I'm not sure if this is the appropriate page for this introductory query, but I am trying to figure all this out, and need some insight. I want to switch from 16/44.1 recording(on my Sony d100 dat) to 24/48 recording(on my new Edirol R-09).
I want to be able to transfer the 24/48k audio from the r-09 to my computer - a mac mini/1.5GHz procesor,G4 - which I'm sure is easy via the usb cable, but then my computer dvd drive must first be able to burn dvd-a, or dvd-v disc's, in order for them to be recorded on that media at 24/48K, right? I'm pretty sure that my dvd drive on my mac mini does not have that capability. So I'm guessing that I first need to get a dvd drive capable of burning dvd-a, and/or dvd-v - is their a preference/big difference between these, if we are only talking about audio playback?
Then, once I have succesfully computer burned a 24/48k home audio recording onto a dvd-a/dvd-v disc - and want to play it back through my home stereo, and not the computer - I'll need a standalone dvd player to connect to my home stereo, which plays back 24/48k audio recordings, on dvd-a/dvd-v discs. At this point I think it gets a little fuzzy as to what player to get, by reading the previous posts, if I am using an exterrnal DAC or not...Currently I use a Aragon D2A2 DAC, but I think that only upsamples to 20bit - it's about 11 years old. I'm guessing it would be better to just bypass that unit, and get a new dvd player that does 24/48 on it's own. If I don't use the coax digi output of the dvd player, and just use the analog outputs to my preamp, I just need a dvd player that plays back audio on dvd-a or dvd-v disc's, in order to play back live shows I recorded at 24/48k?
Sorry, but is this a rambling, what the hell is he talking about post, and why didn't he do more searching, first?
Harold