My recorder is gong to get shot.

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It can output 24bit, but the flag it sends is different then what the current industry standard is.  So the D50 automatically reverts the UA-5 signal to 16bit.  There is some discussion on it in one of the D50 threads.  Thats why you don't see the UA5>D50 in action. 

the D50 will only take a 16bit signal from the UA5, because the flag on the UA5 was created before the current industry standards.  You could grab a Marantz pmd 661 it has a digicoax in.  If you didn't like the first MT I don't think the MTII will impress you either. 

My fault, meant digi in as I use a ua5 so optical or coax would do. I don't care about 24 bit. I do like the idea of removable media tho.
Does the MTII use the same external voltage that the MTI used?

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I thought the modded UA5s can output 24bit...you're saying it cannot???