The ways to do the xfer digitally are optical and through SonicStage from a MZ-RH1.
Yep, RH1 is the way to go. Still the only device that can transfer data from legacy MD, much faster than the optical out...
If you have a "Type S" home deck with an optical output, that seems to be the best method. If you transfer via USB, do you get the benefits of the "Type S" DSP chip?
I'm not sure if you would through USB... I've wondered that for a while... and I'm not sure how much difference there would be anyways.
Since lossy compression is used with legacy MD's, the "Type S" chip is supposed to give the lossy compression more of a sonically-natural-sound to the compression during playback. I don't think you get that with a USB transfer. So, I've always figured that using a "Type S" deck for playback gives the most natural sound out of the old legacy MD's. But I may be wrong...
So the question is... which method of transfer is sonically better?
1) "Type S" home deck via optical output. OR...
2) USB transfer via RH1?
Any thoughts?