I think the only recorder able to record and playback DSD and commercially affordable is the Tascam DV-RA1000.....Just wondering if it is possible to transfer the DSD recording via USB from MR-1 to PC/Mac - do the edits then burn a DSD audio disk in the Tascam for achieving/playback. I know the Tascam has all the sockets (SDIF-3 DSD input and output and USB) needed. I think the only way to listen to DSD recording now is from the recorder (or the computer) - and maybe the Tascam.
(Somthing off topic: Anyone know if the MR-1000 has SDIF-3?)
I don't think that the DVRA1000 will burn a DSD file from a computer hard drive. When plugged in it shows up as an external drive, but it has limited capapbility. Another possibility would be the DVRA1000HD, to transfer DSD files to the Tascams' HD and then burn them to disc to be played only on the Tascam. And don't some of the VIAO computers have that Sound Reality chip that can process DSD? Either way DSD just isn't set up to be an open solution just yet, no affordable soundcards, no DSD burners (RA1000 but proprietary) or affordable support software (Ahem, AudioGate). But the plus side is the consumer availablity of the format. Definitely a 'shits and giggles' kind of thing, but
it's a good way to record shows in a non PCM, high resolution format, with less manipulation of data. Distribution still has to be done in PCM, the universal format.
And no the MR-1000 dosen't have any digital I/O. That would have made things to easy.