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From: lftseng@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Lawrence Fu Tseng)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics,rec.audio
Subject: Sony Tech Info needed
Keywords: Sony DAT AES digital audio standard
Message-ID: <7468@phoenix.Princeton.EDU>
Date: 29 Mar 89 20:28:11 GMT
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I have a rather specific tech question to ask the net.

Does anyone know how strictly Sony's DAT machines adhere to the 
AES/EBU (American Engineering Society/European B.U. something) 
standards when receiving AES digitally encoded data?  

I want to design a computer interface that will send the DAT machine
AES/EBU formatted digital audio.  I would like to avoid generating the
"status block" codes that are embedded in the audio information, but 
I am unsure whether they really can be omitted.  

Is there a Sony technical info phoneline?  I've heard they have a 
consumer hotline, could someone tell me what either of these 
numbers are?  Thanks to all.


-- 
- Larry Tseng
                                  Do leprechauns have any gold?