In article , Andy Evans
writes
I bought a Tascam rack model second hand and it has been totally reliable. I'd
second Tascam. you shouldn't have to pay much s/h its a dying technology.

=== Andy Evans ===
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If you don' mind me asking what do you plan to use it for?..
--
Tony Sayer

If Tony's asking me, I used it for recording LPs. I now need to transfer DATs
to CD. Any ideas?

=== Andy Evans ===
Visit our Website:- http://www.artsandmedia.com
Audio, music and health pages and interesting links.

If Tony's asking me, I used it for recording LPs. I now need to transfer DATs
to CD. Any ideas?

=== Andy Evans ===
Visit our Website:- http://www.artsandmedia.com
Audio, music and health pages and interesting links.

If you don' mind me asking what do you plan to use it for?..

I was wondering whether the price fall and second hand availability
now make purchasing a DAT machine a sensible route for me.

I like to record opera from Radio 3 but the 80 minute limit on mini
disks is a bit limiting.

So would DAT be a good idea or are there mini disks available that
have a longer recording time these days?

Advice welcome.

Regards

David

If you don' mind me asking what do you plan to use it for?..

I was wondering whether the price fall and second hand availability
now make purchasing a DAT machine a sensible route for me.

I like to record opera from Radio 3 but the 80 minute limit on mini
disks is a bit limiting.

So would DAT be a good idea or are there mini disks available that
have a longer recording time these days?

Advice welcome.

Regards

David

"David Houpt" wrote in message
news

If you don' mind me asking what do you plan to use it for?..

I was wondering whether the price fall and second hand availability
now make purchasing a DAT machine a sensible route for me.

I like to record opera from Radio 3 but the 80 minute limit on mini
disks is a bit limiting.

So would DAT be a good idea or are there mini disks available that
have a longer recording time these days?

Advice welcome.


Hi David,

Consider a VCR with an 'Audio In' setting - Philips did one with Recording
Level displays a short while back which was very good.

These things cost flumpence now, extremely high quality tapes are abundant
and also dirt cheap and you get 3 hours continuous of very good sound indeed
without any need to mess around with settings. With a bit of dilling around
you can even set it to record on the timer (like set the VCR's timer and
just have a timer plug to switch your radio/tuner on well beforehand....).

"David Houpt" wrote in message
news

If you don' mind me asking what do you plan to use it for?..

I was wondering whether the price fall and second hand availability
now make purchasing a DAT machine a sensible route for me.

I like to record opera from Radio 3 but the 80 minute limit on mini
disks is a bit limiting.

So would DAT be a good idea or are there mini disks available that
have a longer recording time these days?

Advice welcome.


Hi David,

Consider a VCR with an 'Audio In' setting - Philips did one with Recording
Level displays a short while back which was very good.

These things cost flumpence now, extremely high quality tapes are abundant
and also dirt cheap and you get 3 hours continuous of very good sound indeed
without any need to mess around with settings. With a bit of dilling around
you can even set it to record on the timer (like set the VCR's timer and
just have a timer plug to switch your radio/tuner on well beforehand....).

In article ,
Andy Evans wrote:
If Tony's asking me, I used it for recording LPs. I now need to transfer
DATs to CD. Any ideas?

Most would use their computer. But record off LP direct into it rather
than using DAT as an intermediate.

--
*Eat well, stay fit, die anyway

Dave Plowman London SW 12
RIP Acorn

In article ,
Andy Evans wrote:
If Tony's asking me, I used it for recording LPs. I now need to transfer
DATs to CD. Any ideas?

Most would use their computer. But record off LP direct into it rather
than using DAT as an intermediate.

--
*Eat well, stay fit, die anyway

Dave Plowman London SW 12
RIP Acorn

"struan" wrote in message
...

I am thinking about getting a DAT recorder, and as there seem to be few
(if
any?) consumer models still available for new purchase, I have been
checking
out Ebay - there usually seems to be a few available (professional &
consumer - Tascam, Panasonic, Sony (DTC690, DTC750 etc.)); as the consumer
ones are old models, I don't have any information on feature etc. - Does
anyone know of any good websites which may contain such information, or
have
any recommendations of particular models (remote controlled, LP, for home
use)?

Also some good sites about DAT in general?

Can't read between the lines very well, eh?

DAT has been pretty well killed off as other than a narrow niche product by
newer, better technology.

At the high end DAT was killed off by ADAT, RDAT and then by computers with
high end multichannel sound cards. In the mainstream it was killed off by
computers with better quality sound cards. For portable applications DAT was
killed off first by portable Minidisc recorders, then by memory and
hard-drive based portable recorders, as well as laptop computers with PCMCIA
and firewire audio interfaces.