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quoted 5 lines I have a friend in the sound engineer business, who warns to stay away

> I have a friend in the sound engineer business, who warns to stay away > from Sony DAT equipment at all costs. Apparently, they use a proprietary > head angle setting which allows you to record on their stuff, but you > can't playback on any other brand DAT player -- other companies using an > industry standard head setting.

quoted 2 lines Anyone who is in the biz directly, on this list, who would care to comment

> Anyone who is in the biz directly, on this list, who would care to comment > further?

I have a SONY DTC-690 and a few friends that have A-7's. They record and play back fine on our machines, and on most others. But occasionally when I play back one of my DAT's on a more professional machine (i.e.. TASCAM DA-30MkII, Panasonic SV-3800) there are little glitches and digital errors. It is my understanding that this is a result of a difference in the error correction used by a consumer DAT as compared to a Pro DAT. James

quoted 16 lines I have a friend in the sound engineer business, who warns to stay away

>> I have a friend in the sound engineer business, who warns to stay away >> from Sony DAT equipment at all costs. Apparently, they use a proprietary >> head angle setting which allows you to record on their stuff, but you >> can't playback on any other brand DAT player -- other companies using an >> industry standard head setting. > >> Anyone who is in the biz directly, on this list, who would care to comment >> further? > > >I have a SONY DTC-690 and a few friends that have A-7's. They record and >play back fine on our machines, and on most others. But occasionally when >I play back one of my DAT's on a more professional machine (i.e.. TASCAM >DA-30MkII, Panasonic SV-3800) there are little glitches and digital >errors. It is my understanding that this is a result of a difference in >the error correction used by a consumer DAT as compared to a Pro DAT.

I've noticed this too, I have a Panasonic SV-3500 and it has trouble playing ANY DAT recorded on a SONY machine. \|/ @--out----------*--+what-I-got-in-my-head-you-can't-buy-steal-or-borrow /|\ -Primal Scream --Paul p. "To find your mind, you have to lose it first"