Possible alternative recording using recordable DVD

[jpteasy]

A thought came to me today and I thought I would share it with the community and see what people think.

Disregarding practicality (as in 2008 MDs/HiMDs aren't as 'practical' as MP3 players with drag & drop capability) for those who don't have an MZ-RH1 and therefore unable to transfer standard Atrac recordings to Sonicstage, would there be any advantage sound quality wise in recording the sound from the standard MD onto a DVD-RAM or DVD-RW disc via a DVD recorder at maximum video quality and then recording onto a HiMD recorder of your choice (providing it has the transfer feature) via the optical lead recording at PCM quality?

The idea came to me as I have just recorded an Oasis concert onto DVD from my V+ box and I will be making an audio only copy on a HiMD disc tomorrow via the optical out.

Would it be worth it?

[kino170878]

Of course it makes sense. Especially as RH1s are now getting rarer than hens teeth. But I would cut out the DVD recorder entirely if the objective is simply to end up with PCM recordings on Hi-MD via optical out. Meaning, take the optical out from an MD deck (I have three) and record in real time onto portable Hi-MD units (I have three). But maybe your setup is different. I never did progress from CD/MD recording decks to DVD recorders so I can't comment on that.

Edited December 7, 2008 by kino170878

[jpteasy]

Of course it makes sense. Especially as RH1s are now getting rarer than hens teeth. But I would cut out the DVD recorder entirely if the objective is simply to end up with PCM recordings on Hi-MD via optical out. Meaning, take the optical out from an MD deck (I have three) and record in real time onto portable Hi-MD units (I have three). But maybe your setup is different. I never did progress from CD/MD recording decks to DVD recorders so I can't comment on that.

Unfortunately both my Aiwa MD hifi systems don't allow digital out due to the SCMS and neither do my portable Sonys.

I just wondered if the process would help keep the quality, but thinking about it now you'd probably be just as well connecting the two MD units together using a 3.5 stereo jack to 3.5 stereo jack lead.

Or, how about recording to a DVD-RW and ripping the audio from the disc then saving as a .wav file or is this too much work for little gain?