Topic: DAT or JB3? Whats your 2 cents?

[Chapper]

[quote author=ingsy
There are many posts about creating your own battery pack that could power the NJB3 through festivals.  I agree with previous posts that say 20 gigs is more than enough storage than you would need.  I say go with the JB3 or a laptop...DAT will be gone soon,

From looking at the web page, it appears that you can run two batteries internally.  They claim 22 hours of playback time with both batteries.
Is anyone out here using the internal battery(ies)..if so, what kind of run time do you get?

[Nick in Edinboro]

It's more then 6 hours of record time I believe, I haven't pushed it until it died but I haven't run into a concert that has been long enough.  I have taped two shows before charging both around ~2, 2.5 hours long.

[chuckcage]

I get 5 reliable hours out of the two internal batteries.

Chuck

[Nick in Edinboro]

Ya I think I meant to say around 6, not more then 6..  Might be less, have yet to run into a situation where it's died so I can't say what's the exact # sorry bout taht.

[Nicaragua]

I did a test last weekend and it died at 5 hours and 24 minutes

probably more than enough time than i'll ever need for the time being

[wsp12]

i have a JB3 and love it, having ran dat in the past i would never go back to tape,  jb3 or laptop is the only way to go imho  mike

[kgreener]

This may be a stretch and a bit prejudiced but I'm guessing most JB3 users are younger...say....under 25 (more accepting of new gadgets) and those of us not ready to give up our master tapes are about 25+. (getting old...don't like change)

I know I'm still getting used to live music being on CDs and not the old trusty analog cassettes.

Yessir, this is definitely a stretch my friend!  I'm a NJB3 user/lover, and I'm 42 years old.  And I'm one who obviously grew up with cassette, but have made & embraced the change to CD.  Sorry to shoot down your theory my man!  

peace,
Keith

[Swanny]

I will find out soon. I plan on picking up a JB3 to run till by AD1k fries itself. My D8 is a tank though, so is the P1, so it better not be a turd.

[zhianosatch]

that's the thing, the jb3 is not a tank. it wasn't designed for taping. it's a consumer-level piece of equipment and you know it just by the feel. that said, i never got to use the one i bought, returned it, and picked up a d8 instead.
the incredible benefits of the jb3 cannot be overlooked - they're huge - but there certainly are some drawbacks.
i went with dat and would do it again.
armen

[zowie]

I get about 3.5 hrs from one battery.  You can extend the life by keeping the monitor volume all the way down.

[Nick in Edinboro]

I get about 3.5 hrs from one battery.  You can extend the life by keeping the monitor volume all the way down.

That sucks juice even when not monitoring?  Didn't know that! +T for the great tip.

As for it's "quality" your definately right zhianosatch, luckily I baby my shit.. anything I paid like good money for I tend to treat really well.  So so far it's worked out well.. However, accidents happen and it definately couldn't do the 2ft drop like a D8..!

[zhianosatch]

I get about 3.5 hrs from one battery.  You can extend the life by keeping the monitor volume all the way down.

That sucks juice even when not monitoring?  Didn't know that! +T for the great tip.

As for it's "quality" your definately right zhianosatch, luckily I baby my shit.. anything I paid like good money for I tend to treat really well.  So so far it's worked out well.. However, accidents happen and it definately couldn't do the 2ft drop like a D8..!

Which I have done twice. D'oh!

[Sterling]

Great advice, i'm gonna go for the JB3 for sure. Know to just get some wind screens, vert bar.....(looks to left with hand on chin).

[twatts (pants are so over-rated...)]

so I went to get the shn out of storage and burn a new disc but it wouldn't convert the file,all the other discs will work but not this one.

That's what MD5s are for...  You should have checked the integrity of your SHN discs before you deleted them off your HD.  

Not trying to knock you, I think DAT hardcopies are great.  But SHN is just as good as an archival media - if not more convenient...

Terry

[Nick in Edinboro]

so I went to get the shn out of storage and burn a new disc but it wouldn't convert the file,all the other discs will work but not this one.

That's what MD5s are for...  You should have checked the integrity of your SHN discs before you deleted them off your HD.  

Terry not trying to knock you either but a lot of things come into the equation past the md5 check..

It could have very well be fine when he put it away but a few months or a year down the line something could've happened to the actual archival medium causing the data on it to be corrupted (poor storage, bad environment, poor handling, volitile marker ate through disk, etc.)....