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Hey Ellis, Thanks for chiming in. Can you comment on what your digital capture set-up was? Did you use a SCSI drive or S/PDIF, what sample rates were you dealing with, recording software, IO card, operating system, etc? May 2 2017 3:54 PM, "Ellis Burman" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Definitely not true with DA-88. I always thought the A/D was the weak link > with DA-88, but once I got ProTools and captured my old tapes digitally, > wow - what an improvement! I think the D/A may have been the weaker link > in that case. > > Just my .02 > > Ellis > > [log in to unmask] > 818-846-5525 <%28818%29%20846-5525> > > On Tue, May 2, 2017 at 12:39 PM, Lou Judson <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> Plus I have a secret thought, not verified technically, that the DAT >> decks’ analog playback somehow compensates for the deficiencies of the A/D >> conversion of the day. It was a system, in my view, from analog to DAT to >> analog, and is not improved by direct digital playbck with modern >> equipment. Many of my DAT transfers were from 48k DAT analog out to A/D at >> 44.1., back in ye olde days of CD media. THIS century, we have much better >> conversion from one sample rate to another, especially with Izotope RX. I >> use RX5 Advanced, about to upgrade to 6… Eli Bildirici (347) 837-8337