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Title: DAT question
Post by: sexymexi on April 30, 2003, 03:28:59 PM

Hey, i'm a MD taper, that is lookin into buying a dat.  I'm really broke for you, hardly have enough money to pay rent, but i found a good deal from a friend that his uncle is selling a Casio DA-7, was wondering if anyone had any experiene with it and could give me the heads up.  

peace

Title: Re:DAT question
Post by: nickgregory on April 30, 2003, 03:30:36 PM

Quote from: sexymexi11 on April 30, 2003, 03:28:59 PM

Hey, i'm a MD taper, that is lookin into buying a dat.  I'm really broke for you, hardly have enough money to pay rent, but i found a good deal from a friend that his uncle is selling a Casio DA-7, was wondering if anyone had any experiene with it and could give me the heads up.  

peace

I know a guy who got one from ebay that had been sitting in a studio...barely used...got it and had no problems with it...only issue is it was BIG as compared to the Sony portables....

Nick

Title: Re:DAT question
Post by: DaryanLenz on April 30, 2003, 06:11:08 PM

The power requirements on that thing are wierd.  I know a taper in Iowa who uses one, and he powers it via a 4 d-cell, and 4 c-cell pack.  Otherwise, I know he got it off of ebay really cheap and it has worked thus far.

Daryan

Title: Re:DAT question
Post by: schoeps t00bes on May 01, 2003, 11:07:33 AM

here is the deal with this deck.....it is built like a tank.  it uses the old tascam da30 transport and has full size heads. it is the same deck as the teac dap-20 except that it sports 1/4" in and outs while the teac has xlr's.  powering in the field can be tricky, but definitely can be done. it only records at 48khz. it has no backlight for the meters. but really the kicker with this deck and the whole line of old denon, casio, and teac decks is PARTS!!  they are hard to come by and even if you do find them you better be handy because i don't think anybody will do the benchwork on them.  i could be wrong, but i doubt it because of their age.  

since you say you are broke and would be using this as your primary and only DAT deck i would definitely not waste your time or money on this deck.

good luck,
dave

Title: Re:DAT question
Post by: goose on May 01, 2003, 12:08:10 PM

I agree with Dave's post, except that repairs and parts are not that big of a deal.

ProDigital repairs these decks on a regular basis.  They have parts in stock and can turn around repairs in two weeks or less.