DAT is dead, for good reason

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In Reply to: RE: The DAT works posted by stellavox on May 11, 2015 at 11:55:29:

I loved DAT machines, I still have a terrific portable HHB that cost over $2k, had great preamps and functionality. But as a recording technology today DAT makes about as much sense as floppy disks....its a tape drive using a complex spinning head transport and ultra-thin tape that, yes, develops dropouts...and holds less than 1.5gb per tape! I mean, you can buy a far more reliable sd card with 20 times that for $15, and a recorder with fairly decent preamps with that card for a few hundred bucks. Pop the card into any laptop for playback and there ya go.

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Topic - The DAT works - Awe-d-o-file 13:06:28 05/07/15 (5)

RE: The DAT works - stellavox 11:55:29 05/11/15 (1)

DAT is dead, for good reason - bshapiro 19:07:20 08/01/15 (0)

RE: The DAT works - vinyl survivor 20:46:59 05/08/15 (2)

Back-up - Inmate51 08:23:48 08/04/15 (0)

RE: The DAT works - Awe-d-o-file 07:46:03 05/11/15 (0)

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DAT is dead, for good reason - bshapiro 19:07:20 08/01/15 (0)

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