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In Reply to: RE: Thanks everyone for the useful responses posted by Dawnrazor on May 20, 2025 at 18:21:28
Best and easiest is a big claim. Personally I suspect but can't prove without actually comparing that any RME interface can produce better digital than any of the Tascams. That said if talking about free standing recorders I'm not sure the top of the line DA-3000SD actually produces better digital than the SSR250N and can't know without comparing. Sure it does a lot more but if someone isn't interested in doing more it's not worth spending the extra money unless saying they have it is the point. And it's not the easiest since the SS250 has an internet connection and there is not need to transfer files with physical media as required when using the SA3000D. But then that internet support on the SSR250N could actually affect small signal performance on the device. The problem with the RME interfaces is my PC has to be involved with the recording and to me that is potentially a clusterF of extra problems to deal with.
And a further complication with this is for me the idea of having my system DAC, ADC and headphone amp in a single box is somewhat contrary to my basic audio philosophy. All that said the Tascam DA-3000SD is either the best choice or the worst depending how I am thinking about things at any particular minute. I might buy it.
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Yeah nothing is perfect. FWIW, not having to split files is a huge benefit IMHO. Maybe you have a way around that, but when I tried other methods, it was just a pain to have to split the files in Audacity. With the tascam it just does it if you set the levels right. Sure some albums are tough if they don't have silences but for the most part it just works.
And you can record off the web, like youtube and its just put in the sd card hit record then play on the computer and viola.
Also you CAN play the files back with no need of a computer and as you mention recording too needs the computer with other solutions. Also not sure if DSD is a big deal for you but the DA-3000 can record at DSD resolution.
Not sure about the SSR250n. It may be leaps and bounds better but no clue.
Also not tying in the audio system with the computer might have an improvement just because the grounding is better. And or you can do some computer work while recording and not worry about affecting the sq.
FWIW the headphone jack is pretty good on the tascam but you could always run it out to a dedicated amp. I do both myself depending. The main amp has some processing, soundstage expansion, BBE Sonic Maximizer, crossfeed bass boost. The tascam can give a direct unprocessed feed if I like.
These days the tascam is my main dac/amp for computer duties and might make it in the main system if anyone could help me use it as a DSD dac, but that seems an impossibility...
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The Tascam DA-3000SD is the best stand alone AD recorder I've ever considered. Enjoy it has much more to offer than the 16 bit recorders I've been using for the last 15 years. Thanks for your inputs - the dbPoweramp stuff was particularly useful but all comments are appreciated.
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