Re: 2-Channel Stereo Recording from the Soundboard

["Dave O'Heare" <oheare@magma.ca>]

From: "Krispen Hartung" <info@krispenhartung.com>
Subject: 2-Channel Stereo Recording from the Soundboard


> However, I want to step it up another level of quality. I'm thinking of
> a DAT recorder, like the Panasonic SV-3700 or SV-3800. Any experiences
> with these? The crazy thing is that these sell new for anywhere between
> $700 and $1200, yet eBay has them for Buy Now prices of $150 to $300!
> Is there something going on here that I'm not aware of that I should
> consider?

Yep.  There are *no* new DAT decks being made.  No-one is making the
mechanism any more.

That's probably the reason they're going so cheap.  DAT as a format is
dying, rapidly.

Possible alternatives might include the Nomad Jukebox, various hard disk
recorders, a Sony Hi-MD recorder.

Dave O'Heare