I just snagged a Sony DTC-A6 for cheeeep...anyone have experience with it? I'm hoping it does a good job with all my old D8 tapes.
Same here, about $50 at a pawnshop. Seems to be a tank, I've run at least a hundred old DATs through it and the transport is noisy while loading & stop/start but otherwise quiet & very good. The only thing I kinda don't like is that it rewinds automatically at the end of a tape, or when it hits the end mark. How are you supposed to queue up to the end if you want to continue recording? Oh yes, FF. But I'd rather store 'em "tail out" and rewind before using than after, for a fresh pack before the transfer. But that's my only gripe, and I don't plan to transfer these again anyhow!
I own them on 16 bit/44 khz but now I would love them on 16 bit/48 khz!
There is no good reason I can think of to do this. Why does the sample rate matter? They won't sound any better at 48 than they do at 44.
I agree. There is no reason to do this. It's still going to be 16 bit and won't sound any different at 48k vs 44.1k.
Actually it would sound worse, if not the same. Why muck with the original sampling rate? I must say, I prefer 48k masters, but I don't advocate re-sampling for any reason anymore!