quoted 15 lines Date: Wed, 28 May 1997 18:06:53 -0400>Date: Wed, 28 May 1997 18:06:53 -0400
>From: Alex Reynolds <polygon@jhu.edu>
>Subject: (idm) Re: DAT purchase
>
>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
>propietary
>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've heard of this problem as well . i believe it was someone at a local
music store (audio light & musical) that was telling me this when i was
interested in a sony dat machine . needless to say, i still love alesis