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Title: When did the Sony D3 & D6 cassette decks arrive on the market?
Post by: ellaguru on May 15, 2008, 06:45:13 PM: helping a friend back up some vintage analogs, & as far as he can remember, he got a D3 around 1981 or so, then a D6 around 1983.....and wanting to be sure we have the right info in the txt files i thought id check in here for guidance...he only owned those 2 decks ( he thinks ) before getting a D10 DAT in 1988......

any help/infos would be appreciated

chris
Title: Re: When did the Sony D3 & D6 cassette decks arrive on the market?
Post by: Since85 on May 15, 2008, 08:02:48 PM: I would say the time frame on the D6 is accurate. i would bet circa 1981-1982 on the first versions of the WM-D6C. However, I did not see a D3 before late 1987 into 1988. I seriously doubt there was a D3 in 1983, but I could be wrong.
Title: Re: When did the Sony D3 & D6 cassette decks arrive on the market?
Post by: ohr on May 15, 2008, 08:12:47 PM: take a look at: http://www.pocketcalculatorshow.com/walkman/walkman-db.html

I know that I bought a WM-D6 in November 1982 and the Dolby C model (WM-D6C) followed after. The WM-D3 was definitely later than both 6 models.
Title: Re: When did the Sony D3 & D6 cassette decks arrive on the market?
Post by: PhilG on May 16, 2008, 02:58:33 AM: D3 came out circa late 1987

Phil
Title: Re: When did the Sony D3 & D6 cassette decks arrive on the market?
Post by: sunjan on May 19, 2008, 09:55:42 AM: Quote from: PhilG on May 16, 2008, 02:58:33 AM
D3 came out circa late 1987

The first confirmed live tape I've seen done with the D3 was on 4/4-87:
http://www.justinscdrtrading.com/u2/tempe4487.html

Maybe that was a seed model, out early.
From July 87 onwards, there are plenty of live tapes out. Google is your friend...
Title: Re: When did the Sony D3 & D6 cassette decks arrive on the market?
Post by: datman229 on May 26, 2008, 01:51:54 PM: I got my Sony WMD6C new in 1986 and still going strong !! I think I read somewhere that the WMD6C came on the market in 1985.
Title: Re: When did the Sony D3 & D6 cassette decks arrive on the market?
Post by: wklitz on May 26, 2008, 02:24:11 PM: I had a WM-D3 as early as April 87..in Fact it was my first "Professional" recorder. Ditched that thing about 6 months later when I bought my Marantz PMD430 and a D6C for stealth.
Title: Re: When did the Sony D3 & D6 cassette decks arrive on the market?
Post by: sunjan on May 28, 2008, 04:13:23 PM: Quote from: Since85 on May 15, 2008, 08:02:48 PM
I would say the time frame on the D6 is accurate. i would bet circa 1981-1982 on the first versions of the WM-D6C.
The first tape I've seen with the D6C is this one:
http://www.cure-concerts.de/concerts/1984-04-29.php
Title: Re: When did the Sony D3 & D6 cassette decks arrive on the market?
Post by: darby on May 28, 2008, 05:50:52 PM: I bought my first D6 in early 1983
that, along with the next 2 crapped out fast
Sony kindly kept replacing them (how nice)
when my third one crapped out they replaced it with a D6C
that was in early 1984 and was one of the first D6Cs
it was at that time that I bought a D5 as my main deck
I got rid of the D6C right after the Red Rocks shows in September 1985
I was letting a friend use it for the shows because his D6 had also crapped out

I saw a few D3s around, but don't remember when since I really wasn't interested in them
Title: Re: When did the Sony D3 & D6 cassette decks arrive on the market?
Post by: ero3030 on May 29, 2008, 07:09:43 PM: we ran a d6 starting in 83. hard wired a set of xlr's to the mini out! ;D ed