Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!csd4.csd.uwm.edu!info-high-audio-request From: bilver!bill@uunet.UU.NET (Bill Vermillion) Newsgroups: rec.audio.high-end Subject: Re: digital recording: DAT vs. 601 (Boo to the RIAA) Message-ID: <7661@uwm.edu> Date: 15 Nov 90 14:21:55 GMT Sender: news@uwm.edu Lines: 34 Approved: tjk@csd4.csd.uwm.edu Originator: tjk@csd4.csd.uwm.edu In article <7584@uwm.edu> Steve_Graham@ub.cc.umich.edu writes: >My first impressions of the sound of the DAT machine were favorable. >Although the comparison is unfair, during dubbing I listened to both the DAT >and 601 via their respective headphones jacks and found the DAT much more >enjoyable. In comparison the Sony seemed spiky and hard, cold, "digital". >It is unfair because the Sony had an extra d/a and a/d conversion in the >chain, and because the headphone amps may not represent the true sound of the >devices. But it confirmed the general impression I had while doing the >original recording with the DAT deck. At the risk of sounding rather >"California", the DAT seemed more "organic". However, I emphasize that this >is a first impression. A friend of mine has the previous version of the DAT, (2500 ??) in this studio, along with a pair of 601s modified with the Apogee filters. (The 601 has limited internal space and there is room for only one filter. So you modify one for recording, the other for playback). We did A/B/C tests against my Sony DAT/Panasonic DAT/Sony 601 (modified). The Sony DAT sounded better than the Pansonic (but this was the earlier model), and the modified 601 sounded better than both, thought the DATs were just a shade quieter (newer designed electronics probably help), the 601 sounded more musical. His 601 was modified after A/B comparisons with an F1 (which has room for both filters - they go in the battery box area so it's not longer DC powerable). Your observations would appear correct for an unmodifed 601. Now to find a new Panasonic and see how it compares. Time for phone calls again! bill -- Bill Vermillion - UUCP: uunet!tarpit!bilver!bill : bill@bilver.UUCP