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From: dg@mtqua.att.com (Duane Galensky)
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Subject: Re: DAT for $800 ?
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Date: 22 Aug 90 13:03:25 GMT
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lower priced DATs are already available overseas.  i know of units
made by aiwa that sell for about $600 US in japan...this particular
unit is a super-compact walkman sized affair for on-location use.

i have the sony DAT and a cleaning cassette is mandatory.  they are
available in the US (try Uncle Steves on canal st. in NYC).  as for
the rotation's effect on head wear, i suppose time will tell, however, i
have a VCR that's lasted for many years with no noticeable degradation
in playback quality.  the tapes are very high quality...made to exacting
tolerances...and i feel comfortable that on a system basis the setup
will perform reliably for many years.

i am sensitive to re-recording tape however...i believe
that stressing the little domains too many times can lead to bit errors
that eventually cause noticeable degradation.  tape dropout will
be a notorious nemesis to the DAT-ter.   playback's contribution
to tape wear would seem to be significantly less.

duane