bayaan

hello i am new to the minidisc scene and have not yet brought one. the main reason i want to buy one is for transferring old tapes to cd. so i think that the only way i can do this is by recording to minidisc first then transferring that to cd. my questions are: 1- how can i reduce the tape hiss on tapes? 2 - how do i transfer from minidisc to cd? 3 - which type of minidisc should i buy - net md? as you can see i don't have a clue in this field - can anybody help me in any way? thanks