After fussing around with the MT I've finally taken it out for some trial runs. I taped a violin recital a few weeks ago at 24/44.1 in a hall where I taped previously with DAT and an Edirol R1, same seat (but different violinists). My impression is that to first order they are pretty comparable, at least going line-in with a DPA MMA6000 up front and 4060 mics. Last week I did half of another recital there at 24/96 (also line-in), then rendered to CD, and was a bit disappointed that there was no great difference between 24/44.1 and 24/96 when burning a CD. But last night I burned a DVD-A (using DiscWelder Steel) with the 24/96 part, and I'm a happy man. Listening on headphones through a DAC1 D/A, it does sound better. YMMV, of course.
Jeff