Topic: Home Deck for Transfers

[blu666z]

Any suggestions?  Bene kinda watching Ebay but not really sure what is worth getting and what is poo.

-Kevin

[DaryanLenz]

Any deck in good shape should be fine.  Look for the tascam units, or the sony r500.  You should be able to score a tascam da-20 or 30 fairly inexpensively.

daryan

[John R]

i believe the 30 has a dislike of 90m tapes though.

jr

[silentmark]

Fostex D-5, tanks I say, although only AESBU & optical, no coaxial ...

[blu666z]

Thanks guys, I guess I will just watch some auctions for a while.

Are Sony decks normally considered pretty good?  I have always had good luck with other Sony probucts and would like to stick with them if possible.

-Kevin

[nickgregory]

Thanks guys, I guess I will just watch some auctions for a while.

Are Sony decks normally considered pretty good?  I have always had good luck with other Sony probucts and would like to stick with them if possible.

-Kevin

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I have an R300 I got off ebay for $200...brand new.  Damn thing crapped out after a year and I needed to get ~$225 worth of work done to it.  Apparently it has shotty transports and construction in some points and it just failed.  Thankfully Pro Digital was able to fix it, but keep this in mind with the R300, supposedly it is an ongoing problem.

[blu666z]

Thanks for the heads up.  +T

-Kevin

[wbrisette]

Thanks guys, I guess I will just watch some auctions for a while.

Are Sony decks normally considered pretty good?  I have always had good luck with other Sony probucts and would like to stick with them if possible.

-Kevin

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I have an R300 I got off ebay for $200...brand new.  Damn thing crapped out after a year and I needed to get ~$225 worth of work done to it.  Apparently it has shotty transports and construction in some points and it just failed.  Thankfully Pro Digital was able to fix it, but keep this in mind with the R300, supposedly it is an ongoing problem.

This is the biggest problem with the R300. I had the same thing happen to mine. Pro Digital was able to fix it and I haven't had any problems with it since then.

Wayne

[blu666z]

On these home decks, is there a way to verify the hours?  Some kind of menu option?

-Kevin

[silentmark]

This is a nice guide to get you started :

http://www.solorb.com/dat-heads/MarketPosting.html

[John R]

Fostex D-5, tanks I say, although only AESBU & optical, no coaxial ...

that's what i have, great deck.

jr

[blu666z]

Looking at the D5s on EBay right now.  Saw that one went for under $100.  Is that a really good deal or are the other ones($150+) over-priced?

-Kevin

[John R]

Looking at the D5s on EBay right now.  Saw that one went for under $100.  Is that a really good deal or are the other ones($150+) over-priced?

-Kevin

$100. is almost too good a deal.  even though i own one, i have never checked the hours, or if you even can.  i don't know if it's manual is in the archive or not.

jr

[blu666z]

Found a manual for the R500 so I can get these people to check hours.  What is a decent range on hours for home decks?

-Kevin

[greenone]

Home decks can typically go thousands of hours...at least 3000 and probably closer to 5000. If it's coming from a person and not a studio, chances are good it'll be toward the lower end of that scale. Anything under 1000 will give you years of use, I'd say.

--Dave