This looks interesting (I wonder if I can upgrade my old Sony VAIO to get this?). Does it do DSD to PCM? (And what use is PCM to DSD, can it make the PCM any better?)
Jeff
I haven't played around with it yet..but I will check it out this weekend. From what I've read on line it only does PCM and DSD (maybe I'm wrong). If there is no option to do DSD to PCM I hope Sony will provide users with an upgrade in the future if everyone requested it. It's still new and it's their version 1. What I know is it can edit DSD files with the .dsf extension and burn it on a DVD for playback in SonicStage Mastering Studio and Windows Media Player. So I guess this is good for sending DSD files to people who don't have the Audio Gate software. Everyone can listen to your DSD track on DVD rather than listening to your DSD>redbook CDRs.
Sony actually said that converting red book to DSD sounds better (don't know if that's true). Also this program allows you to convert your old analogue tapes and LPs to DSD DVDs.
So from what I know now is that this program helps us trade or send DSD music to people with WMP in their computers - making our DSD music discs universal.
If your old sony has "Sony® Sound Reality™ - Audio Enhancer" you will be able to use this program fully.
Had to bump the gain up to about +14db to get decent levels
and the results are shit, lots of hiss and noise
Wonder how i would have made out with the R-09 in this situation?
maybe i sold my 4061's>MMA6000 too soon
+14dB is high!!! When I 1st got my mr-1 I was playing around with gain settings and I realized that the higher you set your gain the worse it sounded. My worse recordings had gain as high as 15dB. Now I keep my Mr-1 gain at zero dB and adjust the levels by changing the external preamp gain - now my recordings sounds amazing.
I don't think your recording will sound that much better if you were using 4061>MMA6000 or R-09 because you were far from the stage and the music was very soft. What preamp were you using with your MR-1 and MK4? If you were sitting close with better gain settings (with a good preamp) I'm sure you would have been very pleased with your recording.