My Minidisc Walkman is a DAC

[aob9]

While I save up for a DAC I‘ve connected the optical out of my BDP player to my old MZR35 Minidisc, pressed Record, taken the line out to my amp and Voila! ......music. Sounds good too. Well pleased with myself

 

[Vladimir]

Well done. You would be amazed how good full sized Sony and Tascam minidisc units sound as DACs. They have onboard linear power supply and well engineered analogue section after the AD/DA chip, unlike today's audiophile DACs that are amateur kit build quality, use generic phone chargers as power supply and sell for shameless prices.

 

[spiny norman]

They have onboard linear power supply and well engineered analogue section after the AD/DA chip, unlike today's audiophile DACs that are amateur kit build quality, use generic phone chargers as power supply and sell for shameless prices.

Your should try using a 1950s radiogram as a DAC: they really knew how to build them in those days.

 

[Vladimir]

They have onboard linear power supply and well engineered analogue section after the AD/DA chip, unlike today's audiophile DACs that are amateur kit build quality, use generic phone chargers as power supply and sell for shameless prices.

Your should try using a 1950s radiogram as a DAC: they really knew how to build them in those days.

Are you implying I'm a flatearth?

 

[Richard Allen]

While I save up for a DAC I‘ve connected the optical out of my BDP player to my old MZR35 Minidisc, pressed Record, taken the line out to my amp and Voila! ......music. Sounds good too. Well pleased with myself

I connect a netbook via USB/ SPDIF converter board, Coax input to the MD, press record and use it as a headphone amp. Lovely sound and goes loud too. And it only cost me £99.00 from Practical HiFi in Manchester in 1999. One of the most useful pieces of kit I own.

 

[Glacialpath]

My Pioneer minidisc player has a setting that allows it to be used as just a DAC. That's how I used to use it in my old Pioneer Hi-Fi stack. I did use it as a minidisc player when I wanted to copy some old guitar riffs from tape to a digital format. Unfortunately the compression brought the tape noies up to high and made the sound from the tape aweful.

 

[Richard Allen]

My Pioneer minidisc player has a setting that allows it to be used as just a DAC. That's how I used to use it in my old Pioneer Hi-Fi stack. I did use it as a minidisc player when I wanted to copy some old guitar riffs from tape to a digital format. Unfortunately the compression brought the tape noies up to high and made the sound from the tape aweful.

Depends how you set the input gain. That inherent compression can be used to an advantage ya know.

 

[Glacialpath]

My Pioneer minidisc player has a setting that allows it to be used as just a DAC. That's how I used to use it in my old Pioneer Hi-Fi stack. I did use it as a minidisc player when I wanted to copy some old guitar riffs from tape to a digital format. Unfortunately the compression brought the tape noies up to high and made the sound from the tape aweful.

Depends how you set the input gain. That inherent compression can be used to an advantage ya know.

I know but in this case it killed the sound quality 😉 The tapes are farely quiet so I guess that's part of the reason for the poor capture.