Anyone knows if Sony mds-b3 is capable of transmit spdif audio in realtime?

[_oSkAr_]

Hi ev'rybody, someone is selling a minidisc mds-b3, which don't reproduce nor record, but it's functioning, I'd use it as AD converter, anyone know if it is possible??? or got the manual??? thanks in advance

[freddyjollo]

http://www.minidisc.org/sony_pro_md.html

u mean the record function dont work or is it the MDS-B4P whch is only playback. if it is this then I would think then u cant use it as a AD converter as no inputs? From the pictures it dont have optical digital only coax anyway? also looks like only mono or stereo?

[PhilippeC]

I have a MDS-B5 that I use to read MD in SP mode only. Recording is faulty due to a dead DA chip ( spare part cost more than 50€). The sound is very good but I have never though to use it as a DAC (even before discovering that the DA chip was dead) because I got after a Sony MDS-JB980 deck (24bit-44,1kHz, type R/S) which has been used also as a DAC. Anyway nowadays you can find very cheap 24bit-96kHz (and small) DACs on the web, so why bothering ?.

[sfbp]

Hi ev'rybody, someone is selling a minidisc mds-b3, which don't reproduce nor record, but it's functioning, I'd use it as AD converter, anyone know if it is possible??? or got the manual??? thanks in advance

I think the simple answer is: probably. How much is the vendor going to charge you for a defunct unit? (The most usual defect is that the laser is gone bad.... won't affect A->D or D->A though).