I have a friend, not on the board, looking to finally make the move from dat. The AD sections in these things, is one better than the other? I'm assuming his options are the MTII, Tascam or Edirol. He is also an SBM1 fan. Looks like if he wants to stay with it, the Sony PCM-D50 may be his only option, assuming he can find a 7pin to opti cable. He will most likely be doing 16bit only to start, keeping the transfer process as fast and as simple as possible.
Thanks!