the TASCAM DA-3000, which records to a solid state memory card. It makes perfect recordings every time for me.
Its DAC is outstanding as far as I can tell. It has BurrBrown PCM1795 DAC chips and its analog output stage must also be very good because it sounds better than any DAC that I've heard in its price range. Furthermore, it can be used as an external DAC without putting it in the record mode. It can be configured to operate as a DAC from its menu. For a thousand dollars it's one of the most versatile digital components I've ever owned. I can plug in a USB flash drive and use it as an autonomous digital player for PCM up to 24/192 and DSD up to 5.6-MHz and it sounds very good to me.
Best regards,
John Elison
Even if I grant that it's all you say it is -- and I have no reason to doubt this -- I'd sure rather be able to monitor and directly compare input to output, as I can with an open reel deck and thus KNOW I'm getting (or not getting) "perfect recordings."
On the other hand, with ears as old as mine, what difference does it make? :-)
I think you should stick with open reel because I don't think you'll find a digital recorder that monitors the recorded media in real time as it's being recorded. The best you'll get is monitoring of the digital conversion in real time as it's being stored in memory. You'll have to replay the recording to know for certain whether what's in memory is what you expect to be in memory. However, you already own open reel tape recorders so you're in good shape. Of course, the cost of open reel media is probably ten thousand times more than the cost of digital media. Oh, well. Such is life!
Best regards,
John Elison
Since tape sounds only five thousand times better than digital, I've clearly been wasting my money. Such is life.
Actually, tape doesn't sound any better than digital. You can prove this to yourself by using your TASCAM DA-3000 to make a 5.6-MHz DSD recording of one of your tapes. You'll find the DSD recording sounds identical to your tape. It only costs a lot less.It costs less for a DSD recorder than an open reel tape recorder and it costs a lot less for the storage media. However, DSD sounds just as good as tape if not better!
It's much easier to make digital recordings, too. No need to monitor the recording because it comes out perfect every time and no more cleaning tape heads!
Such is life!
Edits: 04/29/17
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