joemango

Could you tap that pin 9 and send it (and ground) directly to a coax output without mucking about with the capacitor and extra soldering? Or is it just ttl and not strong enough to drive a coax without further circuitry? Great work BTW. EDIT: Never mind. I RTFM. thanks again.

So can anyone tell me why, with SCMS intact, Sony has stopped selling decks with S/PDIF digital out in the US? I can get one from Europe or Japan, but I have to pay through the nose for a simple feature. All I want to do is transfer a bunch (like 200 discs worth) of old SP and LP2 recordings digitally into my PC for editing and mastering. These are my own recordings, legally made, some were recorded with the digital in, some analog. All I want to avoid is the analog output of my MZR-700. I used (mostly) an outboard preamplifier A/D converter to get the cleanest sound I could afford INTO my MD, and I have had to suffer the analog out on my deck! I have no recourse but to spend $500 or more on a format I won't ever record on again! I've graduated to 24-track 24bit/96KHz or HD 2-track for most of my live stuff nowadays. Go ahead, tell me that "uploading" to my PC via analog in is acceptable. It isn't. I have to watch levels and make sure my input doesn't clip (go over 0dB for you laymen) and either way I'm introducing two new sources of signal degradation into the mix: the analog MD headphone output D/A and the Input A/D on my soundcard. This, in a word, SUCKS. Digital recording should be digital, regardless of compression. SOMEONE SELL ME AN MXD-D400!!! PLEASE!!!!! (Reply to joemango AT adelphia.net if you have one to sell)

For the love of all that is holy, can SOMEONE sell me an MDLP deck with S/PDIF out so I can transfer my recordings to PC?? Are all you people holding on to these units for dear life, or is there just a lack of units out there? Please respond to joemango AT adelphia.net

OK, so why the discrepancy, or am I just reading the chart wrong? Can it be that far off?

Is it me, or does there seem to be a huge difference between the input (red) and output (blue) of the uncompressed WAV? Is this due to the necessity of the analog input? Or was the test conducted with a digital source?