Tascam DA-3000 PCM 24/192 & DSD Recorder ?


Tascam DA 3000 24/192 Recorder.

I have ordered a Tascam DA-3000. This recorder copies to PCM (up to 24/192) and DSD to Compact Flash and SD cards.
It also has a USB but it is mainly for playback but the description also says it can copy from the flash cards.

I will be taking the analog signal(that we listen to)from my SACD/DVD-A/Blu Ray player and record that onto a SD card in 24/192.
Then I will copy that into my external hard drive for playback through the Bryston BDP-2.

But, I'm not sure this will all work as I want it.

I have several hundred SACD, DVD-A,and Blu Rays,do you think the end result will be similar to the HD Downloads?
Tascam dealers are useless with this question.

Anyone with any experience with this recorder would be extremely helpful.
128x128ozzy
I don't think it makes sense to convert to analog, and then back to digital. I'm pretty sure that you can rip your high rez discs directly to a hard drive without going to analog first. Go to computeraudiophile.com. You should be able to find out how to do this over there.

I have a similar unit (Alesis Masterlink 9600), and it records to 24/96. It's best used to make copies or to record something like vinyl at a better quality than redbook. If the format is already digital, its like doing the whole thing twice. Convert your digital to analog just 1 time, using the dac you have your PC connected to. The results should be better. I'm not an expert, but you probably run the risk of introducing unwanted jitter into your music, with all the converting. Hopefully, someone who knows more about jitter than I do, can confirm this for you.
Zd542, Thanks for your comments.
Still not sure...
I am only taking the SACD analog signal that would have gone to Amp and speakers and making that same audio signal into a HIREZ digital copy.
I don't see where I am converting too much.

I'll check out "computeraudiophile" but to be honest, I'm not much of a computer wiz.
It will work and the results will by very good, but not perfectionist. By that I mean they won't sound exactly alike in a side by side comparison. How important those differences are is an unknown. The advantage is that you'll have the music in an easier to access format.

Are you going to copy as whole albums, or break them down into individual songs? How are you going to handle artist names and titles?