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Found a Tascam HS-2000 in the e-waste bin, tested it, and works. Should I rescue it or let it go?

ASKED BY · David Brady · NYC, NY USA · 28 OCT 2026 · ▶ 00:50:07

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Tascam HS-2000 is still a capable and useful recorder with digital AES/EBU input and 24-bit 192 kHz recording capability.

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50:07Found a Tascam HS2000 in the e-waste bin, tested it, and worked. Should I rescue it or let it go? David stay out of the trash can. Alexander what's your thought? You know I'm not familiar with this unit but I took a look at it. First of all it's really cool that you found this because it looks like a really capable and still useful recorder.

50:26It can, let me just sort of pull it up on the screen here. So yeah two channel recorder. If you look at the back it's cool that it has a digital in AES, AEBU. So if you've got a console or something that or even audio interface that can send digital signal you can still get a nice high quality recording into it i looked at the spec sheet

50:46and uh it looks like it'll record 24-bit and look at that we were just talking about sample rates you can do 192 kilohertz and have gargantuan file sizes all right let's go to the next question that's good well played paul who's in austin texas is asking for field recording what are the key workflow advantages of a dedicated recorder recorder like a sound devices mix pre over a high quality USB interface and laptop why make the jump

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