Mooching on ebay the other day found a guy selling a sony QS range md recorder
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Sony-MDS-JB920...item335a6ce783
(there is more info in the contained link to av forums http://www.avforums.com/forums/hi-fi...-deck-dac.html )
he says about it being usfull as an ADC, i seem to remeber stan talking about using an ADC in his set up so he can use his dac as his pre.
obviously £91 isnt exactly pocket change, but i would guess there are other md recorders that would do similar job... and i gave my yamaha away a couple of years back so i would have thought there are ways and means of getting them pretty cheaply
would cd recorders have similar features? if so maybe thats another option?
also, a portable md recorder might make a nice compact solution, and they can be had really cheaply
... this is of course all pointed out with no knowledge of how much adc's cost
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the other thing that this chap points out that md players also have dacs in them... but how true his claims toquality are i have no idea... any one have any thoughts