Is it worth it to get the equipment necessary to make digital recordings?
Digital recording provides the most convenience when copying CDs: no recording levels need to be set, track marks are copied from the CD perfectly, and analog to digital conversion artifacts (real or imagined) are completely avoided. The one problem with digital recording is that SCMS will prevent further digital copies to be made from the copied MD. Crutchfield’s Tip of the Week is devoted to analog vs. digital recording to Minidisc.
