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From: bilver!bill@uunet.UU.NET (Bill Vermillion)
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Subject: Re: digital recording: DAT vs. 601 (Boo to the RIAA)
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Date: 19 Nov 90 13:58:16 GMT
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In article <7666@uwm.edu> bc@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Ben Cox) writes:
 
>At UofIll we use the Sony PCM-2500A/B system which seems pretty nice, although
>we have had a couple of DAT's turn up blank -- even after we watched the levels
>bounce, not paused, counter moving, etc (no off-tape monitoring on DAT's yet).
>Has anyone encountered this problem?

If I remember correctly the Fostex DAT has 4 heads, a record set and a
confidence set that lets you monitor your tape as you are recording it.

It also has other nice features such as SMPTE time codes.   And it's in the
$6000 range.

Fostex has (to me at least) a strange image problem.  I first encountered
their equipment when they entered the pro-audio field as a brand name over
10 years ago.   Prior to that they had been oem-ing to major audio
manufacturers.  They brought their "name" into this country with some very
good studio monitoring headphones, and a line of 3 control room monitors,
the LS2, LS3, and LS4s.   I don't remember pricing on the LS2s, but the LS3
were listed out at about $4500/pair and the LS4'2 were in the $8k range.
(Those things were HUGE - bigger than an ordinary 25 cu.ft. refirgerator!)

Then they started making 4 & 8 track 1/4" machines, and many only know of
them as a home/budget-studio manufacturer.
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