[zowie]

I noticed the Sony RCD-W10 CD-R dubbing deck has Super Bit Mapping (!) and 24 bit DACs, with digital ins and outs, all at a street price well under $300.

I'm wondering if this might be the ideal affordable recorder and A-D converter for all kinds of non-portable situations. Such as:

-- for making live recordings (using an external Mic preamp into line inputs) direct to CD-R

-- using it as a ADC to feed digital output to an MD or DAT.

-- for making CD dubs of analogue sources (vinyl, cassettes) that may exceed the quality I can get with my computer, and then can be ripped from the resultant CD-R and converted to MP3 or other formats if desired;

-- for where I want to record an analogue source to my hard drive for noise reduction by feeding the signal into the deck and taking the digital out into my USB device.

-- for putting MDs onto CD (if I ever get around to buying an MD deck with optical out).

Exciting possibilities, but does the SBM & 24 bit DAC necessarily mean this thing really sound as good as SBM is known to in other applications? Does it in fact send the digital output while recording? Would it make cd-to-cd dubs of the same quality as EAC? Am I missing anything else?

I couldn't find any reviews, so I'd welcome any discussion, especially from anyone who has experience with this deck or a similar model.