Tascam DA-3000


HI to everyone.
I have 1500 albums that I would like to transfer on to MD
Recorder but I was adviced by one of fellow Audiogoner that the best option would be Tascam DA-3000.
I searched a little bit and it sounds like a good idea but there is a problem. Every 2GB of data the files would be cut
so I would need the software to fix that. Maybe I didn't
understand what he was trying to explain since I never used
that kind of recorders.
I would appreciate opinions.
topten
Topten, Copying albums? Well if it was me using the Tascam, you could set the bit rate to 24 and the sample rate to 192Hz. While playing the albums you would have to sit there listening to when the track ends in order to place a track number to the digital recording.
Otherwise, you would have one big long track. The Tascam does have a feature that can automatically place tracks when the sound level lowers to any amount you want to preset. This is supposedly places new tracks in between the songs. But, in practice it doesn't work that well.
So, I do it manually like I stated above.
Kind of time consuming, but when its done you will access to the tracks individually.
DTC
Did not look at the Korg 10R, but it does not appear to be significantly better than the Tascam 3000. It uses a different op amp (OPA1662) instead of the 5532, and has built in phono preamp (which I don't need or want, I'll use my Spectral DMC-10). Plus, it cannot record directly to digital media like a USB drive or memory card like the Tascam can. The Korg must be connected to a computer via a USB cable to save digital files. The Tascam is much more of a stand alone solution. I have not auditioned the OPA1662 vs the OPA627 so I cannot comment on that.
The Korg MR2000 has been discontinued but it records to disk as you want. Don't know about the op amps, but, as I said above, Busman Audio modified mine with, among other things, different op amps.

It will be interesting to see what you think of the Tascam.
Ozzy - Have you tried Vinyl Studio for processing files? It includes a album lookup feature to get timings and names for album tracks, which makes it easy it pretty easy to split tracks. It does take a little time but, for me, it is better than sitting in front of the unit hitting a button. I spend that time working on another album in VS.