Topic: Sony D6C serial number info

[dgale]

Found another thread about when various Sony decks arrived on the market:
http://taperssection.com/index.php?topic=103971.0

I think they were confused about the D3 in that thread - wasn't there also a D3 cassette recorder well before the D3 DAT recorder?  I think that's what the original post was referring to.

[dgale]

Here's the cassette version of the "D3":
http://www.walkmancentral.com/products/wm-d3

It doesn't say when it was first released.

[flipp]

http://www.pocketcalculatorshow.com/walkman/sony/graphics/wm-d3.jpg
indicates released in 89, which seems kinda late but then I had no Sony decks until I got a D7

[darby]

I think they have the cassette confused with the DAT in that article also

[creatured]

Here is a pic from the link in the last post. Just to make it easier to see.

[darby]

I always disliked having only 1 set of LEDs for both channels on the D6
that screwed more than 1 recording not being able to visually monitor both channels
when I sold my last 1 to a tech buddy he replaced the <0 red LEDs with green
that at least made it easier to monitor peaks
thank GOD I gave up on them and went with a D5 by 1984

[Boedi-taper]

The one thing that was cool with the D6 compared to the D5 was that is was a much easier deck to get inside a show you had to stealth.

[dgale]

I always disliked having only 1 set of LEDs for both channels on the D6

That went right along with only having one level knob on the thing...most recordings I made with my D6 are unbalanced, which of course you never knew until you got home.  Not a big deal anymore in the digital processing age but it was a stupid corner cut by Sony IMO.